Cape Girardeau, MO – Deborah Newberger joined RM Coco in April to lead the company’s newly formed contract division.

HIGH POINT, NC -- International Market Centers and the International Textile Market Association (ITMA) will launch 21 foreign mills at International Pavilions at the upcoming semi-annual Showtime Fabric Market, June 3-6, 2012 in High Point, NC.

HONG KONG--The 27th edition of the Housewares Fair and the Hong Kong International Home Textiles and Furnishings Fair organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), attracted more than 42,700, an 8.3 percent increase over last year according to the Organizer.

Overseas buyers were coming mostly from Australia, the Chinese mainland, Japan, Taiwan and the United States.

COS COB, CT--Arnitex LLC, a distributor and sales representative of high end furnishings with an agent network throughout North America will move into a 1,200 square foot showroom June 1 on the 12 th floor of the D&D Building, 979 Third Avenue, New York City. In the new space, Arnitex will offer a selected grouping of collections, including Decortex Firenze, Jagtar, Casadeco, Robert Crowder wallpaper, Groves Bros., Place Vendome Trimmings and Kisabeth Furniture.

GMUND, Austria—Maximilian Baumann and his cousin Christiane were previously part of the management of Bruder Baumann and Baumann Dekor, their Gmund, Austria based family business for many years.

KOTRYCK, BE—Trudy Vico Desmet, formerly chief designer and production manager of the Belgian mill Desalux, has started a new sourcing company called Elite Deco. She is working with ex Desalux agents in the USA, UK and France in order to provide continuity in the qualities Desalux had been producing, working with a number of Belgian weavers, including contract weavers.

CHICAGO – The Mitchell Group, a textile sourcing and converting company, will triple the size
of its warehouse/ in Pontotoc, Ms. May 8 with 100,000 square feet, the company says.
The warehouse space with adjacent offices will house the company’s customer service
department. The additional space and upgraded technology will allow Mitchell to provide a
higher level of service and more efficient deliveries, said Bill Fisch, president.

“I learned the upholstery business here more than 30 years ago, and I am thrilled to be established

NEW YORK—Mark Pollack is leaving Pollack Associates, the company which bears his name that he
founded along with two other partners, after 25 years as design director.
“I am stepping down to pursue other interests,” he said in a letter to one of his suppliers. “Although my
last day in the office will likely be April 26th, I will remain involved with the company as a principal, advisor
and consultant.”

Rick Sullivan and his wife Susan, the other two principals who founded the firm with Mark in 1988, are

NEW YORK—J. Barry Leonard, CEO and president of Welspun USA, Inc. has confirmed the closing of its
Kojo Hospitality division.

However, Welspun Hospitality will continue as before supplying hotels with sheets, towels and rugs
and some decorative bedding items, he said. When asked what changed Welspun’s mind about owning
Kojo, Leonard’s only comment was that it did not fit the company’s core strategy as a volume supplier of
sheets and towels to the hotel industry.

It is understood that the Kojo San Diego headquarters has also been closed.

WEST BLOOMFIELD, Michigan — Crypton, an 18 year old contract fabric phenomenon has finally cracked the residential code for residential fabric sales with CryptonHome.