Soft Switches Could Soon Be Built Into Home Furnishings
West Yorkshire (UK) — Imagine: Light switches embedded in curtains, carpets or other home furnishings. Rugs that control the playing of music. A television remote control sewn into the upholstery fabric on the arm of a sofa. These are… Read more.December 12, 2000
E-Color Develops Method For 'True-Color' Delivery
Software program enables products to appear accurately for online customers SAN FRANCISCO – When setting up shop online, textile companies have come face to face with a glaring limitation: the Internet's failure to convey the feel of… Read more.December 12, 2000
Adriaans Sells Art
Vieuxville, Belgium — Just after Decosit in October, approximately 90 people attended the second in-home art exhibition of the Dutch painter and textile designer Harry Adriaans in the Erdennen area of Belgium on the Rue du Soleil (route… Read more.December 12, 2000
Intohome to Remain in Birmingham
Birmingham (UK) - The U.K. soft furnishings show Intohome will remain at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham in 2001. The decision follows speculation that the event would shift either to ExCel, the new conference/exhibition center… Read more.December 12, 2000
Messe Frankfurt Rethinks Plans to Open Heimtextil to Public
Frankfurt, Germany — Compromise and yet more compromise appears likely over Messe Frankfurt's plans to open Heimtextil to the public. At a meeting in May 2000, the mainly German members of the show's Exhibitor Advisory Council favored… Read more.December 12, 2000
JAB Opens Emirates Showroom
Sharjah (UAE) – JAB has opened a 1,663-foot showroom in Sharjah, U.A.E. in order to benefit from the Middle East's burgeoning tourism industry. "Due to the fact that tourism became an important revenue source in the Emirates, a lot of… Read more.December 12, 2000
Poll: The Effect of Chinese Home Furnishings on U.S. Mills
One year ago, Fabrics & Furnishings International posted an online poll question: "How will Chinese home furnishings textiles affect the way U.S. mills do business?" These are the results. It will be good for business 43.81% It will be… Read more.December 12, 2000
Management Buys Out Lanscot-Arlen
NEW YORK - On 1 September, Lanscot-Arlen announced that its senior management teamed with an Atlanta, Ga.-based private equity fund to acquire all of the assets and businesses of Lanscot-Arlen, including the Wilmington Piece Dye Company. Led… Read more.December 12, 2000
