WANGARETTA, Australia--Wilson Fabrics, a vertical window coverings fabric manufacturer has opened a 4,000 square foot national distribution center in New Jersey to support its roller blind and roman shade business in North America according to Chris Cencek, Chief Operating Officer.

Wilson Fabrics’ Chief Operating Officer, Sencek, said that over the past 12 months the company has developed export markets for its Australian-based textile manufacturing business including expanding its sales and distribution capability into the USA, Europe, and the Middle East.

“It has been a very busy and rewarding 12 months for Wilson Fabrics. Our preliminary discussions with USA-based distributors and existing customers convinced us that the Americas offer excellent sales opportunities for our products,” he said. 

“We realised that if we were to offer the same level of customer service we offer in other parts of the world, we would have to prioritize securing and stocking a new distribution centre in the US. Our New Jersey facility is now fully operational and stocked with our complete US product range. We recently shipped our tenth 40’ container of Wilson Fabrics’ textiles to New Jersey,” he added.

“Over the next 12 month, we will continue to develop our network of distributors both in America and Canada. We have been pleasantly overwhelmed by the level of interest from potential distributors and customers for our fabrics; particularly our innovative Australian-made CoolBlind™ fabric.

“Wilson Fabrics’ New Jersey base will also assist us to market CoolBlind™ right across continental Americas. CoolBlind™ is said to be a PVC-free fabric designed to reduce heat transfer in both directions up to 27 percent while still allowing light to fill the room.

Wilson Fabrics has been supplying Australian made drapery and blind fabrics, as well as custom made curtain and technically specialised materials, to distributors and retailers since its inception in 1926. Wilson Fabrics is an independent division of the Australian Textile Group.