Mohawk Shuts Doors of Two Yarn Facilities
CALHOUN, Georgia. – Mohawk Industries announced that it will permanently shut down two of its synthetic yarn manufacturing sites in the next 60 days in Dillon, South Carolina and Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. According to company officials,… Read more.November 30, -0001
Canadian Jim Ennis Eyes USA, Boosts 2009 Sales 30 Percent
EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – J. Ennis Fabrics has been quietly growing under the fabrics industry radar by making strategic moves to further its business in the USA, according to second generation owner, 42-year-old, Jim Ennis. The company… Read more.November 30, -0001
Spectro Introduces Two in One Blackout Hospitality Curtains
LEOMINSTER, Massachusetts - Spectro, a major printer and producer of drapery fabric has created a two in one blackout lining for hotel interiors complete with myriad face fabrics. Designers and specifiers of hotel interiors now have an intricate… Read more.November 30, -0001
Valdese Expands Custom Dyeing
VALDESE, North Carolina—Valdese Weavers has completed the installation of $2.8 million worth of yarn dyeing equipment in its dye house here to produce its own dyed yarns for all of its fabric brands, said President and CEO, Mike Shelton.… Read more.November 30, -0001
Donald Rifkin Joins Covington
New York, New York - Donald Rifkin has been named director of inventory control and strategic planning of Covington Fabric & Design, LLC according to Mark S. Kahan, chairman & CEO of this fabric converter. Rifkin is a graduate of Stanford… Read more.November 30, -0001
Houssam “Sam” Rayess Accepts International Sales Post at Z-Wovens
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. — Houssam “Sam” Rayess has been named director of international sales for Z-Wovens, the American branch of Zhongwong Mills, in Hangzhou, China. Z-Wovens’s design and marketing is based in North Carolina,… Read more.August 27, 2018
Utta Kravet, 89, The ‘Queen’ of Kravet Fabrics
Bethpage, NY—Utta Kravet, the spark behind Kravet Inc.for many years has passed away January 3 as the result of an unfortunate fall she took less than two months ago. Read more.January 4, 2019
