Crowson Acquires Majority of Vetell
Crowson Fabrics, based in Sussex, England, U.K. with subsidiary companies in Belgium, Holland, France, Germany, Australia and New Zealand, has acquired a majority shareholding in Vetell, the holding company of Hill & Knowles and the Galliard… Read more.September 21, 2000
Kobe Plans Large-Scale Expansion
Valkenswaard, Holland - The Dutch distributor, Kobe, will expand its current headquarters and warehouse from 6,000 to 16,000 square meters next year, according to Roger Duffhuis, Kobe marketing manager. As part of the company's twenty-fifth… Read more.September 20, 2000
Main Street Builds Factory To House Increased Upholstery Lines
Tyngsboro, MA (USA) - Main Street Textiles will open new manufacturing facilities in late September or early October, according to president Penny Richards. Main Street is a weaver of flat textured and jacquard fabrics for home upholstery,… Read more.September 20, 2000
DPS Pioneers Mass Customization of Decorative Furnishings
New York - The U.S.-based firm, Digital Printing Systems, claims it is the first company in the world to offer digital ink-jet presses and associated supplies for the home and commercial furnishings market. DPS said this will completely change… Read more.September 20, 2000
Culp Launches Aqua-Lok(tm): Latex-Free, Environmentally Friendly Finish
High Point - Culp has achieved a technological breakthrough in the elimination of the latex backing from 20 percent of its product line by using a patented finishing process called Aqua-Lok(tm). Over the past 18 months, The InterSpun®… Read more.September 20, 2000
Turkish Companies Revive Export Operations
Istanbul - Turkish producers of fabrics, curtains and trims are rededicating themselves to export efforts in the aftermath of two serious earthquakes and a 1998-99 market meltdown in the ex-Russian republics, which are just beginning to see… Read more.September 20, 2000
Zorlu Targets $1 Billion in Sales
What happens when China joins the WTO in 2005 and the quota system in the U.S.A. goes out the window? asked Burak Abdullahoglu, president of Zorlu USA. Zorlu has made an investment in a U.S. branch to further penetrate the textiles market but… Read more.September 20, 2000
Oz-Is Improves Delivery
The Turkish lira has dropped by 50 percent in each of the last three years, said Ozer Ozbarut, partner with his brother Onder in Oz-Is, a trimming producer. "Life is very difficult in Turkey. We're paying off loans today with 20-25 percent interest… Read more.September 20, 2000
