Tanriverdi, Maker of Verdi(r) Brand

Tanriverdi, the 30-year-old embroidered panel specialist in Catalca, Istanbul, expects to have better year in 2000 than it did in 1999. "Year 2000 is firming up, but 1999 was not a good year due to the crisis in Asia and Brazil," said Umit Alp Ozkarakas, deputy general manager of Tanriverdi. "This produced shocks and the customer became very conservative as...