Radford

Champion Thread Company, a manufacturer and marketer of industrial sewing threads, engineered yarns, and other textile and sewn products accessories, welcomes package dyeing expert Larry Radford to the role of Dyehouse Manager for its all-new, South Carolina thread and yarn dyeing facility. Radford brings over two decades of dyehouse color lab, production technology, and operations management experience to head the company’s bold new investment in the U.S. manufacturing and textile workforce.  

Champion Thread President Matt Poovey explained, “Larry brings extensive subject matter expertise that ensures we will continue to raise the customer service bar for quality, productivity, sustainability and workforce development through a domestic supply chain.”  

Mr. Radford developed his skills in color shade matching, equipment operation, and process optimization over 20 years of prior dyehouse supervisory and management experience with Mastercraft Fabrics and Spectrum Dyed Yarns in the Carolinas.  

Radford added, “I am very pleased with the opportunity to lead another made in the Carolinas dyeing operation and to be doing what I am best qualified for. We are proud to provide our customers with thread dyed right down the road.”