Meerbeke, Belgium – At Heimtextil, Belgian textile machines supplier M-Tec introduces, in cooperation with Trevira CS, a new application of its successful Mantec Lasermarker for cut-out designs in polyester fabrics,…
With the arrival of 2000, The People’s Republic of China celebrates its 50th anniversary while Sipco, publisher of Fabrics & Furnishings International begins its 10th year. Thanks to all of…
New York – La Cotonniere d’Alsace, the French producer, has debuted its first line of bedlinens aimed at the American market. The collection, called Paule Marrot has been a mainstay…
New York — The sixteenth annual International Fashion Fabric Exhibition and Conference (IFFE) at the Jacob K. Javits Center featured more than 650 exhibitors and attracted 12,500 visitors, according to…
Elkin, N.C. -Chatham Fabrics has introduced a broad line of fabrics that meet the British flame-retardancy standard, 5852 part one. The new lines will be on display during Heimtextil 2000…
Brussels, Belgium – Stop Copy Designs, an international non-profit association formed to prevent copying and take action against design copiers, was busy during Decosit. Because trade fairs are ideal venues…
HAMPSHIRE, England – Jane Mosse left her design job at Dorma in Manchester 14 years ago to do something she had always wanted: start her own business. Since that day,…
Bombay, India — Ajay Arora informed F&FI at presstime that he expects to purchase the home furnishings division of the Dicitex Group Bombay, a producer of synthetic textiles. “In all…
Brussels, Belgium — Belgian exhibitors at Decosit said that the interest shown in their products at the fair was evidence of a lively second half of the year following a…
Glasgow, Scotland, (UK) — In the summer, Bridge of Weir Leather Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Tanning Industries Ltd, became one of the first tanneries in the world…