Los Angeles knitting mill SG Knits and Texworld USA in New York are two companies that have collaborated for business after meeting two years ago. Lauren Greenberg, SG Knits creative director and husband Steve Greenberg, SG Knits’ CEO and President were back at Texworld USA during the show’s recent July 21-23 run at the Javits Center. The Greenbergs, along with their USA partner, Norberto Menendez, who runs United Pacific Group (UPG), a full-package garment production facility in the Dominican Republic, met larger retailers and brands such as Macy’s and Nordstrom and California labels such as Splendid/Ella Moss, at the show.
Sun Dragon Import, a Los Angeles-based supplier of specialty yarns participated for the first time in Texworld and Ching Duncan, Sun Dragon President said that they were exploring the New York market and were likely to get some South America and Canada exposure too.
50-year-old producers of textiles and hand-worked scarves for large European brands, Mumbai-based Panna Textile Industries, were first time participants at Texworld USA. Akash Poddar, the company representative interacted with attendees, showing them the workmanship on a hand-painted, embroidered scarf Panna created for the Spanish brand, Desigual. Poddar said that the company was looking at entering the US market.
Speaking about Texworld USA, marketing manager for Los Angeles knitting mill Design Knit, Pat Tabassi said that she sees a rising interest in domestic production from those who attend Texworld. However, she observed that building infrastructure could take time.
