Richloom Buys Assets of Cone Converting
New York – Cone Mills Corporation announced Friday that it has agreed to sell certain assets of its John Wolf converted fabrics unit to Richloom Fabrics, Inc., and will then exit the decorative fabrics converting business. The company… Read more.August 10, 2001
Velour Producer, Wexford Weaving, Goes Into Voluntary Liquidation
A Year After Its Acquisition By DNL, Crucial American Orders Failed to Materialize Drinagh, Wexford (Ireland) — Following the alleged collapse of its U.S. markets, velour furnishing fabric maker Wexford Weaving has gone into voluntary… Read more.July 31, 2001
Chinese Upholstery Mill's Export Perspective
Linan, Hangzhou, PRC — The Zhejiang Linan Tianmushan Weaving Company is eager to see the removal of quotas on exports. The 10-year-old company specializes in upholstery fabrics — jacquards and plain weaves. Jacquards, which can… Read more.July 31, 2001
Bruno Joins Weathervane Hill
Norwalk, CT (USA) - Tom Bruno has left his position at Covington as vice president of sales and marketing and joined Roth Weathervane Hill as executive vice president. Bruno had been with Spectrum since 1986 and then stayed on after Covington… Read more.July 31, 2001
U.S. Court of International Trade Makes Certain Table Linens Duty Free
New York-- The U.S. Court of International Trade ("CIT") decided in May 2001 that certain table linens were within the scope of the term "festive articles" for the purposes of classification under the Harmonized Tariff System of the Unites… Read more.July 30, 2001
Atlanta Market in July Aims at Lifting 4th Quarter Sales
Atlanta, GA, (USA) - The ten-day Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Mart, held 11-20 July, presented product resources, services and programs designed to ignite the fourth quarter sales of its exhibitors. The market featured specialty… Read more.July 30, 2001
Vescom Group Acquires Leo Schellens BV
Deurne, Holland – The Vescom Group has acquired Schellens from Gamma Holdings. Schellens, which is located in Eindhoven, Holland, manufactures woven velour upholstery fabrics and specializes in projects for the residential market and the… Read more.July 18, 2001
Gerster Export Manager Says Growth is Coming From New Markets
Frankfurt, Germany – Wilgund Hörmann, export manager the German curtain specialist Gerster for North America and Great Britain of, said that the positive sales at the company in recent years is mainly due to the strong increase of its… Read more.July 9, 2001
