Southey Named De Ball CEO
GRANBY, Canada — Chris Southey has been named CEO of De Ball Inc. reporting to Christopher Wood, chairman and co-principal of De Ball. Four years prior to this new post, Southey was president and CEO of Groupe Bocenor Inc., a window… Read more.April 18, 2005
Bomar Names Boyle President
LAKE WORTH, Florida — Kyle Boyle has been named president of Bomar Trimming as of April 11 replacing Alan Block who had this job for 14 months. F&FI has learned that Block has resigned in order to pursue other opportunities. Prior… Read more.April 14, 2005
Reinglas Joins Romano
NEW YORK, New York — Ruthie Reinglas, previously with Beacon Looms and CHF has joined Handel House of Textiles as senior vice president of design. At the same time, Sheldon Handel left Handel House, the company he founded, after he… Read more.April 7, 2005
De Kort, Van Hout Buy Aabe, Aircraft Specialist
TILBURG, Holland — Cornelius de Kort and partner Jan Van Hout purchased Aabe on January 1 for an undisclosed price. The purchase price includes a factory, equipment and warehouse. Aabe employs 75 people as a specialist weaver of aircraft… Read more.April 4, 2005
The Robert Allen Group Moves Design Studios to New York
NEW YORK, New York — The Robert Allen Group has announced that it will complete the move of its remaining design studios from its Mansfield, Massachusetts facilities to its New York offices. According to the company, the last remaining… Read more.March 28, 2005
NATCO Pays Weave Damages
HACKENSACK, New Jersey — Weave Corporation, a jacquard fabric mill, said that NATCO Products, of Providence, RI, has paid an undisclosed sum to settle Weave's claim of infringement of its pattern U12003. NATCO admitted that its imported… Read more.March 1, 2005
Italians Recapture The Silk Age
CASERTA, Italy — Raffaele Alois & Co. founded in 1885, has joined forces with other small silk producers to create a silk production center in an effort to restore the commercial and tourism interest in the Italian silk industry. Raffaele… Read more.February 28, 2005