Brickle Group lands $29.3M contract to produce berets

Max Brickle, right, president of the holding company, The Brickle Group, examine the 100 percent wool material used in mattress covers, with Director of Operations Andrew Dudka. The company recently won a $29.3 million contract from the U.S. Defense Department to produce berets for American military personnel.
 / PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO
Max Brickle, right, president of the holding company, The Brickle Group, examine the 100 percent wool material used in mattress covers, with Director of Operations Andrew Dudka. The company recently won a $29.3 million contract from the U.S. Defense Department to produce berets for American military personnel. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

WOONSOCKET – The Brickle Group has been awarded a $29.3 million contract – the largest it has won in years – by the U.S. Defense Department to produce berets for American military personnel, the Woonsocket Call reported.
As a result, the company will need to double the workforce of its beret division, which accounts for about 15 percent of its 130-member workforce, Max Brickle, company president, told the Call.
The Brickle Group’s products also include wool blankets for the U.S. Department of Defense, yarn used in MLB baseballs and the wool fabric used in Homeland Security uniforms at airport-security checkpoints, Brickle has said.

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