Southeastern Yarn Sales Makes Inroads in Africa
Global Supplier Forms Partnership to Reopen Mills for Production of Yarn Hickory, NC (USA) - West Africa is the Land of Opportunity for Southeastern Yarn Sales. The 30-year-old U.S. company partnered with a Malaysian textile producer who is… Read more.April 3, 2001
DuPont Unveils Artistri Digital Printer
Frankfurt, Germany - DuPont's Inkjet division has unveiled the Artistri digital printer. The machine, which can print up to 60 square meters an hour represents an effort by DuPont to score with large pigment printers of wide-width home furnishings.… Read more.March 27, 2001
ADF Adds Finished U.S. Bedding Lines
New York — American Decorative Fabrics has purchased a 70 percent interest in Landy Group, a large cut and sew operation in China according to David Li, principal of ADF. ADF has been marketing and importing jacquard upholstery fabrics… Read more.March 27, 2001
Chamundi Blends Silk
Mysore, India – With $5 million in sales produced on eight looms, Chamundi Silk is a 50-year-old company, which emphasizes its own designs produced in silk blends. ''Pure silk is a flat fabric for the most part,'' said M. Rajendran,… Read more.March 27, 2001
Concord, Ferrari Launch Print Groups
Frankfurt, Germany – Concord Home Fashions has introduced a line of prints featuring bright Italian designs by Pamela Ferrari. The line is priced in the $3.95 to $4.25 range and is pigmented printed in Italy on all cotton. Ferrari is… Read more.March 27, 2001
Designers Guild Wins Appeal
Designers Guild announced in December that it won a House of Lords appeal case against Russell Williams. Two years ago, F&FI reported that Designers Guild won a copy infringement case against Russell Williams, which traded the allegedly infringed… Read more.March 27, 2001
Fischbacher Relocates
Paris– The high-end Swiss editor Christian Fischbacher has moved the location of its Paris showroom. Downstairs. Formerly on the third floor of 20 Rue du Mail, Fischbacher started sharing a street-level space with the carpet manufacturer… Read more.March 27, 2001
Joan Fabrics Completes Acquisition of Circa 1801
Tyngsboro, MA (USA) – Elkin McCallum, chairman and CEO of Joan Fabrics Corporation, announced last week that he has completed his acquisition of Circa 1801. "This transaction, combined with our current ownership of Doblin gives us the… Read more.March 27, 2001
