North America Drives Greater Volume Through Coulisse Company; Chalks Up Raid Growth of Sustainable Products

May 25, 2018

MIAMI, FL — Sustainability is the new mantra at Coulisse as the company ramps up more roller shade fabric that is environmentally conscious according to Jop Vos, Managing Director, for the Americas for the Dutch company. Vos sees more applications of roller shades in concert with soft fabric window coverings in the hospitality and healthcare fields, he says. “Roller shades are being combined with blackout curtains or sheers with blackout roller blinds. Some very modern projects are specifying 100 percent roller binds.”
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In addition to the move towards recycled materials, mostly polyester (PET) fabrics, Coulisse is placing heavy emphasis on motorized roller shades for residential applications but Vos says this will translate into hospitality applications in the near future. “About 25 percent of our fabrics are now recycled materials in pvc free recycled polyester and Trevira ®CS polyester woven by Coulisse in Holland,” Vos says, having just returned from the R+T Exhibition held every three years in Stuttgart, Germany. Coulisse held court at R+T from a 10,000 square foot stand complete with entertainment, a 5,000 square foot restaurant and entertainment at night over five days. Literally, thousands of customers went through the stand which featured a wall full of new sustainable roller shade fabrics. Vos, who has been in his US position for four years, says there was increasing interest from the USA in roller shades and his Coulisse’s business is expected to grow by double digits in 2018, ahead of 2017. “We were strictly a European company in the past but we are expanding rapidly in the USA, Canada, South America. “North America is getting increased support from Coulisse since Rob Boogaard became CEO of the company about one year ago in Enter, The Netherlands,” he points out. The company wants to expand the business to something much bigger which is why the company founders brought in its first CEO. “Boogaard has a lot of experience in the US market since he worked more than 15 years for Steelcase in Atlanta and Grand Rapids, MI,” Vos points out. “We are working to become a global player in the shade window treatment business,” Vos says. Coulisse expects to exhibit at Heimtextil 2019.


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