Adesal, Argentina’s Boutique Mill, Logs 10th Year at Showtime USA
HIGH POINT, North Carolina — Adesal Jacquards, one of the largest mills in South America is routinely turning in 5-10 percent sales increases each year by catering to what its customers need—lots of designs and small quantity minimums according… Read more.August 5, 2013
A Combined Bentex, Se7en Find Increased Sales, New Markets Under Michael Durham, Ernest Benbassat Leadership
GREENSBORO, North Carolina — The purchase of Bentex Mills by Bur lington®Technologies (BT) just one year ago is starting to pay off according to Michael Durham, President & CEO. Sales for the combined companies are up ten percent in 2013… Read more.August 5, 2013
Enduratex Brings Textile Look to Contract Vinyl With New Topcoat for Hospitality, Healthcare Markets
MIRA LOMA, CA— Enduratex™ with 35 years in the pvc business, has come up a notch or two in the contract business in the last five years by producing more vinyl upholstery with a textile look and bring innovations in the topcoat according… Read more.August 5, 2013
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
Larry Liebenow Passes, 69
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — Larry A. Liebenow, the former President & CEO of Quaker Fabrics Corp., died suddenly May 23 at the Miriam Hospital in Providence, RI. Larry A. Leibenow He was the husband of Kathleen (Bendix) Liebenow. He… 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
