Glen Raven, Inc. a fabric manufacturing and marketing company headquartered in Glen Raven, North Carolina plans to acquire fabric maker Sunbury, the Burlington-headquartered textile company.
Sunbury’s team specializes in innovative decorative jacquard upholstery fabrics targeting the design community and luxury furniture manufacturers, for both residential and contract applications.
Sunbury’s leadership in serving the designer, decorative jobber and furniture manufacturers with premium jacquard fabrics is unparalleled.
Allen E. Gant Jr., chairman and CEO of Glen Raven, Inc., said that Sunbury has been a close strategic business partner for more than 20 years. Every
Sunbury customer is important to them and represents an opportunity to combine resources and be better suppliers and business partners.
They have long considered Sunbury to be part of the extended Glen Raven family, and they are excited about working with them to further service all of their markets and customers
The company’s product lines include Sunbrella fabrics, which it designs and produces under an exclusive license with Glen Raven.
David Swers, president and COO of Glen Raven Custom Fabrics said that the long-term partnership has greatly expanded their ability to service customers with high-design, high-durability Sunbrella fabrics, and they see even more potential in the talented team at Sunbury and all the markets they serve.
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