Crowson Ltd. Closes, Founder Derek Crowson Retires
UCKFIELD, EAST SUSSEX, UK—Derek Crowson, founder of Crowson Fabrics Ltd. in 1978, has announced his retirement and the closure of his furnishing fabric business due to ill health, effective on April 17, 2014.The closure marks the ending of… Read more.April 15, 2014
Jimison Joins Para Outdoor Fabric 15 Years After Establishing Outdura® Brand
MILAN, Italy - Parà has appointed Jeff Jimison National Sales Manager for Temp®otest USA to lead sales for the company’s line of performance fabrics for awning, casual furniture and marine applications. Jeff has an extensive background… Read more.April 9, 2014
Ozer Ozbarut Starts New E-commerce Business; Leaves Oz-Is, Family Trimming Business
ISTANBUL—Ozer Ozbarut, one of the founders of Oz-Is Trimland here, has left the company to start a new business outside of the textiles industry.Although he will continue to own a minority interest in the Trimland business, he will have no… Read more.March 31, 2014
Jacob 'Jack' Hurwitz, Original Fabric Pioneer, Passes at 94
GAITHERSBURG, MD--Jacob "Jack" Hurwitz of Rockville, the founder of Jack Hurwitz Inc. in 1952 with his wife Ruth, passed away at the age of 94 on February 11, 2014.Hurwitz Inc. was one of the original fabric jobber companies which still exists… Read more.March 27, 2014
Riban Named Brooks GM
LOS ANGELES, California—Eran Riban, 37, has been named General Manager of Brooks Fabrics, the commercial division of Ribenks Inc., a converter and importer of upholstery fabrics to the U.S. furniture trade.Brooks specializes in designing and… Read more.March 24, 2014
Manufacturers Push Premier Print Business Up 30 Per Cent
SHERMAN, MS — Premier Prints is riding a wave of increased demand for wet prints by every segment of the fabrics industry according to Zeke Hodges, one of the three brothers who started the business in 1991. The company is adding 22,000 square… Read more.March 24, 2014
Former Imatex Execs Open MODE Business Expect Weaving in Italy, Convert Elsewhere
BULCIAGO, Italy — Pietro Bertarini and Marco Guggi, former Imatex General Manager and Export Manager respectively for many years, have started operations under the name MODE with a third, as yet unidentified third Italian partner who owns… Read more.March 24, 2014
Haufe Retires; Fradin Follows Him!
FRANKFURT—Rockland Mills Inc. hosted a retirement dinner for Henner Haufe at Gasthof Steinernes Haus January 7.After 59 years in the textiles industry, Haufe, founder of Creative Furnishing Fabrics in Sulzburg, Germany says… Read more.March 24, 2014
