Keyston Hits 150!
Keyston Bros., Atlanta, GA based fabric jobber celebrated 150 years in business recently. Here’s Mark Schechter, Senior VP and National Sales Manager with Elaine Schroeder, Senior Sales Manager and Dee Duncan, President and CEO. Read more.March 15, 2018
Flokser Regroups; Closes Down Former Microfibres Operations in USA Moves Flock Equipment to Turkey
GREENSBORO, North Carolina — In less than six months, Flokser of Turkey, a major flock producer in China and Turkey opened and then partially closed the former Microfibres flock operation in Pawtucket, RI and Winston Salem. Some of the… Read more.March 15, 2018
Marc Layne Named Arc-Com President
ORANGEBURG, NY—Marc Layne has been named President of Arc-Com a hospitality and contract specialist jobber. Marc joined the executive management team at Arc-Com in 2016. Previously, he spent two decades as an investment banker for Bear… Read more.March 15, 2018
Julie Morris Named VP Sales, Kravet; 29 Year Veteran Susan Lorenz to Retire
BETHPAGE, NY — Julie Morris has joined Kravet Fabrics Corp. as Vice President of Sales. She reports to John Dull, Executive Vice President, Sales. Morris will follow a trail blazed by Susan Lorenz, a 29-year veteran of Kravet who retired… Read more.March 15, 2018
Boyteks Develops Highly Technical Fabrics
KAYSERI, TURKEY—Boyteks, a major upholstery fabric weaver has developed a series of technologies which creates a fabric that is either easy to clean with water, its ‘Clean Ink’ brand; photocatalytic coatings which can produce relatively… Read more.March 15, 2018
“Wowed” By An Unexpected Icelandic Adventure
Everybody is familiar with the expression, “Be careful what you wish for!” In my case, that is exactly what had happened on my trip home from Heimtex. When I was booking my flight to Germany way back in October, I was put off by the… Read more.March 15, 2018
M. L. Arora Founder of Dicitex Furnishings, 75
MUMBAI — M.L. Arora, the founder of Dicitex Furnishings Pvt. was born August 18, 1942 and passed August 28, 2017. Arora left his native village in Punjab India as a school kid in order to relocate to Mumbai. He was unable to continue his… Read more.March 15, 2018
Evteks Makes Fashion Statement
ISTANBUL—The 24th running of Evteks in Istanbul has new show dates of April 24-28 according to Istanbul Trade Fairs, a division of CNR Expo, the show organizer. The reason for the new dates had to do with the fact that Ramadan starts the… Read more.March 15, 2018
