CHICAGO, Ill.--Deborah Newberger has been named international sales director for Textile Bonding Ltd., a New Zealand based coater and producer of blackout linings.

She will handle all markets except for New Zealand and Australia and will look for sales agents to build a network for the company. Newberger was head of contract  sales at RM Coco, a Cape Girardeau, Mo. Based wholesaler for 14 months.

"I'm going back to my roots," Newberger told F&FI. Prior to RM Coco, she owned her own fabric business where blackout was an important product.