Caravita Europe recently celebrated its 20th anniversary of designing, engineering, and manufacturing custom outdoor umbrellas. As a leader in its field, Caravita has developed some of the most innovative, diverse, and highest- quality shade products.

In celebration of this milestone achievement, Caravita Europe and Caravita USA have offered retailers promotional incentives for their customers, throughout the season. Michael Caravita, owner, says, “We are very excited about this achievement, and we are even more excited to offer some great incentive programs to our retailers.”

In addition to new incentive programs for retailers, Caravita is introducing a new shade collection—the…

Phifer Incorporated will return to the semi-annual fabric market ITMA Showtime June 2-5 with a vast line of indoor/outdoor, high-performance cushion and sling fabrics and the newest additions to its Designed Fabrics stock line.

Featuring the most on-trend color combinations and designs in furniture fabrics in both traditional and contemporary weaves, Phifer’s chic, durable furniture fabrics –eco-friendly GeoBella® Cushion and sleek Phifertex ® Outdoor fabrics - feel just as “at home” in an interior living space as they do in an outdoor room.

Operation BBQ Relief travels to disaster zones to provide that community with a hot meal. They recently went to Moore, Oklahoma, to help those affected by the tornado. To read more about Operation BBQ Relief, check out this article on CNN.

R.H. Peterson Co. a leading manufacturer of premium gas logs, grills and outdoor fire features, today announces several significant promotions of its senior management staff. The promotions reflect the substantial contribution of key members of the organization, including: 

• Jerry Scott to Senior Vice President
• Mike Waller to Vice President
• Dominque Seim to Senior Managing Director
• Martin Yan to Senior Managing Director
• Ben Thorp to Managing Director
• Ramon Ramirez to Senior Manager

“These dedicated intelligent and hardworking people have all made significant contributions to our company. Each individual fully…

Cast Classics (Lyndhurst, New Jersey), a manufacturer of luxury outdoor furniture, has inked a deal that will result in a dramatic increase in production for the 2014 season. Cast Classics and Shanghai Metalworks have formed a joint venture with Zhengte Leisure Products, Ltd., a longtime subvendor owned by Yunghai Chen. The parties have created a new entity in China and constructed a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, located about four hours’ drive north of the current Shanghai Metalworks site. “We have found it increasingly difficult to add capacity as demand has grown for our product over the past few years, and…

Global performance-fabric manufacturer Sattler AG recently announced the appointment of Jonathan Murphy as senior vice president of sales and marketing for the Americas. Murphy will provide leadership andoverall strategic direction for its casualfurniture, marine, and awning business units for the North, Central, and South American markets.

Murphy brings to the position extensive knowledge in developing and executing sales and marketing strategies that grow revenues and profits for businesses. His experience covers both the wholesale and retail markets in the textiles, homefurnishings, and apparel industries.

According to Manfred Heissenberger, executive director and CEO of Sattler Corp., “The addition of…

M&G DuraVent launched a redesigned website (www.duravent.com) with the goals of improving navigation, providing access to desired information, and creating a more visually appealing and enjoyable experience for users. Visitors can now access the contents of the entire M&G DuraVent website through the home page. Intuitive navigation tools and updated graphics and layouts will help users access information more quickly and easily.

There are new navigation links on all pages, allowing users to recognize easily where they are on the website, to navigate effortlessly to a different page, and to find desired content simply. Category pages now display a…

Tropitone Furniture Company, Inc. opened the HD Expo 2013 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV by announcing the addition of cushion seating and complementary ottoman and accessory tables to the extremely popular South Beach group of outdoor furniture.  The additions include models for both individual and modular seating.

The designs for the new models to the South Beach group as well as the existing models in the group are the work of renowned designer Richard Holbrook. Holbrook has designed several successful collections for the Tropitone® brand including Cabana Club, Evo, Mia, Mobilis and Millennia.

“The South…