Ingeo Showcases Wide Product Base

By Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 1/9/2006 12:00:00 AM

Frankfurt, Germany — —

Frankfurt, Germany — Sixteen international home textiles suppliers will feature products in the Ingeo stand at Heimtextil here this week.

Ingeo, the annually renewable fiber made from corn, also will host a roundtable of notable speakers discussing “responsible innovation and sustainability within the textile industry.”

Micol Costi of the international Material ConneXion Milano is the moderator of the roundtable to be held Jan. 11 at 3 p.m. Eric Moen, president of Pacific Coast Feather, will be the American representative on the panel, which includes six other speakers, all from Europe. The event will be in Hall 8.1, Symmetrie 3.

Pacific Coast Feather and Faribault are the two American companies that are part of the Ingeo stand presentation in Hall 9.0, C41 as well as in their own stands throughout the fairgrounds. Blankets, basic bedding, quilts, pillows, curtains, fabrics, duvet covers, throws and yarns are featured in the displays with signs indicating the halls where the individual companies have their stands.