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
Rhodia Targets Suede Upholstery Products for Growth
Valence, France — Rhodia Performance Fibers is investing a reported 55 million Euros in a new flock manufacturing facility here in order to further upgrade the tow it produces for flock fiber, on-line by the end of 2001 according to Regis… Read more.July 5, 2001
Exhibitors from China Come to New York
New York—Some 180 textile, apparel and home furnishing manufacturers from China came to the Jacob Javits Center in New York June 6-8 for the second annual China Textile & Apparel Trade Show. This year's show was "so well received by… Read more.June 29, 2001
Pakistan's Meena Bazaar Comes to New York
New York—Recently, a delegation of 13 women business owners hand picked by the Pakistani Export Promotion Bureau (EPE) exhibited their products to U.S. buyers at the Consulate of Pakistan in New York. The visit was arranged by "Asian… Read more.June 29, 2001
Kravet Buys GP&J Baker, Parkertex; Crowson Winds Up With Monkwell
Bethpage, NY (USA) – In a bidding race almost too close to call, U.S.-based Kravet Fabrics Corp. has completed its acquisition of the assets of GP&J Baker and Parkertex, and U.K.-based Crowson Fabrics acquired the Monkwell brand from Silentnight… Read more.June 26, 2001