FRANKFURT, GERMANY—J. Queen New York, the successful new entry in the U.S. bedding industry with a reported  $20 million plus in sales after just one year of shipping its bedding designs, has followed up with a collection of piece goods based on the best selling bedding designs.

NEW YORK, NY -- Kravet Inc.

FRANKFURT, Germany - ADO Corp. has entered the hospitality drapery business for the first time in the USA with a collection of 350 contemporary-styled, wide-width, decorative jacquards and burnouts, according to Walter Herr, president of ADO USA.

LONG ISLAND CITY, New York - The stockholders of Brunschwig & Fils have acquired Hinson & Company, the renowned lighting company, and will show the entire Hinson lighting collection in the Brunschwig showroom of the D+D Building in NYC, according to a source at Brunschwig & Fils.

According to an alternative industry source, Hinson's showroom will be closing shortly. The source at Brunschwig confirmed that the Hinson staff, however, will remain intact.

Company Establishes Sales Force in Mexico City, Guadalajara

Chicago — Richmond Textiles Inc. has expanded its North American sales and marketing effort with the appointment of sales representatives in Mexico, according to Paul Richmond, founder and CEO.

Strong Product Plus Array of Services Help Workroom Capitalize on Niches in Hospitality Industry

Chicago — Since it was founded in 1986, Pennsylvania-based Fabtex has become a multi-million dollar workroom, specializing in draperies and bedspreads.

The hospitality industry generates about 90 percent of Fabtex's revenue with the balance in healthcare. The company provides products and services including: measurement, fabrication (using its own fabrics or the customer's), delivery, and installation of custom window treatments and bedcoverings.

BOBINGEN, Germany - After a lengthy period of tumultuous financial troubles and potential new owners, the Trevira Group has finally secured the financing for a new business operation as well as a new CEO, Uwe Wohner.

Following the new year, the Trevira Group will be known as Trevira GmbH, providing at once a fresh name for the future while also maintaining a certain level of familiarity for customers and employees alike.

POMPANO BEACH, Florida - Valley Forge has developed their ''Spa Curtain'' business by putting the shower curtain design choices in the hands of the front-of-house designer instead of keeping it in the back of the house as a commodity product.

The two-year old part of Valley Forge's business is now reinventing itself further with the recent addition of customized digital prints on the bath side of the upgraded shower curtain for several hotel projects, said Dan Dobin, owner and founder of Valley Forge.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Microfibres one-million-square-foot plant near Foshan, China is an infusion of American technology with the best of China, including lower labor costs, according to Michael Czarnecki, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, upholstery division. However, Czarnecki pointed out that Nanfang was never the lowest cost producer of fabric in China and that is not the goal of Microfibres, which is already producing better quality goods.

BOBINGEN, Germany - The Trevira sales process was brought to an abrupt halt by an Insolvency Administrator, Werner Schneider, November 28th.

The fibre manufacturer was set to be sold to entrepreneurs Stefan Messer and Karl Gerhard Seifert but due to ongoing financial renegotiations, Schneider terminated the sales process. The insolvency administration became fed up with the investors continuing demands to decrease the sales price, jeopardizing the employees', customers' and suppliers' secure future.