ITA MEMBER NEWS RADIATE TEXTILES LAUNCHES VISUALIZER ON COMPANY WEBSITE Radiate Textiles announced a major upgrade to the company website - a fabric visualizer which allows a customer to view fabrics, visualize them on a sofa, chair and ottoman frame, as well as order samples. The website will be continuously refreshed with new and exciting product.
STI ANNOUNCES EXPANSION TO IMPROVE DELIVERY TIMES STI has recently made investments to increase our domestic capacity by over 30 percent. This capital expenditure investment included yarn manufacturing equipment, new looms, and adding machinery in our finishing plant. STI has seen tremendous growth the past 5 years since they launched the Revolution Fabric brand. Their newest fabric line “ Revolution Outdoor Fabrics’ has picked up market share over the past 2 years and they believe that the growth in this space will continue. Post lockdown orders were the highest orders/backlog that STI has seen in their 30 year history. We see a bright future in domestic textile and furniture manufacturing. In the last year, STI has gotten away from the lead times that their customers have come to know them for. With this new expansion, they believe they will get back to their promise of quality fabrics, made in the U.S.A. All equipment for the expansion will be fully operational and running by August of this year.
PMT FABRICS HAS MOVED! PLEASE VISIT OUR NEW SPACE AT THE FASHION RESOURCE CENTER PMT Fabrics has moved its showroom to the Home Fashion Resource Center, 312 South Hamilton St, Suite 20 in High Point. If you would like
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REGAL FABRICS SEES STRONG GROWTH THROUGH PANDEMIC Like most companies, Regal Fabrics was forced to close its doors due to Covid-19 last March, only two months after moving into its brand new 90,000 square-foot offices and warehouse. Faced with cancelled and paused customer orders, Regal was forced to make a decision: slow down to wait out the pandemic, or continue to create great new designs, extend the product line and keep large stock positions. After the initial shock, Regal opted to charge forward. Over the course of 2020 and into spring of 2021, the Regal design team produced and released five new seasonal collections (140 new patterns, 600+ colorways). Regal Fabrics also acquired the Diversitex Home line and committed to expanding the natural/casual/lifestyle range of fabrics. In addition, Regal introduced custom print services, including low MOQ digital print production, out of its Middleton, MA facility. It was a challenging but rewarding 14 months, as thankfully customer orders quickly rebounded and grew alongside Regal’s expanded product selection and new offerings. Having invested in inventory early in the pandemic was critical to supporting customer needs when demand came back so quickly in the fall.
AMERICA LEATHER RESOURCES: NEW ADDRESS, NEW COLORS, SAME EXQUISITE QUALITY With a new showroom conveniently located on Main Street next to the train station, American Leather Resources will bring additions to their leather collection at the Spring Showtime Market and debut a new Stock Program. By having it’s best seller leathers stocked in High Point, ready to ship and sold by the box, they allow for very low MOQs and quick delivery to the customers facility. The stock also includes
