Brazilian Look Launched in Europe
São Paulo - ABIT, the Brazilian textile and apparel industry association, is helping to push Latin American home textiles into international markets. The organization assisted five Brazilian companies to exhibit for the first time at TIP… Read more.January 17, 2003
Atelier Targets American Market
Mexico City - Atelier, a decorative fabric and upholstery mill owned by the Galante family here, said it will target the American market. The company has appointed the U.S.-based Softex sales agency to lead the expansion. Atelier was previously… Read more.January 17, 2003
Satin Textiles Opens Textile Gallery
Bangkok - Satin Textiles has opened Pasaya, a 150-square-meter gallery textile gallery, in an up-market shopping district of Bangkok. The textile display has been treated as artifact rather than regular traditional treatment of rolling of… Read more.January 17, 2003
Angiuoni Opens Paris Office, Expanded Mill
Milan, Italy - Enzo Degli Angiuoni, a major Italian jacquard woven mill, expects to open its first showroom and sales office in Paris located at 33, Rue des Petites Champs, in the center of the decoration fabrics business, a few steps from the… Read more.January 17, 2003
Under New Ownership Texoprint Projects 10-15% Annual Growth
Boekelo, Netherlands - Under new ownership Texoprint has bought new equipment for bleaching, printing and finishing and is aiming for 10 to 15 percent annual growth in sales of prints to the high-end market, the company said. ''We have developed… Read more.January 17, 2003
Quaker Expands
FALL RIVER, Mass. - In an effort to increase international sales to half its business, Quaker Fabric Corp. has added sales and showroom operations in Bombay and Singapore. ''Singapore is a central location that will be a springboard to Indonesia,… Read more.January 17, 2003
Traditional Textiles, Government Reform Help Thailand Recover
Bangkok - In the early 1990s, Thailand's economy boiled, with building and infrastructure projects going on at an intense pace. But in 1997, the value of the Thai baht melted from 25 to 40 per U.S. dollar, making several companies bankrupt and… Read more.January 17, 2003
U.S. Must Burst the Free Trade Bubble; Manage Its Own Trade
by John Bakane CEO of Cone Mills With the bursting of the tech bubble, the equity markets bubble and the C.E.O. compensation bubble, it is time to also address the Free Trade bubble. Like all bubbles, the Free Trade bubble was conceived… Read more.January 17, 2003
