Designers Continue to Play Musical Chairs With American Jobbers:
NEW YORK--Sumitra Mattai has been named Senior Design Director for Scalamandre Design Studio. She will be in charge of Scalamandre product development. She replaces Susan North who left Scalamandre to join Jim Thompson, The Thai Silk Company… Read more.January 9, 2018
Jungalow Founder Justina Blakeney Designs Valdese Weavers’ Inside Out Performance Brand®
VALDESE, N.C.-- Valdese Weavers’ new performance brand, Inside Out Performance Fabrics®, is designed by Justina Blakeney, She is the blogger behind Jungalow, “The Inside Out brand speaks to the bohemian lifestyle that fuels my work,”… Read more.December 4, 2017
Rafa Pascual Lauches Aquaclean® Extreme
ALICANTE, SPAIN — Rafael Pascual, principal of Antecuir, is further polishing up his Aquaclean® brand with a new ‘Extreme’ version of the upholstery the 8.95-9.50 Euro price range. “The structure of the fabric insures that it is… Read more.November 17, 2017
Aznar Brings Recycled Cotton ‘Eco Green’ Fabrics to Market
BRUSSELS — In addition to a its first 200 sku outdoor collection in Dralon® acrylic fiber in 100 cm width, priced from five to ten Euros a meter, Aznar unveiled its first 100 sku ‘eco green’ collection of recycled cotton at what Eduardo… Read more.November 17, 2017
Spanish Textile Manufacturers Regroup Around Technology in Better Economic Conditions at Textil Hogar, But Many Did Not Survive the Last Business Downswing
MADRID, Spain — Spanish manufacturers have taken advantage of different trends, current technologies and an improved economy to boost their businesses according to exhibitors at the Home Textiles Premium Fair here this past September. (7-9) … Read more.November 17, 2017
Kravet Unveils 8,200 S.F. Philadelphia Showroom
PHILADEPHIA, PA—Kravet’s corporate masterplan continues to roll out coordinated, vignettes of interior products in designer driven settings at all new showrooms with the latest opening of the Philadelphia Design Center on Ludlow Street here. … Read more.November 17, 2017
The Use of New Fibers and Yarns Enable the Chinese to Offer Middle to High-End Ranges of Decorative Fabrics
SHANGHAI — China is no longer a cheap source of decorative fabrics and prices are increasing regularly, according to attendees at this year’s Shanghai Intertextile Fair here. The use of new fibers and yarns has enabled Chinese suppliers… Read more.November 17, 2017
Raymakers Taps Rietveld
HELMOND, The Netherlands — Bas Rietveld has been named International Sales Director of Raymakers Royal Dutch Textile Mills here. He joined the company in February. He is responsible for sales in the USA and Canada in addition to his more… Read more.November 17, 2017
