Wearbest Unveils Chinese-Made Line; Brings on New Designer
GARFIELD, N.J. – Wearbest Sil-Tex Mills has unveiled a collection of Chinese-made silk blends. The upholstery weaver has been privately showing the range to customers in its New York-based design studio since December, said Wearbest president… Read more.August 28, 2003
Connie Plourde Passes Away
VALDESE, N.C. – Constance Plourde-Carlton, director of marketing contract for Valdese Weavers, died May 26, 2003 after a long illness. She was 44. She leaves behind a husband, Robert and two children, Emma and Sam. During her career, she… Read more.August 28, 2003
Furniture Maverick Thayer Coggin Dies at 80
HIGH POINT - Thayer Coggin, known for half a century in the furniture industry as a nonconformist, died in May at High Point, N.C., after a long illness. He was 80. Coggin separated himself from mainstream manufacturing in 1953 when he teamed… Read more.August 28, 2003
Italian Printer Mascioni Begins Making Finished Goods
CUVIO, Italy– Mascioni, a major Italian textile group and the printing division of Zucchi, is expanding its business as a supplier of printed made-ups for the bedding marketer and converter in Europe and the U.S., said Alberto Mascioni,… Read more.August 28, 2003
Pret pour la Maison debut in Brussels
BRUSSELS - Trade Link Company's exhibition, Pret pour la Maison, the trade show for ready-made textiles, debuts at the Kart Expo in Brussels September 5-8, 2003. Running concurrently with another TLC show, Textiles d'Interieure Premiere (TIP),… Read more.August 28, 2003
ShowRoom plans to include top-end fabric suppliers
MANCHESTER, England — ShowRoom consolidated its position as a key event in the U.K. home furnishing industry's calendar with its second showing at Manchester's G-Mex Centre in April. Sponsored by the British Interior Textiles Association,… Read more.August 28, 2003
First Year's a Charm for Retail Fabric Supplier Softline
LOS ANGELES – Brothers Jason and Rodney Carr could not stand being apart. But establishing careers in the home fabrics industry they both loved required it — one brother worked in Canada and one in the U.S. — until last year.… Read more.August 19, 2003