Profiles & People
INSTYLE Sources Etho-Wool For LIFE Textiles Collection
NORWICH, Connecticut - INSTYLE, a leading Australasian contract textile supplier, has just signed the first ethical environmental wool supply agreement in Australia. It will soon produce a wool from a breed of Merino sheep that don't require mulesing, a skin-removing... Read more.
August 8, 2008
Spanish Distributer Sells to China
ISTANBUL, Turkey – It was learned at Evteks that Mario Dembovsky of Superiores, a textile distributer, has partnered with Phoenix Textiles in China to create a third company, Valencia Home Fashion. Valencia will function independently to distribute Spanish textiles in... Read more.
August 1, 2008
Muvantex N.V. Acquires Bekaert Depla Fabrics
DEERLIJK, Belgium – Bekaert Depla Fabrics has been acquired by Muvantex N.V. and will share the name as joint company referred to by both names. The merging acquisition was made official at this year's Proposte fair in May, where the... Read more.
August 1, 2008
Imatex Launches New Stock Program
COMO, Italy - Imatex unveiled a new in stock program during Proposte called ''Zero Express.'' Zero is designed to overcome previously long waits for Italian upholstery which over the past few years has been an objection by customers who imported... Read more.
August 1, 2008
NatureWorks Becomes First Supplier of 100 Percent Ingeo
BLAIR, Nebraska - NatureWorks LLC is welcoming its new Chinese spunbond partner, CL Chemical Fibers, along with the signing of the fourth Ingeo Master License Agreement this year. Ingeo is an ingenious material made from plants instead of oil and... Read more.
July 9, 2008
Fabric Library Seeks MD with Levitt’s Departure
DURBAN, South Africa - Mariana Levitt, the managing director of Fabric Library here, has left her position just a year after her appointment. Fabric Library is one of the most important fabric wholesalers in South Africa today. Kevin Wright, group... Read more.
July 7, 2008
Milliken & Company Enacts Immediate Price Increases
SPARTANBURG, South Carolina — A recent spike in costs upwards of 15 percent for Miliken & Company's products and services is a direct reflection of the company's struggle against rising oil prices and the costs for raw materials, energy and... Read more.
July 7, 2008