Specialties
Custom Embroidery, Screen Printing, DTG Printing, and Safety Shirts since 1977. Offering embroidered caps, jackets, t-shirts, bags, polo shirts, and workwear. We are suppliers of Carhartt, Port Authority, New Era, Mercer + Mettle, Nike, Wonderwink, Red Kap, Corner Stone, Richardson Caps, and Ogio.
History
Established in 1977.
Northwest Embroidery was founded back in 1977 by Jim Mickelson almost by accident. At the time, Jim was traveling from Washington to Alaska every other week to work as an administration manager for the Alaska Pipeline when came up with the idea to sell embroidered caps to fellow pipeline employees. Originally he sewed all the patches onto the caps himself while back home in Washington. When his trial run of 300 sold out in three days, he knew he was on to something.
Northwest Embroidery originally occupied a rented location in downtown Tacoma with just a single 11 head embroidery machine. Within just a few years, we moved to our current facility in Milton, with two buildings and almost ten times the manufacturing capability. We continue to pride ourselves on the same principles on which the company was founded - top notch customer service and products of the highest quality.
Meet the Business Owner: Jim M.
Founded in 1977 by Jim Mickelson. The first business plan was to be the first manufacturer of emblems and embroidery in the State of Washington. The immedate success led to growth in the past 30 years where the company is the largest embroidery company in the state. Northwest now specializes in embroidered corporate apparel which includes caps, jackets, polo shirts can company uniforms.