Emporio Beraldin Seeks High End Brazilian Market
SAO PAULO, Brazil — With the launch of its new collection, Emporio Beraldin finds it is having a good business year in 2013 according to Zeco Beraldin, principal. A new corporate line for hotels and an accessories line to be sold through… Read more.August 5, 2013
Why Made in USA Rings Cash Registers Again!
Moderator: Eric Schneider - Fabrics & Furnishings International Jan Jessup - Director of Merchandising: Calico Bob McKinnon - Keystone Weaving Mills, Inc. Claudine Simone - Henredon… Read more.August 5, 2013
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
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
Outsider Named Bauman Dekor GM; Seidl Leaves Company After Two Years
GMUND, Austria—Gerhard Brecka has been named managing director of Baumann Dekor. He joined the company from another position outside of the textile industry.Christine Seidl, managing director of Baumann Dekor since January 2011, has left… Read more.July 26, 2013
