Home Textiles Today - September 26, 2005

New York — In the wake of escalating transportation and petroleum-based raw material costs for poly fiber, vinyl and chemicals needed to create foam, U.S. pillow producers remain convinced price increases will be inevitable in the first quarter of '06. “Chemical prices continue to batter all of us,” said Lonnie Scheps, vice president of sales and marketing at Huds...

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