- JLA Fabrics adds exec, sets larger office
Greensboro, N.C.— Chinese upholstery fabric supplier JLA Home Fabrics has added an executive position and will quintuple its U.S. office space in a move to a new location in the coming weeks. Jackie Boylan has joined the company as senior business planner, a new position. Her responsibilities include planning, forecasting ......
- Culp considers sale as fabric business slows
HIGH POINT, NC — Based on a dramatic decline in its wet printed flocked fabric business, Culp Inc., a major producer of fabrics for furniture, home textiles and mattresses, is looking to sell this segment of its business or temporarily shut it down at the close of its fiscal year, ......
- Carolina Mills closing 2 factories
Maiden, N.C.— Fabric supplier Carolina Mills will close two of its remaining five North Carolina plants, citing competition from imports. The company sold its upholstery fabric business to the Chatham division of Interface Fabrics in 2001, but continued to operate a commission dye and finishing plant in Valdese that handled ......
- AFMA flammability workshop set for March 9 in Greensboro
High Point— Regulatory and industry officials will speak at the American Furniture Manufacturers Assn.'s next Flammability Workshop, set for March 9 in Greensboro, N.C. With development of new federal flammability standards under way in Washington, the workshop aims to provide upholstered furniture manufacturers and suppliers of upholstery materials with up-to-date ......
- Quaker debuts Terrazzo outdoor line of jacquards
Upholstery fabric supplier Quaker Fabric debuted the first-ever "whole package" of its new Terrazzo outdoor fabric at Summer Showtime 2006 in High Point, N.C., last month. The Terrazzo line will be on product debuting at the September Casual Furniture & Accessories Market in Chicago. The Fall River, Mass.-based major mill, ......
- People on the Move
Executives Parker Bros. Hickory, N.C. — Fabric industry veteran Lynn Howe has been named vice president of sales and marketing, U.S., for Canadian upholstery fabric producer Parker Bros. Howe, who is based here, also represents fabric producer Marlatex and leather source Anthem Leather. La-Z-Boy Monroe, Mich. — La-Z-Boy has promoted ......
- Burlington House sells fabric business to Tietex
GREENSBORO, NC — Spartanburg, SC-based Tietex International will purchase the residential upholstery fabric business of the Burlington House division of Burlington Inds. Burlington, which is operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy code protection, has been restructuring its Burlington House division. It has sold the Bacova bath division and has a deal ......