MTL’s General Manager Tom Hildebrand (Jessup, PA USA) with loom maker Qmatex BV manager Henk Lambrecht, Belgium.
“Our products used to be expensive but now we are competitive to every other high end mill,” says Hildebrand. The jacquard design shown is $112 a yard, 60 yard minimum.
Diabolo owner Bernard Nelen from Destelbergen, BE with Maxime Vanden Bossche, Ter Molst Sales Manager Wielsbeke, Belgium. Ter Molst is producing plains in Combiatore, India, stock supported in Belgium to coordinate with Belgian made to order jacquards.
This is what happens when you combine shiny Lurex yarn with upholstery weight denim in a jacquard design. Gustavo De Negri, De Negri mill owner, shows off his latest creation at Proposte. De Negri has also entered the wallcovering business for the first time.
Further Afield
Michael Schneider, former publisher of Fabrics & Furnishings International recently received a 35 ounce gold bar as a donation worth $150,000 for ‘Pilots to the Rescue,’ the animal rescue charity he started several years ago.
The Julius Fleischman Foundation in Seattle, Washington (USA) is the generous donor.
