Capabilities

Our Pilot Mountain, NC facility is located in a 28,000 sq ft modern manufacturing facility. Our primary product groups are hand sewn neckties, machine sewn/hand finished neckties, bowties.

We work to tailor our abilities to best meet your needs, whether luxury and small minimums or efficiency and larger quantities. We are large enough to accommodate most bulk needs and small enough to focus on boutique and custom orders. We offer a unique combination of old world techniques with modern technology in our production and management systems. It is our goal to provide the very best value and quality dependent upon each customer’s specific needs.

Our specific automated manufacturing capabilities include” Liba” slipstitch machines,” Auto jig” tie tipping technology, automatic tie pocket pressing, pneumatic tie turning equipment. This offers highly efficient, consistent, quick turn manufacturing process.

Our highly skilled, dedicated , hand sewing and pressing departments offers exceptional quality and luxury. Accustomed to working with fabrics produced by the finest weavers around the world provides a working knowledge of fabrics rarely found in any facility.

Brown and Church was established in 1976 by Sam Brown and Bill Church as a classic neckwear collection for the better men’s specialty store.

yApre' and Keys & Lockwood

Our connection to the neckwear industry dates back much further, and is more diverse than most brands. Our company includes yApre' Cravats, a collection created by Herbert Bergheim in the late 1930’s that connected with a much more flamboyant customer. As well as Keys & Lockwood, a classic American neckwear collection establisehd in 1881.

Brown & Church was relocated from Manhattan, NY, to Sam’s home town of Pilot Mountain, NC in 1980. Known for its history in textile and apparel manufacturing, this region is seeing a re-vitalization of consumer interest in “Made in America” products and heritage brands.