Northwest Embroidery employees ready to start embroidering on the new Tajima

Northwest Embroidery just bought a new 8 head Tajima from Hirsch. This is the “stretch” machine, which will be nice for jacket backs and Carhartt jackets.  Doug from Hirsch came down to help us unload. Doug is exited to sell us another Tajima! Thanks Doug and Hirsch

Carolin Bray Celebrates 30 years at Northwest Embroidery

Carolin Bray started work back on October 13th 1978. Carolin Bray has experienced all aspects of Northwest Embroidery. Carolin started out by sewing embroidered emblems on the front of baseball caps. She has seen all the ups and downs of the embroidery industry. Today Carolin Bray is Northwest Embroidery’s purchasing agent. We will be officially celebrating Carolin’s 30 years at this years Christmas party.

Chowdown

Once again the Port of Tacoma Chowdown went down with great success. This year they had over 2,500 people come to the annual seafood feed. Past President, Brian Egan, said it was the biggest he could remember in 20 years.  Northwest Embroidery donated Chowdown baseball caps for all the attendees. Donating caps to local events is a great marketing idea, says Jim Mickelson, CEO of NW Embroidery. Jim started donating caps to the Chowdown over 30 years ago.  The 2009 Chowdown looks like it will be bigger than ever. Brian has some great donors from the Micorsoft Corporation up in Redmond. Looks like NW Embroidery will be donating 3,000 plus caps for 2009. Remember your local events and “cap” them off with a baseball cap!

Holiday Parties are a great moral booster

With the economic slow down, many companies are deciding to cancel their holiday parties. Holiday parties are extremely important in building employee “team work” and friendship. NW Embroidery has been providing holiday parties for 30 years straight. Employees with perfect attendance throughout the year get 1 weeks of vacation in January. It pays in the long run to celebrate with your employees. Above: Jim Mickelson presents 30 year employee, Carolin Bray, with an all expense paid Caribbean Cruise.

Mongkon and Carolin 55 years of embroidery expertise

 Mongkon (left) and Carolin Bray (right) represent 55 years of embroidery knowledge. Mongkon celebrated her 25th anniversary and Carolin celebrated her 30th anniversary at NW Embroidery. Mongkon and Carolin strive for embroidery excellence and quality control.  55 years of combined service is proof that NW Embroidery takes care of its employees. Thank you Mongkon and Carolin, we all at NW Embroidery appreciate your loyalty and hardwork!