USA: Military Boot Maker Doubles Production Rate
Military boot maker Wellco Enterprises Inc today revealed it has received orders from the US government for 122,000 pairs of boots since the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. The company has almost doubled its production rate with shipments from these orders for the fiscal quarter ending December 29, 2001 (the second quarter of Wellco's fiscal year 2002) expected to be 74,000 pairs.