At this time last year, I believe we all would have expected to have gone back to life as it was before the pandemic of 2020. That has simply not been the case, and most likely, will not be for some time to come. However, we are and will continue to learn and to adapt to our “new normal”.
While it is nice to have 2020 in our rear view mirror, we all still face a lot of challenges regarding COVID and distribution of the vaccine. Here, at Fi-Tech, we have been working in teams to limit time in the office for our employees in order to maintain social distancing, while maintaining 100% of our customer service level and 100% of our shipping capability.
Here, at Fi-Tech, we are very proud of our team, and the way we were able to adapt work schedules and methods in order to continue providing the products and services our customers expect without missing a beat.
We have a lot of news to share with you in this issue regarding upcoming events, new principals, and product updates. Fi-Tech will have a busy start to the year as we will be participating in several upcoming trade shows and conferences.
It has been an extremely busy year thus far from an exhibition perspective with IDEA2019, TechTextil Frankfurt and ITMA in Barcelona all before the end of June. It has been great to have had these shows to meet with both our customers as well as our principals.
We have a busy spring ahead of us with some important shows on the horizon for the Nonwovens, Textiles and Fiber Industries. In late March, we will be in sunny Miami Beach for the IDEA 2019 Show. This show provides a meeting point for the complete Nonwovens Industry supply chain with nearly 500 exhibitors and over 7,000 visitors.
Jeff Bassett Welcome to our fall issue of In-Line with FiTech. We hope everyone had a chance to take time away from work and your daily grind to spend time with family and friends. As I prepare for the upcoming busy fall season of travel and conferences, I am reflecting on where Fi-Tech is today, […]
Todd Bassett Fi-Tech would like to welcome its two newest employees to our team. Cheryl (Sherry) Whitney joined Fi-Tech in December 2017 as Assistant Controller and replaces Pat Stith who retired from Fi-Tech in January. We would like to thank Pat for her service to Fi-Tech in the varying roles she filled as Fi-Tech grew […]
Jeff Bassett Welcome to our fall issue of In-Line with FiTech. This newsletter has been a regular part of our communication with our customers and principals since the fall of 1996 when we published our first issue. I took the opportunity to look back at the first few issues reflecting on our principals and product […]
Todd Bassett Manufacturing is integral to a healthy, growing economy. Manufacturing wages support families. Recent economic research reports that each manufacturing job in the US supports another 3.4 jobs in the US economy. Industrial R&D drives innovation in this country. So, it is encouraging to see that our country’s leadership is talking about the importance […]