Quaker Fabric

Quaker Fabric General Information

Description

Designer, manufacturer and marketer of woven upholstery fabrics primarily for residential furniture. The company's sales involve supplying fabric for office furniture and for the panels that form office cubicles. It manufactures specialty yarns, including a variety of chenille, taslan and spun products, which it sells and uses in the production of its fabrics. The company's product line consists of over 5,000 traditional, contemporary, transitional and country fabric patterns intended to meet the styling and design, color, texture, quality and pricing requirements of promotional through middle- to higher-end furniture manufacturers. It uses three trade names in the marketing of its fabrics: Whitaker, Quaker and Terrazo. The company sells its upholstery fabrics to approximately 1,000 furniture manufacturers worldwide. It also distributes its fabrics internationally. The company recently entered the fast-growing outdoor furniture business.