I. Spiewak & Sons

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I. Spiewak & Sons, Inc.
Company typePrivate
Industry Apparel manufacturing
FounderIsaac Spiewak
Headquarters
New York City
,
USA
Area served
International
Key people
Roy Spiewak (President and CEO)
Products Uniform outerwear
Website Spiewak.com

I. Spiewak & Sons, Inc., commonly known simply as Spiewak, is a New York-based apparel manufacturer founded in 1904. Spiewak currently manufactures high-visibility safety apparel, EMS protective gear, and other uniforms for private businesses and government agencies. Spiewak also offers a line of consumer outerwear.

Contents

Spiewak uniform products include "VizGuard" safety wear, "WeatherTech" waterproof/breathable outerwear, "Titan" outerwear, and "Golden Fleece" industrial outerwear. [1]

Customers

Spiewak produces uniform outerwear for:

The company also offers a line of consumer outerwear constructed with "workwear" values.

History

Isaac Spiewak grew up in Warsaw, Poland and fled to America in 1903. It was there, in Brooklyn, NY, that he started a small family business, making sheepskin vests by hand and selling them on the docks of Williamsburg in 1904. By 1906, Isaac's vests were in sufficient demand around New York for him to establish a small manufacturing space in Brooklyn, calling it "House of the Golden Fleece". The moniker "Golden Fleece" was first branded in 1919.

As his brothers entered into various facets of the outerwear business, the Spiewaks developed different, and sometimes competing, lines and companies to capitalize on prevailing trends and emerging market segments. Among the brands the Spiewaks created were Bronco Manufacturing, Ram Manufacturing, United Sheeplined Clothing Company, Spiewak Brothers, Swiss Blouse, Excalibur, Frost King, Pan-Jac, Trappings, Prince Jason, and Flight Deck USA.

During World War I, Spiewak produced wool coats and breeches for the US Army and Navy, including pea coats, which are still made by the company today. During World War II, jackets and flight coats were produced for the US Military including styles such as B-9/B-11 parkas, A-1/A-2, B-10/B-15 flight jackets, B-3/D-1/D-3 flight suits, M-41/M-43 field jackets/N-1 deck jackets, N-2/N-3 snorkel parkas, and T-1 tanker jackets. During the Korean War, Spiewak continued to make WWII styles for the military, and added G-8WEP flight jackets and M-52 field jackets. [2]

Michael Spiewak, the longtime face of Spiewak Clothing, died in October 2007.

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References

  1. "Founded in 1904, Spiewak is one of the United States premier uniform and fashion brands". Archived from the original on 2011-01-31. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
  2. http://www.spiewak.com/uniform/history/%5B%5D