Küçükçalik Grows 40 Percent
General manager Yilmaz Küçükçalik pointed to record growth in the first quarter of 2000 with export sales of $16 million and an expectation of $65 million for the year. The newlywed is producing 4.5 million yards of window fabrics… Read more.September 20, 2000
Özel Family Enters Textiles
Just 18 months ago, Soler Özel established a new textile factory in Izmir under the Gocay banner near the airport. The company is expecting $20 million in sales in 2000 and $60 million by 2005. The company handles knits and woven goods… Read more.September 20, 2000
Turkish Upholstery Backcoated
Turkish upholstery mills are moving towards backcoated products with a polyolefin and polyester chenilles face to combat American mills like Culp, said Akin Eraydin, a veteran upholstery producer. "The ability of the U.S. mill to produce a lightly… Read more.September 20, 2000
Assyst-Bullmer Increases Upholstery Business; Lands LA-Z-BOY
Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. (USA) -The Munich, Germany-based CAD/CAM company Assyst-Bullmer opened a showroom in Atlanta, Ga., (U.S.A.) in April. In the month the showroom (and office) facility opened, two companies - one of whom is La-Z-Boy - retained… Read more.September 20, 2000
Courtaulds Dumps Furnishings, Towels; Walker Greenbank Buys Standfast, Weavestyle
London - The large British-based clothing and fabrics group Courtaulds Textiles plc has sold its furnishing fabrics and towels businesses. The Standfast and Weave-style jacquard woven and commission-printed furnishings operations have been… Read more.September 20, 2000
First Edition of Heimtextil Tex-Styles to Be Held in October
Delhi, India - The India Trade Promotion Organization has a joint-venture agreement with Messe Frankfurt to host the first Heimtextil Tex-Styles exhibition in Delhi, 5-8 October 2000. It's expected that Messe Frankfurt's presence will bring… Read more.September 20, 2000
Isle Mill Moves to New Facilities, Concentrates on Export
Inveralmond, Perth, (UK) - The Isle Mill, a prominent Scottish weaver and exporter has moved several of its operations from Pitlochry to Perth. "We had been headquartered in a small town (Pitlochry)," said Blair MacNaughton, managing director… Read more.September 20, 2000
Broomhill Gains License For Cosmopolitan Brand
Magheralin, Northern Ireland (UK) - Broomhill Home Furnishings has secured the U.K. license for supplying bedlinen under the brand ''Cosmopolitan,'' the international women's lifestyle magazine. Broomhill is now one of eight U.K. Cosmopolitan… Read more.September 20, 2000
