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Your BTS Wrapped

By SPESA


We’re taking a look back at the most popular Behind the Seams content of 2024.


Thank you again to everyone who joined us in Montréal! We couldn’t have asked for a better first foray into Canada. 


This recap includes insights from the conference, news coverage, photos, and more.


Taking place May 6-8, 2025, in Atlanta, Texprocess Americas is The Americas exhibition demonstrating the technology, capacity, technical support, and critical connections fueling the significant and evolving soft goods manufacturing engine in the Western Hemisphere. 


We can’t wait to see you all there!


“Extracting value from sourcing is increasingly based on a company’s ability to innovate pragmatically.” This article from SPESA member CGS, Inc., highlights the need for and benefits of factory digitalization. 


We love getting to introduce new SPESA members! This article gave readers the inside scoop on Brighi USA, the U.S. branch of Italian company Brighi Tecnologie Italia.


Struggling with supply chain blind spots, operational bottlenecks, and compliance headaches in fashion manufacturing? SPESA member Aptean’s exclusive ERP Buyer's Guide dives deep into solutions that can reshape your approach and help fashion and apparel manufacturers.


SPESA’s first Guatemalan member, Colormax Systems is dedicated to representing global companies and providing solutions to the Textile, Paper, Printing, Cosmetics, Pharmaceutical, Chemicals and Dyes, Tire, Food and Beverage, Paint, Packaging Materials, Plastics, and all other industries with products for labs, production, and process.


It is always interesting at the end of the year to go back and read the promises and predictions we made in our annual address to the SPESA membership. While there is still more work to be done, it is a reminder of how much our association and industry can accomplish in a single year. Also, this doozy: “...this is a major election year in the United States, and its effects will be hard to miss across our industry and others over the next few months.”


Based in Spartanburg, S.C., Kennedy Sewing and Cutting Supply, LLC provides a comprehensive range of services and solutions, including expert consulting, lean production solutions, cutting-edge machinery, AI-powered autonomous robotics, expert tech service, upgrades, and repairs.


It’s good to know Behind the Seams readers were as excited about checking out a new location for the SPESA Advancements Conference as we were! Our first Los Angeles event was a success and we can’t wait to go back! In case you missed it: Click here for an event recap.


Our round-up of event news coverage from the L.A. conference also made it to the top of the views in 2024.


The most-viewed article of 2024 was a fun surprise (and kind of a cheat) because we actually wrote this article back in 2020. But we shared it again last month after Mackey McDonald, former VF Corporation Chairman and CEO, was inducted into the Kontoor Brands Hall of Fame. Mackey was chosen to be the first to receive this esteemed denim-clad honor due to his impactful leadership within the company and his contributions to the Greensboro, North Carolina, community. 


Mackey also happens to be the father of SPESA President Michael McDonald. So, when our team began the Behind the Seams “Legacy Series,” interviewing SPESA members and industry leaders with familial/generational ties to the industry, it was a no-brainer to include Mackey and his decades of experience. His guidance has been invaluable to the SPESA team and the greater sewn products industry.


And, although Michael is the only other McDonald to follow Mackey into the industry so far, with nine grandkids to recruit from, Mackey’s legacy may very well continue to grow.



Thanks for reading!

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