Schofield Sees Big Growth at Camira

April 6, 2012

HUDDERSFIELD, United Kingdom — “$150 million in sales is what I am projecting for Camira by 2017,” says Andrew Schofield   largest shareholder.

That includes Holdsworth, the transportation division of Camira which is big in the USA and European mass transit—even Australia. In fact, the USA accounts for 40 percent of Camira’s business today with the balance in Europe, he said. Overall, Camira is 75 percent contract sales and 25 percent transportation textiles, he said.

As group sales and marketing director, Schofield joined the company 27 years ago as export director.  Today he is one of five owners of this 35 year old mill. U.S. marketing director Paul Bennotti reports to Schofield. The other owners are: Steve Bullas, chairman; Cheryl Kindness, design, development director; Nick Brown, financial director and Alan Williams, operations director.

“Under the ownership of Interface’s founder Ray Anderson, we learned about sustainability. We made major changes in our manufacturing and achieved IS1401 in 1996, one of the earliest achievers of this designation. This is a large part of our success. It is becoming more important in Europe and in the USA and eventually, it will become more important to the Far East when China recognizes the importance of flammability requirements,” he said.

Camira has a brand called ‘Second Nature’ which offers recycled upholstery materials including jute and wool which it sells to Starbucks for its coffee bags. More recycled jute and wool is on tap for 2012, he said. F&FI

 



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