ITA Manager Moves: Carrie Dillon Becomes New Managing Director, While Brian Casey Resigns as Executive Director
Showtime tradeshow remains on schedule for Nov. 15-18, 2020
HIGH POINT, N.C. – Carrie Dillon has been promoted to the newly created position of ITA managing director. Carrie Dillon She will continue management of the International Textile Alliance (ITA), the nonprofit that organizes the Showtime… Read more.August 28, 2020
Glen Raven Shuffles Eight Top Executives
BURLINGTON, N.C. – Glen Raven, a global manufacturer of custom fabrics for many industries, has promoted eight executives in its technical fabrics subsidiary, according to the Industrial Fabrics Association International. The not-for-profit… Read more.August 17, 2020
President Adam Jurlin Leaves Fabtex
ORANGE, Calif. — Adam Jurlin has left as the president of Fabtex Inc., the $50-million-plus hospitality fabricator, after eight years with the company. Adam Jurlin His future plans are unknown. The company, which is located three miles… Read more.August 11, 2020
Fred Richman, Richloom Fabrics Founder, Dies at 98
NEW YORK—Fred Richman, who founded the Richloom Fabrics Group in 1957, which has grown from one store into a multimillion, global operation, died on July 26. He was 98. It has remained a family-run business for three generations. Richman’s… Read more.July 26, 2020
Shoaf Joins Radiate as Sales Executive
NORWALK, Conn. -- Katherine Shoaf has been named vice president of merchandising and sales for Radiate Textiles. She reports to David Titlebaum, president and founder of the home furnishings converter. Shoaf has over 20 years of experience… Read more.July 25, 2020
Marshall Fabrics Founder Dies at 79
NILES, Ill. -- Marshall Gary Bobroff, founder and former president of Marshall Fabrics, a decorative fabrics wholesaler in the Chicago area, died June 10 at age 79. Marshall Fabrics was a distributor of decorative fabrics to retail designers,… Read more.July 22, 2020
A Great Light Has Gone Out: Regina Gurman, International Fabric Saleswoman, Dies at 72
ROSLYN, N.Y.—One of the great lights of the international fabric business has gone out with the death of Regina Gurman, 72, on Saturday, July 11. A funeral service was held here the next day at the Shelter Rock Jewish Center. The Russian-born… Read more.July 13, 2020
Len Gliner, Former Owner of Jacquard Fabrics, 83
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—Len Gliner, who ran Jacquard Fabrics Inc. for nearly four decades, died here June 13. He was 83. Gliner was born Oct. 1, 1936. Jacquard Fabrics was a small upholstery mill in Lakewood, New Jersey, that Gliner sold in… Read more.July 6, 2020
