Profiles & People

Turkish mills will roll out the red carpet for anyone importing Turkish-made fabrics. The Turkish mills have labored hard to produce quality goods and the prices are better than ever with the lira so low. There has never been a... Read more.

June 23, 2021

BURSA, TURKEY—Ruchan Tacettin has retired after more than 30 years as export director of Vanelli and sister company Dina. Mevlut Baydar has recently joined Vanelli as sales director. He was previously involved with Boyteks here and more recently he was... Read more.

June 10, 2021

HIGH POINT, NC--American Silk Mills tapped former Bassett textiles & merchandising Vice President Kena Cohenour as Director of Design & Merchandising. Cohenour was previously with Bassett for over 20 years. Some of Cohenour’s awards include Top Upholstery Fabric Buyer (Fabrics... Read more.

May 10, 2021

ROCKVILLE CENTER, NY—Gordon Boggis is the new CEO of Carnegie Fabrics. He is a turnaround specialist with a background in the food industry. He reports to Ethan Thurow, Director. James Kaplan was the previous president of Carnegie Fabrics when he... Read more.

April 27, 2021

MADRID--Ana Rodes, an industrial engineer, has developed a way to integrate solar cells into woven outdoor textiles which can be fabricated into awnings and umbrellas. This story was recently released in El Pais, the Spanish newspaper. The innovation was created... Read more.

March 10, 2021

GREENSBORO, NC—Much has been written about the recent passing of Don Eng, a beloved mentor to many who got their stripes working for Collins & Aikman about 25 years ago. C&A is of course a defunct American textile relic of... Read more.

March 10, 2021

CONCORD, NC--A memorial service for Don Eng, a beloved character and mentor to many in the upholstery fabrics business will be held at 11:00 am Thursday, March 4, 2021, at St. James Lutheran Church. He was most remembered for his... Read more.

March 3, 2021