Products and Services

Products

Clothing and Textiles

WSIFB is a quality cut-sew provider of apparel for the United States Military. WSIFB manufactures more than $40 million annually in clothing items worn everyday by our soldiers in the field. As a flexible and adaptive manufacturer, we serve the needs of our customers requiring rapid fielding of a new item as well as long-term high-volume sustainment for existing products.  Our close partnerships with world-class United States fabric suppliers give you the ability to have a one stop outsourced manufacturing and development partner to validate new designs and fabric technologies. Call us today at 800.242.7726 about your requirements.

Products include: 

  • Army Advanced Combat Shirt
  • Air Force Battle Dress uniform coats and trousers for both Men and Women
  • Army and Marine Poncho Liners
  • Navy Fleece Parka liner
  • Enhanced Suspender Assembly for the MOLLE
  • Army and Coast Guard Moisture Wicking T-shirts
  • Flier’s Kit bag
  • Army Improved Physical Fitness Uniform (IPFU) Jacket
  • Air Force Physical Training Uniform Jacket

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Mattresses

IFB - Mattress

WSIFB is a North Carolina licensed, quality builder of innerspring and foam/polyester core mattresses.  WSIFB manufactures more than 60,000 mattresses annually for a variety of institutional buyers including the United States Military, colleges and universities, nursing homes, correctional facilities, and shipboard customers.  As a flexible and adaptive manufacturer, we serve the needs of our customers by offering a wide variety of styles, allowing you to customize the product to your requirements. Our close partnerships with world-class domestic suppliers give you quick turn around on any size order.

Call us today at 800.242.7726 about your requirements. Quotes provided within two business days.

Sleep products manufacturer’s license—

Registration number:            NC-78

License Number:                  877

Date Issued:                         5/8/2009

 

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Office Supplies

WSIFB manufactures and assembles a wide variety of quality office supply products from scissors to staplers, from markers and highlighters to computer and hand sanitizing wipes for United States Government customers.  For your convenience, our products are offered directly or through over 300 AbilityOne Authorized Distributors. The distributors list can be found at www.Abilityone.gov

For your convenience, our products are offered through 4 different procurement vehicles: our Federal Supply Schedule 75 at www.gsaadvantage.gov, through over 300 AbilityOne Authorized Distributors (the distributor's list can be found at www.Abilityone.gov), on-line at www.paperclipsetc.com or by calling customer service direct at 800.242.7726.            

 

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Packaging, Warehousing & Distribution

WSIFB manages simple to complex item packaging and logistics programs for a diverse customer base. Our supply chain team stands ready to be your outsource partner of choice and manage those value added activities for you and your customers that usually are the most inefficient and therefore create the highest cost labor component of any operation.

Call us today at 800.242.7726 for more information or to schedule a tour of our consolidated packaging and kitting operations.

 

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Contract Services

WSIFB partners with commercial and federal entities to provide on-site human capital resources to meet your business needs.  With access to a trained pool of individuals who are blind, we can round out your contact center, copy center, and/or contract management department with the people you need to get the job done and serve your customers with excellence.  It’s never been easier to hire a person with a disability. WSIFB will ensure the adaptive technology solutions are in place so that a person can do the job right at your facility.

Call our business development team today at 800.242.7726 to learn more about our on-site service offerings.

 

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Optical

Optical 

 


Community

Located on the premises of IFB Winston-Salem, IFB Optical provides an extensive array of eyewear products. Clients of IFB Optical receive quality eyeglasses, excellent service and complete satisfaction at an exceptional value. IFB Optical offers products at lower prices without compromising quality, craftsmanship or service.

Having achieved ISO 9001 certification, the optical services division of WSIFB guarantees the highest quality workmanship, processes, and materials. All manufactured eyewear meets strict FDA and ANSI standards, and patient satisfaction with IFB optical products is routinely near 100%. For employees in the optical unit, there are many career-expanding opportunities for Upward Mobility. Workers may achieve training for and promotions into customer service, administration, and data entry, as well as training to become ABO certified, where the hourly wage is nearly double that of an employee with no experience.

IFB Optical is:

  • A Certified Training Establishment for North Carolina Opticians
  • Staffed with North Carolina Licensed Opticians and American Board of Opticianry Certified Opticians
  • National Contact Lens Examiners (NCLE) certified
  • Able to fill prescriptions for contact lenses and eyeglasses
  • Equipped with an on-site laboratory that fabricates several types and variations of prescription lenses

The starting cost for some of our products and services are:

  • Complete pair single vision start at $50
  • Bifocals start at $75

(20% off if you mention this website. Excludes in-store specials and eye exams)

* Outside prescriptions are accepted

* Eye Examination Appointments Available. Walk-ins Welcome.

* Designer frames, contact lenses, and prescription sunwear available.

* Eye exam provided by Doctor of Ophthalmology

 

Hours of Operation

Monday- Friday

8am – 4:30pm

Phone: 336.759.2257

336.759.0551 Ext. 5709 and Ext. 5710

Open to the public.

 

Veterans Administration

WSIFB established its optical services business with the Veterans Administration in 2002, forming a relationship with the Veterans Administration that has grown dramatically each year, providing hundreds of technologically sophisticated employment opportunities to blind and visually impaired workers. With optical centers serving veterans in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and New York, WSFIB focuses its expertise to accommodate the individual needs of every VA Hospital served. To achieve dependable on-time delivery, WSIFB maintains a balanced inventory, enabling fulfillment of almost every eyewear order within 72-96 hours.

 

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Base Service Centers

Base Service Center

Paperclips, Etc and Gearin' Up are a service mark of Industries for the Blind (IFB) selling office supplies and cleaning products on military installations to soldiers across America. Military personnel and government employees are encouraged to frequent our stores and support blind made products through Skilcraft and physically challenged made products through JWOD.
IFB also specializes in Individual Equipment Element issues through it's Gearin' Up store at McGuire Air Force Base.  Military personnel can purchase battle dress uniforms, uniforms, clothing and equipment at extremely reasonable prices.
Paperclips, Etc., Gearin' Up and the Hazmat Pharmacy all support the mission of Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind, "to provide employment opportunities for blind individuals that will enhance their economic growth, self-esteem and personal independence."

For further information, please contact our BSC Operations Manager, Peggy Lovell, at 609-324-0393 or a base supply store in your area.

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US Department of Energy
Room R-008
19901 Germantown Road
Germantown, MD 20874-1290
(301) 515-9109
Frank Quadrel, Manager
US Department of Energy
Room GA-171
1000 Independence Ave SW
Washington,DC 20585-0001
(202) 554-1451
Nanette Andrews, Manager
Paperclips, Etc.Paperclips, Etc.
US Department of Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20220
(202) 289-4220
Kenny Fountain, Manager
US Military Academy
Bldg. 667-A 2nd Floor
West Point, NY 10996
(845) 446-1381
Cathy Orem, Manager
Paperclips, Etc.Paperclips, Etc.
Bldg. 3130 Supply Road
Ft. Dix, NJ 08640
(609) 723-1260
Stella Samaritano, Manager
US Census Bureau
4600 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, MD 20746
(301) 568-4040
James Logan, Manager
Gearin’ UpHazmat Pharmacy
Bldg. 3101 Vandenberg Avenue
McGuire AFB, NJ 08641
(609) 723-4700
Shannon Martin, Manager
Bldg. 2314 Radon Road
McGuire AFB, NJ 08641
(609) 723-6633
Andrea Tucker, Manager
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6th Supply Squadron
8307 Cypress Stand Drive
MacDill AFB, FL 33621
(813) 840-0488
Sheryl Cooks, Manager
Borinqueneer St., Bldg. 541
Ft. Buchanan, PR 00934
(787) 793-2848
Naomi Hernandez, Manager
Hazmat PharmacyPaperclips, Etc
6th Supply Squadron
8307 Cypress Stand Drive
MacDill AFB, FL 33621
(813) 828-1947
Thomas Johnson, Manager
Department of Commerce
Room B322, 1401 Constitution Ave.
Washington, DC 20230
(202) 482-3554
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US Naval Station
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
011-5399-74603
Thomas Warren, Manager
US Naval Station
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
011-5399-74608
Andrew Perry, Manager
Paperclips, Etc 
USDA South Bldg., Room SM-8
1400 Independence Ave. S.W.
Washington, DC 20250
(202) 479-2893
Christopher Bell – Mgr.


 

 

 

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