230 Fifth Exhibitors Prep for Markets

By Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 8/18/2008 12:00:00 AM

New York —

Among the latest developments by home textiles tenants at the 230 Fifth Ave. showroom building:

• Luxury bedding and kitchen textiles maker Premier Fine Linens has moved into Suite 1214. Part of India-based Premier Group, the company began in 1949 and now delivers $175 million of goods to the U.S., Europe and other markets.

Premier has introduced Ecora luxury organic bed linens, certified under Global Organic Textiles Standards (GOTS) of Control Union Certifications, Netherlands. Ecora is offered in jacquards, dobby, solids, matelasse and has greater durability than regular cotton bed linen.

• Protect-A-Bed, supplier of protective products for pillows, mattresses and box springs, has opened its showroom in Suite 602. Protect-A-Bed is featuring the trademarked AllerZip bedding system that incorporates a proprietary BugLock zipper closure and reinforced French seams.

• Fiori Home Collections, in Suite 1218, will show updates to its customizable Hamburg House luxury bedding program, such as the embroidered Emperor collection with a bordered leaf motif; hundreds of poly thread embroidery colors are available. The 330-thread count cotton sateen is made in Italy and offered in 12 colors in any color combination.

• Greenland Home Fashions, in Suite 816, is readying contemporary and traditional looks with the unveiling of Sonoma, a coastal style with aqua blue, sage and chocolate stripes, reversing to a matching solid sage; and Catalina, a romantic green leaf pink floral on a soothing ivory background reversing to coordinating stripes.