Li facility to produce Westlake fabric
Glabman-Himes to represent ADF line
Carole Sloan -- Furniture Today, July 24, 2008
HIGH POINT — Westlake, the decorative upholstery fabric line imported and converted by Glabman-Himes here, will now be produced by Westlake-Rugao in Rugao, China.
Previously, the line had been produced by various other Asian mills.
The Westlake facility is owned by David Li, who also owns American Decorative Fabrics.
“We are selling the Westlake mix to David Li and going back to our roots, which is product development, marketing and selling,” said Tom Himes, co-principal in Glabman-Himes.
In addition, the Glabman-Himes sales force will represent ADF’s products to the furniture industry in the United States and Canada. Jack Cobb remains president of ADF.
Li said the Westlake-Rugao product will be offered as a mill-direct line to the furniture trade. It will be merchandised and sold separately from ADF and will not be available to ADF’s sister operations that manufacture furniture.
ADF’s line of upholstery and multipurpose home furnishings fabrics will continue to be created by Erica Youngleson and her team. It will be sold to its existing customers as well as to its sister companies.
Glabman said Li’s operation is “the best equipped producer of decorative upholstery fabric in China. The company is vertical — and they have more types of factories than any company we know about in China — weaving, printing, finishing and dyeing.”
“We are very impressed with Glabman-Himes track record with major mills in the past,” said Li, who is CEO of ADF. “Our clients have been troubled with continuous cost increases, interruptions in the supply chain as well as a lack of innovation. I’m sure they will appreciate the alternative offered by Westlake-Rugao. We are committed to being one of the best suppliers in the furniture industry.”
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