Manufacturing Cus t o m U n i for m s S i n c e 1 9 3 6 Made In The USA
Steve Malzone is president of Speedline Athletic Wear. His company has been working out of the same site on North Habana Avenue since 1949. His father started the business in New Jersey in 1936.
Steve Malzone - President
With a daily goal of solving possible quality issues before they become a customer quality problem, Steve is a “Hands On” factory manager, involved in all aspects of Speedline’s manufacturing process. He is on the factory floor every day along with his nephew Derek Malzone. Derek, 33, who also grew up in the factory, is the Plant Manager and has worked in all departments since he was 14. Also on the factory floor, Deny Hernandez, 36, a fifteen year veteran of Speedline, is our New Products Manager. Deny oversees product styles from the pattern design to finished garment. Bilingual and production knowledgeable, he troubleshoots any problems throughout the manufacturing process. With this manufacturing team in place, Speedline customers are assured of the continued traditions of quality and service.
Derek Malzone Plant Manager
From the beginnings in 1936, Speedline has prided itself with quality, customer service and commitment to its employees. In the over 75 year history Speedline has remained allegiant to its “Made in America” mantra that still exists today with all of Speedline products and fabrics “Made in the U.S.A.” Speedline is still managed by the Malzone family with an emphasis on quality manufacturing, untouched performance in the field and an impeccable delivery history.
Our Mission Statement Quality and Service ... Speedline Delivers!
Our Uniforms
We’ve always believed in making the best custom uniform
possible and one that is satisfying to the athlete. It is our goal for all of our uniforms to be manufactured under the highest standards of quality and safety. Our custom uniform catalogs for Football, Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Volleyball, Wrestling, Field Hockey, Soccer, Track, Lacrosse and Travel Day Apparel are updated each season.
Our employees are committed to quality manufacturing,
product expertise and customer service. The family atmosphere and the pride they have in their job is reflected in the product we provide.
Our Customers
Speedline is a dealer-based company that manufactures
men’s and women’s custom team uniforms for Universities and high schools throughout the country and is exclusively distributed by Authorized Speedline Dealers in each state. Our custom uniforms are available in all 50 states with over 400 salesmen having it available for them to sell.
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Product Development & Marketing Lori Malzone, 41, Director of Product Development has 13 years experience with Speedline. Lori played Division I softball at San Diego State and coached 3 years at UC San Diego. She brings with her an athletic background and has been the driving force behind Speedlines success in womens styled, quality uniforms.
Lori and Deny Working on New Styles
Lori works closely with Deny Hernandez, 36, New Products Manager. Together they have created all of our designs but more importantly they have introduced new fits to all of our sport categories. Using the latest fabrics they have created these new fits, “Pro-Series”, “Pro-Fit” and “Flex” that have kept us on the cutting edge of uniform performance. Our catalogs are our lifeline to our salesmen. We shoot in house which gives us the flexibility to work quickly to get the product in print and on the web. Lori and Deny work from product research to pattern design to production development to uniform shoot to catalog to web. They are involved in every step of the uniform process.
Lori Malzone Director Of Product Development
Deny Hernandez New Products Manager
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Marketing and Graphic Design In House Photo Studio Our facility is equipped with an in-house photo studio and a full time photographer. This is an excellent tool to have in our fast paced industry. By having this available to us, we can cut, sew and photograph a new style and have it online within a few days.
Catalogs Combining more than 20 years experience, our in house product develop and design team has produced new catalogs and promotional flyers each year for all major sports. This gives us the advantage of not having to depend on outside sources.
Website Our website is designed to show our customers our full line of uniforms by sport category. Combined with our ability to design and photograph in-house it allows us to quickly add new “In-Season� styles to our site.
Color Mock Up Creator This is a very useful tool that complements our website and gives our customers the ability to view our line of uniforms, select a style and view the style in their own team colors..
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Information Technology Shane Davis, 31, joined the team in 2006 in the art department. His knowledge of Information Technology, and Information Technology Systems have placed a company-wide emphasis on implementing and embracing new technologies. Shane can handle almost any computer related task, such as systems integration, report creation, and custom process that is needed to track any aspect of our business relationship.
Shane Davis Information Technology Manager
Server Stack Management In modern data management all information passes through servers. No matter how you have decided to contact Speedline, your call, fax, email, or video passes through our server stack. Having servers properly configured and connected is very important. We will be using Ubuntu 11.04, with an Apache/MySql server stack for our day to day server routing requirements. We also have two additional rack mount servers that function as a print server, and an application server.
Hot Phone Our current VOIP phone system (Samsung OfficeServ 7400) gives us the ability to send an IP hot phone to your location. Connect the phone to the internet and be able to have one-touch access to your Speedline Representative.
Video Conference Sometimes a phone call is not enough, some situations require a faceto-face meeting. We are able to conduct video conferencing using any computer with a webcam and Skype installed.
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Custom Programming Our IT team is constantly evaluating new software for its practical business applications. We are able to develop solutions that allow direct online order entry and sales management. Having the ability to custom program applications that remove redundancy will increase productivity and profit.
Order Entry Gateways/System Integration Whether your sales managers prefer to submit orders via fax, e-mail, or online entry: we have a solution to fit their needs. We are able to work with your existing system, or use open source solutions like OpenBravo as a gateway between our two organizations. Custom web interfaces could also be programmed to make the transfer of order related information and artwork completely smooth.
Custom Reporting Track your sales progress with any number of standard or custom reports. Reports can be generated for any type of data in any time period. If a report does not exist a call to the IT department and your report will be created. Reports can be auto-created and e-mailed for review.
Shane connecting an IP VOIP Hot Phone in the Server Rack
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Pattern Design Rosie Scheflo has 13 years experience with Speedline. She is our cutting room manager and has a background in pattern and marker making. She initiates all orders through our Gerber system and meets daily with sewing and print managers coordinating production. Dru Rai, 7 years with Speedline, is our Technical Design Manager. Dru manages all aspects of pattern making, grading and design specification. She would create master and graded patterns (Basic Blocks) in each sport category for continuity of fit for all styles. Using cutting edge technology, Dru would implement procedures for 100% fit approval. Dru’s technical skills include Gerber WebPDM, Adobe Illustrator CS2, Gerber Accumark V8.3, PDS 2000, Gerber MicroMark, and the MicroDynamics-3000A system. Dru taught pattern design and grading via Gerber AccuMark V8/PDS 2000 at the International Academy of Design and Technology in Tampa for 7 years.
Drew Works with Cari on Assembly of New Style
Drew Works with Seamstress on Placement of Inserts
Dru grades a new style Rosie prepping orders for cutting
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Photo Studio Speedline has an “In-House” photo studio where we photograph all our custom uniforms for our marketing team. The studio gives us a timing advantage for “In-Season” new styles with immediate access to our website and sales opportunity to our customers. We feel our studio is an important asset to our customers. For new styles, your designer could work directly with our tech designer/pattern maker via video conferencing in the studio. Rather than sending samples back and forth for approval your team could view your style on a model and decide appearance and fit. Changes can be made on the spot if necessary and approvals could be immediate as if we were all standing in the same room.
Deny and Drew Make Alterations to Fit of New Football Style
All Studio are Displayed CanonSamples Rebel T1i In Our Conference Room
Drew Working on Changes for a Catalog Photo Shoot
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Fabrics and Cutting With our Accumark system and two automated cutters, we are assured that from pattern design to actual cutting, our uniforms will conform to design specifications. John Siefert is our on staff Gerber Tech and handles all aspects of our Gerber equipment. All lots of fabric received must pass standard testing procedures to insure the quality, appearance, and performance of John Siefert our uniforms. (1). Shade: New lots must be checked against pre-approved shade standards to insure color continuity.
(2). Weight: Square yard pieces of each new lot are auto cut and weighed to insure approved weight specifications are met.
(3). Shrinkage: Standard pattern pieces are auto cut from each new lot, 2-Color printed and thermal tested through three different dryers to insure approved minimum shrinkage standards are met.
Removing Cut Uniforms From Gerber Cutter
10,000 sqft Cutting Room with two Gerber Cutters
In House Gerber Technician
Material Warehousing
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Manufacturing Cari Rosquete is our production sewing manager. Cari has 25 years experience with Speedline in custom uniform manufacturing and is proficient in operational sewing equipment. Pattern designers will have full access to Cari for “Sew Throughs� and pattern sewing changes.
Cari Rosquete
Deny Hernandez, New Products Manager, Consults with Cari on New Styles
Designers would have access to video conferencing with our design and sewing managers.
Derek Malzone, Plant Manager works with Cari in Production on Quality Issues
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Art Department - Printing, Tackle Twill, Embroidery
Susan Lacey, with 25 years
experience at Speedline, manages all aspects of the art design, screen printing, tackle twill and embroidery departments. She is responsible for approved quality standards in all of these departments and is proficient in all phases of the process.
Susan Lacey - Print, Twill, Embroidery Manager
Susan Works with Printers on Quality Registration
Auto-Sew Tackle Twill and Embroidery Facility
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Quality Control/Finishing
Amy Rosario has 12 years experience with
Speedline. Amy is our quality control, finishing, and shipping department manager.
Amy coordinates daily shipping schedules
with screen print, tackle twill, and sewing to insure customer service staff has the correct delivery schedules.
Amy Rosario
Amy Goes Over Shipping Schedules with Vivian
Amy Works Closely with Garment Quality Inspectors
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Customer Service/Order Entry
Sue Williams and Vivian McClelland, with a combined 50 years of experience at
Speedline, head up our eight member customer service and order entry staff.
Both Susan and Vivian have long-standing relationships with our dealers’ salesmen and
are on a first name basis with many of them.
Susan Williams
Vivian McClelland
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