MONTERREY, Mexico —After 60 years in business as a major jobber with 65 employees, Tapistel has rebranded itself as Home Link and plans to open two more showrooms in addition to its two showrooms in Monterrey according to Mauricio Marchand, the second generation owner of the business. His father, who passed away one year ago, started the original company which also included a large furniture store that has since been closed. Now, Mauricio is developing that 120,000 square foot property as a separate real estate venture in Monterrey. Home Link, with its 60-year history behind it, is now considered the fastest growing Mexican supplier of home fabrics to the trade, as well as to manufacturers according to one seasoned observer of the Mexican market. In 2001, Mauricio first came on the fabric radar when he was an agent for Mastercraft Fabrics covering Mexico and Latin America and Tapistel was a distributor for that same line, now defunct. Today, Home Link is a fabric jobber which sells cuts from JAB, RM Coco, Joanne of Canada. Home Link also carries Fabric Library, UV Pro outdoor fabrics, FR One and Alex Foster, a private label line throughout Mexico and Central America. Home Link is the only jobber in Mexico selling to all three main chain stores. Palacio de Hierro, Liverpool and Sears. The bulk of Home Link’s sales are to the trade only—designers. “We also cover hospitality projects in Mexico though a special sales force that is separate from our retail business to the designer.” Mauricio runs the business with his wife Magarita; now his oldest son Mauricio II, 24, is involved in the business as well. They have five sons ranging in age from 10-24 years old.