Pacuk Takes Over Berman's Post at Raxon
NEW YORK, New York – The Vescom Group, which owns Raxon Fabrics Corp., has announced that the company has eliminated Ivy Berman as president of Raxon Fabrics and replaced her with Andrew Pacuk, who was formerly the senior vice president… Read more.November 5, 2008
P/Kaufmann Debuts Sustainable Line for Contract & Residential
NEW YORK, New York – Fifty-year-old fabric converter and wholesaler P/Kaufmann has launched P/K Conserves, a new collection of sustainable upholstery fabrics catering to both their residential and contract customers. While several… Read more.October 31, 2008
Lenox Joins Market Center
LAS VEGAS, Nevada —John Lenox has been named textile business development manager for World Market Center here. He will be based in Hickory, NC, where he is developing plans to create a higher profile of textile market presence for… Read more.October 29, 2008
Trend Forecaster Kai Chow to Present Robin Bruce Upholstery Collection at High Point
HIGH POINT, North Carolina – On October 20, 2008 trend forecaster Kai Chow will be present the inspirations for the new Robin Bruce upholstery collections at the High Point Market. Chow has worked with Bruce for years to tap into new trends… Read more.October 15, 2008
Prosetex Launches Higher End Lines
BRUSSELS, Belgium – Prosetex has introduced a high-end piece dyed velvet collection in cotton with viscose warps available in custom colors, as well as a high end jacquard texture collection under the Deluxe Edition brand. "This new… Read more.October 15, 2008
Lee Jofa Acquires Connecticut Fabric Company
BETHPAGE, New York – A subsidiary of 90-year-old Kravet since 1995, Lee Jofa has announced the acquisition of the high-end decorative fabric company, SeaCloth, LLC. SeaCloth's fabrics are a mix of bright and exotic sea-inspired prints… Read more.October 8, 2008
Cetec Joins Z+R Group
BRUSSELS, Belgium — The world of fabric wholesalers continues to regroup at the very high end with the acquisition of Cetec by Zimmer & Rohde. Z+R also owns high end editeur brands Etamine, Travers, Warners and Hodsall MacKensie. Cetec… Read more.October 6, 2008
Bella-Dura Taps New Yarn Supplier
GARFIELD, New Jersey - Wearbest Sil-Tex Mills Ltd., has been successful in its search to find another source of filament olefin yarn used to weave its Bella-Dura™ line of outdoor fabrics. American Fibers & Yarns, the original suppliers… Read more.October 3, 2008
