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
Get On-Line or get Webbed Out!
The Fabric Industry Needs Web Standards According to the July 2000 Webtrends(r) report, www.sipco.net received an average of more than 3,000 hits a day. (A 'hit' is one person looking at one page; If a person looks at 10 pages, that's considered… Read more.September 20, 2000
Letchinger Forms Distinctive Textiles
Briarcliff Manor, NY (USA) – Ellen Letchinger has formed a new sales agency in the USA called Distinctive Textiles based in the Midwest. She was previously in sales with Purcell-Letchinger, a sales agency, originally based in the Midwest,… Read more.September 19, 2000
Fashion Technologies May Buy Cherokee
Brussels – Spartan International, Inc. and Fashion Technologies, Inc. have made an agreement that will allow the continued operation of Spartan's Cherokee Finishing Plant in Gaffney, S.C. In Late August, Spartan International announced… Read more.September 12, 2000
Stone Names Aizawa President
Brussels—Mark Aizawa has been appointed president of Chris Stone & Assciates, a Vernon, CA (USA) fabric printer and converter. He replaces Ron Kneitel, who has been president since the passing of the late Chris Stone, founder of the company.… Read more.September 12, 2000
