For a company that initially made a name for itself selling yardgoods, Boca Bargoons is in a deep transition that’s highlighted by custom-ordered furniture, in-house workrooms and a possible franchising.

The company is positioning itself for a new generation of clients with an affinity for more inexpensive, ready-made goods as opposed to the elder generation that once picked and pieced together custom home textiles.

ATLANTA, Georgia – MDS Fabrics, a global manufacturer and exporter of home furnishings and fabrics is opening up satellite showrooms across the U.S.

POMPANO BEACH, Florida —  According to Ahment Sapmaz, the 40 year-old vice president of strategic global business development for Valley Forge Fabrics, the fabric business used to be about the largest producer and the smaller producer but today it’s about the fastest and the slowest.

Sapmaz is known throughout the world as one of the most important buyers of fabrics for drapery, upholstery and bedding if the not the biggest buyer of hospitality textiles. 

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – James Dunlop Textiles is providing the primary support for Mokum Textiles in the U.S., a company that JDT acquired in the first quarter of this year. According to Ben Moir, president of JDT, business is “back on a growth phase after an 18-month flat market” that included damage to its facilities from a 6.3 magnitude earthquake that crippled parts of Christchurch in February.

West Bloomfield, Michigan — Crypton Inc. has launched an aggressive marketing and sales campaign into the residential furniture industry after becoming a household name in the contract fabrics industry this past decade.

MIDDLEBURY, Indiana -- After a week of industry reports, Cone Mills has confirmed its sale to Abercrombie Textiles. John Regan, president and CEO of Abercrombie Textiles confirmed that Cone Mills is no longer under the management of International Textile Group and that the transaction to place Cone Mills under the ownership of Abercrombie closed March 31. 

POMPANO BEACH, Florida -- Valley Forge is the first supplier to offer Tencel+Plus fiber in upholstery. The VFF upholstery is called ‘Tencel+Plus™Lyocell Eucalyptus Upholstery.’

“Although it is unique to VFF as we are the first company to offer it - we do not have the exclusive on the upholstery fiber like we do for the bedding fiber,” said Ken Koneck, a company spokesman.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand -- The annual New Zealand Textile Industry Fishing competition held March 11 and organized by Scorpio Agencies Limited  was the biggest in its history with 170 anglers registering for the event and over $10,000 raised for the Sweet Louise breast cancer charity.

WEST VLAANDEREN, Belgium -- Deslee Interior and Tissat International have formed a 50/50 partnership to be known as TissatDeslee Interior Fabrics in order to jointly market their fabric lines which also includes the Versari brand that was acquired by Deslee in January.  

CONCORD, NC—Heritage House Fabrics has purchased the inventory, patterns and name of Dana Mills Inc. from Deborah Newberger, principal of this 41-year-old Chicago, Illinois area based converter of contract fabrics and blackout linings started by her father, Leonard Newberger.

“Dana started as a converter to the mobile home trade in 1969 and evolved with the fabrics industry,” Deborah said.