Babei Launches BellaBello Brand to Penetrate Domestic China Market
HANZHOU, PR China—Babei has opened its first of what may be 100 residential shop in shops for its BellaBello brand at the LaCasa showroom in the Derlook building in Hangzhou and expects to be a $50 million company within five years including… Read more.December 2, 2011
Z-Wovens Offers New Upholstery Line, U.S. Warehouse On-Stream At Year End
Shanghai, China — Zhongwang Holding is exporting 70 percent of its Hangzhou mill production to the USA, Middle East, Europe, particularly the UK, Brazil and Russia in that order according to Rena Yang, marketing director. The 2010… Read more.December 2, 2011
Ragolle Throws Its Hat in the Contract Ring for the First Time
WAREGEM, Belgium —Ragolle, a major weaver of residential fabrics, is integrating a complete line of contract fabrics to its collection with the absorption of ITM designs, a Belgian contract mill acquired in September. The contract lines… Read more.December 2, 2011
Nelson Mandela Inspires Marcovaldo's African Line
LOS ANGELES—Marcovaldo, a 25 year old converter of trims and fabrics will show its new South African inspired Mandela collection of 300 fabric sku’s in 12 designs at Showtime in High Point, N.C. in December.Marcovaldo sells to jobbers, furniture… Read more.October 21, 2011
Collins Drives Thornber Busby & Busby Export Sales
LANCASHIRE, UK— Thornber Home & Leisure Ltd. is looking to the U.S. jobber and manufacturer for increased sales of its low to middle ranges of woven fabrics.“We sell our volume production to the UK furniture trade including DFS but we… Read more.October 1, 2011
Ragolle Buys ITM Designs
Waregem, BE -- On September 1, Ragolle NV here has purchased the design archives and intellectual assets of ITM, a jacquard weaver in Kruishoutem, Belgium owned by Bernard Clarysse.The purchase price was not disclosed. It will place Ragolle… Read more.September 9, 2011
Small, Family Owned Mills, Wholesalers Prosper in Difficult World Economy Against the Tide
Boca Raton, Florida — Norbar Fabrics is navigating the rebounding economy with a keen focus on select new lines and design books geared to customer needs and industry trends. In that way, Norbar Fabrics has been a kind of barometer of… Read more.August 26, 2011
MoOD Sees First Wide Width Linen Collection
Kruishoutem, BE — Nelen & Delbeke is proving that a small family fabric business is still a viable way to serve the retail and editeur markets according to Thierry Delbeke head of the business with his son Dexter and wife Caroline. Recently,… Read more.August 26, 2011
