Phifer Inc. has promoted Monica Thornton to the position of director of design. With more than 24 years’ experience in the outdoor -fabric arena, Thornton possesses in-depth knowledge of the industry and its global evolution. She has been employed as senior designer at Phifer for the past three years and…

Phifer Inc.’s Color Box of furniture-fabric samples is now available in three customized options. The compilation previously contained swatches of both GeoBella®indoor/outdoor high-performance cushion fabrics and Phifertex®outdoor sling fabrics, but is now available in cushion- or sling-only options as well. Unveiled each fall, the Color Box presents the year’s new…

NorthCape (Alsip, Illinois) has acquired North American distribution rights for Terra Flame Home lantern and torch fire accessories. The line has been rebranded as NorthCape Fire. All NorthCape Fire products will be powered exclusively by SunJel gel fuel. NorthCape launched the new line at Casual Market Chicago. Tom Murray, president…

RH Peterson Company has promoted Dominque Seim to the position of assistant vice president. Jon Bridgwater, executive vice president, says, “Dominque is young, energetic, and bright; he is in position to bring our manufacturing processes to a higher level.”

In 2004, Seim joined RH Peterson as a master scheduler. He…

Five generations of the family running the successful Telescope Casual Furniture (Granville, New York) gathered with other staff members on November 2 to celebrate Robert D. Vanderminden Sr.’s 65 years of hard work for the company, and he’s still going strong. Vanderminden, chair of the board for the company, says,…