Manneck leaving TEKA

By Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 5/3/2004 12:00:00 AM

NEW YORK —

After more than 5 years, Reimund Manneck is leaving TEKA USA, Inc., a subsidiary of the Brazilian home textiles manufacturer TEKA-Tecelagem Kuehnrich S.A.

Manneck came to the company in December 1999 as vice president and chief operations officer.

Prior to that he was merchandise manager at OTTO International in Brazil, where he conducted sourcing and merchandising for an international mail order group.

From 1990 to 1995, he was regional export manager for Artex, where he managed home textiles exports from Brazil to major markets.

Manneck also worked as a senior trader from 1986 to 1990 at Intex, involved with product sourcing of home textiles.