Copen was established in 1946 and has been in business
for over 55 years. The company was originally a waistband manufacturer with
a factory located on a military base in Jackson Tennessee. The site was
chosen because of its centralized location for the apparel industry. Copen
quickly realized the need to supply its customers with a full pocketing and
waistband package, and thus became a pocketing supplier.
In 1980, Carin Trundle and Barry Emanuel became
principles in the company, and in 1985, became the sole stockholders and
50/50 partners in the business.
CAPABILITIES
Copen Associates' greatest strengths are
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its ability to consistently deliver a quality product
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its flexibility to meet its customers needs.
Copen accomplishes this by offering a variety of
services and products to complement our diverse pocketing products.
Over our decades long history, we have developed a wide range of fabric
and manufacturing capabilities. Our flexibility allows us to provide an
extremely broad range of services, making it a unique supplier within
the pocketing industry.
Copen provides its customers with the following
capabilities:
Pocketing Fabrics
Copen provides pocketing for:
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Heavyweight Jeans
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Lightweight Jeans
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Trousers
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Wrinkle-Free Trousers
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Casual Pants
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Industrial Uniforms
Production Capabilities
Current production capacity for the Mid-South
Manufacturing division is as follows:
Waistbands
Mid-South Manufacturing can produce 6 million yards
of waistbands per month. We furnish customized printed waistbands for
many of our customers.
Printed Bias Tape
The plant produces 600,000 yards of printed bias
tape per week, or 2.4 million yards per month. We can increase this
capability by 40% to 3.36 million yards per month. Mid-South
Manufacturing has 3 rotary screen printers equipped with dryers capable
of continuous printing of fabrics up to 18 inches wide. This equipment
can print 5 color registration.
Pre-Cut Back Pockets
Mid-South Manufacturing produces 750,000 pre-cut
back pockets per week. These pockets are "hot cut" or fused to seal the
fabric's edges and prevent fraying. Our goal is to expand capacity to 1
million pre-cut back pockets by December 1, 1994.
Die Cut Front Pocket
Current capacity is 500,000 units per week, or 2
million a month.
Printed Pocketing
Our print capabilities for pocketing is both broad
and flexible. Depending upon the product mix, we can produce
approximately 500,000 yards of printed pocketing per week.
Fabric Rolling
With its Judelshon Rolling Machines, Mid-South
Manufacturing has the ability to re-roll fabric rolls to custom sizes.
With this we can provide our customers with fabric rolls in sizes custom
tailored to meet the needs of individual manufacturing facilities which
allows them to maintain better inventory control.
Sonic Sewing
Sewing by use of hot needles used on preproduction
manufacturing.
Fusing
Waistbands and bias tapes can be fused to give
greater stability and prevent fraying.
Sample Making
Mid-South Manufacturing produces samples for all
the products it provides, including waistbands, printed pocketing and
bias tape, pre-cut back pockets and front pockets.
