Faribault fires its Cannon

By Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 4/11/2005 11:41:00 AM

AT THE NEW YORK MARKET — Faribault Mills, a revitalized 140-year-old blanket producer, jumps back into the national spotlight this week with a new showroom, a new Cannon license for blankets, and a high-tech new blanket featuring Outlast's Smart Fabric technology.

Putting its best foot forward, Faribault will show off a broad range of new product in a new showroom on Mezzanine 10 at 230 Fifth Ave.

In more news, Faribault has the license for the Cannon brand for blankets, and will launch both a Cannon and Cannon Royal Family line. In a notable link with the long Cannon history and tradition, Faribault will produce the new Cannon blanket lines in the same Westminster Beacon Blanket facilities, acquired earlier by Faribault , that produced Cannon blankets for several years.

Cannon and Cannon Royal Family blankets will be available in a variety of distinctive weaves and a broad palette of upbeat colors.