Oussoren, Velvet Piecegoods Guru, Chen Launch The VelvetLab®
HELMOND, The Netherlands — Richard Oussoren and Nick Chen have become partners in a new venture under the name of The VelvetLab® in order to make finished textiles and upholstered furniture from velvet. Oussoren is the managing director… 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
Hellwig Joins Dorell Fabrics as COO
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA.— Mark Hellwig has been named Chief Operating Officer of Dorell Fabrics Company, reporting to Ron Frankel, principal and co-partners with Richard Zack, President. Hellwig, who joined Dorell April 15, was previously… 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
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
Indonesian Wholesalers Rack Up 15-20 Percent Increase in 2013, Hotel Business Strong, Middle Class Drives Residential Sales
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The Southeast Asia’s biggest economy has been ‘quietly’ growing around 6.5 percent a year and residential demand in the past four years has been growing around by six to seven percent annually. Fabric wholesalers… Read more.August 5, 2013
