Weave Introduces Glasgall Division
December 3, 2001
Hackensack, NJ (USA) – Weave Corporation, a leading designer and weaver of better jacquard upholstery fabrics will introduce, a new division, the Glasgall Silk Company this winter. Glasgall Silk Company produces 100% silk upholstery fabrics through a partnership in China.
''We have been working on this for just over a year now,'' said Roger Berkley, president of Weave. ''The first collection will contain about a dozen items, although the flow of designs to China and samples back from China is continuing at a steady pace,'' Berkley said.
The Weave Corporation sales team will offer Glasgall Silk Company fabrics and all administrative functions will be performed by Weave Corporation.
Weave design teams in New York and Pennsylvania, the home of the Weave CAD studio, are doing all Glasgall Silk''s designing and coloring.
"Weave''s proven track record in design and color will assure customers that the product will be appropriate for their markets," Berkeley said.
The Glasgall Silk Company production facility in China is a newly equipped with modern machinery. The looms and jacquard machines have all been installed within the last six months, according to the company. The Glasgall Silk Company mill also uses EAT computer design systems, so the electronic transfer of designs from Weave's facilities in the States to its Chinese facility is seamless.
The Glasgall Silk Company was named for Weave Corporation''s predecessor: Maurice Glasgall. Glasgall, who was Roger Berkley''s grandfather, wove silk shantung and other fabrics in his mill in Paterson, New Jersey, starting in 1924. By the early 50s, silk had become scarce because of the Communist take-over in China, so the Paterson mill began weaving rayon, the cellulosic synthetic that mimics silk in many ways. In 1954, Robert Berkley, Glasgall''s son-in-law, purchased a small mill in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and started Weave Corporation. The two companies worked in tandem until Glasgall''s death in 1967, when the Paterson mill was closed.
''We have been working on this for just over a year now,'' said Roger Berkley, president of Weave. ''The first collection will contain about a dozen items, although the flow of designs to China and samples back from China is continuing at a steady pace,'' Berkley said.
The Weave Corporation sales team will offer Glasgall Silk Company fabrics and all administrative functions will be performed by Weave Corporation.
Weave design teams in New York and Pennsylvania, the home of the Weave CAD studio, are doing all Glasgall Silk''s designing and coloring.
"Weave''s proven track record in design and color will assure customers that the product will be appropriate for their markets," Berkeley said.
The Glasgall Silk Company production facility in China is a newly equipped with modern machinery. The looms and jacquard machines have all been installed within the last six months, according to the company. The Glasgall Silk Company mill also uses EAT computer design systems, so the electronic transfer of designs from Weave's facilities in the States to its Chinese facility is seamless.
The Glasgall Silk Company was named for Weave Corporation''s predecessor: Maurice Glasgall. Glasgall, who was Roger Berkley''s grandfather, wove silk shantung and other fabrics in his mill in Paterson, New Jersey, starting in 1924. By the early 50s, silk had become scarce because of the Communist take-over in China, so the Paterson mill began weaving rayon, the cellulosic synthetic that mimics silk in many ways. In 1954, Robert Berkley, Glasgall''s son-in-law, purchased a small mill in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and started Weave Corporation. The two companies worked in tandem until Glasgall''s death in 1967, when the Paterson mill was closed.
