Boca Bargoons Targets Ready-Made Population
For a company that initially made a name for itself selling yardgoods, Boca Bargoons is in a deep transition that’s highlighted by custom-ordered furniture, in-house workrooms and a possible franchising. The company is positioning itself… Read more.June 14, 2011
Premiere Finishing Closes Doors, Transitions Employees to Crypton
HICKORY, North Carolina -- Premiere Finishing Company, a finisher of woven cloth with a craft in needle punching and washing, is closing its doors without a deal in place for it to be acquired and, according to Dennis Crisp, president, is transitioning… Read more.June 13, 2011
Designtex Launches Largest Healthcare Collection, Industry-First with Agion® Cubicles
NEW YORK, NY -- The Josephine Collection, designed by Tara Rae Hill and Martiele Sineath of LittleFISH THINK TANK, demonstrates a new fashion forward way to view healthcare privacy and upholstery textiles. A number of the patterns in this… Read more.June 7, 2011
Fox Partners with Camira to Launch Textile Collection at NeoCon
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana -- British designer David Fox will be onsite at NeoCon on June 14 in Chicago, Illinois to introduce his new fabric collection that will launch in partnership with textile innovator Camira Fabrics. In working with textiles,… Read more.June 6, 2011
Murray Engle Appointed to Residential Sales Manager for The Mitchell Group
CHICAGO, Illinois -- Industry veteran Murray Engle has been named to the newly created post of residential sales manager for The Mitchell Group, according to Bill Fisch, president. Engle previously handled major accounts sales at Mitchell.… Read more.June 2, 2011
Victor Mills Plans Wool Contract Lines This Fall
SAINT GEORGES, Quebec — Contract continues to be the most important market for Victor Textile Mills with at least 70% of its overall business and double digit gains in 2011, according to its owner, Alain Duval. Duval admitted the recession… Read more.May 26, 2011
J. Queen Continues to Hire Amid Growth in Second Year
NEW YORK, New York -- J.Queen New York has added several key staff to its New York office and showroom in an effort to support the growth it has been experiencing since industry veteran Julie Brady founded the firm in the summer of 2009. … Read more.May 26, 2011
Absecon Mills Up and Running Days After Devastating Fire
COLOGNE, New Jersey -- The looms at Absecon Mills are once again churning out fabric at the factory where a devastating fire struck this year on the evening of April 3. The fire was contained because of the hard work and responsiveness of… Read more.May 26, 2011
