Brazil’s Artefacto Buys Huge Quantity of Upholstery Fabric
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Artefacto dominates the furniture scene in Brazil with 30 retail outlets, five of them in Sao Paulo in addition to its own manufacturing plant. Business is flat in Brazil but is moving forward in the USA, according… Read more.August 5, 2013
Agnetta Says Italian Mills Face Tough Future Without New Fabric Export Markets
COMO, Italy — Italy is declining domestically and demand is going down according to Piero Agnetta, principal of Milan based L.M. Consulting. “The Italian textile mills are caught in a credit crunch because the banks will not lend them… Read more.August 5, 2013
Arti Bhandari Mehta Opens 11th Artéé Fabrics & Home Outlet
HUDSON, Massachusetts - Artéé Fabrics & Home stores has opened its 11th outlet in Scarsdale, NY and a 12th store in Las Vegas is in the pipeline scheduled to open by October 1. Artéé Fabrics & Home is owned by Arti Bhandari… Read more.August 5, 2013
Boyteks Buys Warp Knitter for New Upholstery Collection
BURSA, Turkey — Boyteks, a member company within the Boydak Group of Turkey, has launched apparel driven technology in its latest fabric collection to be introduced at MoOD. The technique used is called ‘warp knitting’. It… Read more.August 5, 2013
JF Fabrics Gets Exclusive Wes Mancini Rug Deal, Rugs in Stock
TORONTO, Canada — Joanne Fabrics, which markets its US lines under the JF Fabrics brand, has made a deal with Wes Mancini Ltd. to be the exclusive distributor of its rug collection according to Lisa Nicholl, Joanne’s creative director. … Read more.August 5, 2013
Cenk Tuzcu Makes New Life at Carina
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Carina brand began life as a velvet producer until Ali Cenk Tuzcu got into the act three years ago. Ali was the former partner in the Onem Mill in Bursa but chose to join the Yuncu family operation instead. The… Read more.August 5, 2013
Hisar Finds New Life as Converter in Shaoxing, China
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Omer Faruk Topbas closed his mill, Hisar Tekstil, three years ago in Istanbul only to live again in Shaoxing China where he is running full blast. He does Turkish design in China with a Chinese owned mill dedicated… Read more.August 5, 2013
Contract Powerhouse Crypton Builds Home Fabrics Business
HIGH POINT, North Carolina — Buoyed by its success in the contract/hospitality market for the past 20 years, Crypton is starting to make waves in the residential fabrics business with its first collection of 250 sku’s for the furniture manufacturer,… Read more.August 5, 2013
