Universal Fibers Marks 40th Anniversary

Bristol, VA, July 15, 2010--Universal Fibers, Inc. hosted more than 550 of its associates and their families at a  40th anniversary event at the corporate headquarters in Bristol.

The celebration was split between two days, Thursday, July 8 and Saturday, July 10.  Total attendance for the two days was more than a thousand people on the company’s grounds at the Washington County Industrial Park.

Universal Fibers, which first began production at the company’s Bristol headquarters in 1970, was known at the time as CAMAC. The name was changed to Universal Fibers in 1999 and in the past decade the company has opened plants in both Thailand and China as a player in tghe solution dyed fiber industry.

Also at the event, long-time associates were honored with 10, 15, 20 and 25 years of service awards.