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NCTO urges Congress to expand export financing assistance
December 1st, 2009
The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) is urging Congress to expand its export financing assistance to include both small and medium-sized manufacturers. Under a current program, the Small Business Administration (SBA) grants loans to small businesses with up to 500 employees. NCTO is urging Congress to authorize SBA to offer loans of $5 million, […]
Chase to increase small-business loans
December 1st, 2009
Chase, the U.S. consumer and commercial banking business of JPMorgan Chase & Co., announced plans to increase its lending to small businesses by up to $4 billion in 2010, boosting expected new lending to about $10 billion to this vital segment of the U.S. economy. This will provide businesses with increased access to working capital, […]
International rental exchange participants return home
December 1st, 2009
While their travels were different, both participants in the latest international rental exchanges had similar revelations: each learned the differences in rental business practices between the U.S. and Australia, plus gained valuable lessons they can apply once back to their respective jobs. Todd Daymont, manager of American Party Rentals in Durham, N.C., is back at […]
Moss Inc. moves to new facility
December 1st, 2009
Moss Inc. has moved its corporate headquarters from Lincolnwood, Ill., to an expanded office in Elk Grove Village, a suburb west of downtown Chicago and adjacent to O’Hare International Airport. The new facility, featuring 105,000 square feet of manufacturing space, was specifically designed for the production of tensioned fabric structures, using lean manufacturing techniques for […]
Tents for Cowboys Stadium
December 1st, 2009
Dallas Party Tent and Event, Irving, Texas, has been named the official tent provider of the new $1.2-billion home of the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys Stadium is projected to host more than 50 major events per year for which Dallas Party Tent and Event will install tents used for concessions, merchandise and storage on the […]
Custom Covers celebrates silver anniversary
December 1st, 2009
At this year’s Showman’s Show at the Newbury Show Ground in the U.K, Custom Covers, the UK’s largest marquee manufacturer, celebrated its 25th birthday by throwing a party for its customers. At the show, the company also launched its 9m Tri Cone, a triangular tensile roof cone to complete the family of 6m, 9m and […]
Southeastern U.S. tent rental companies cope with economic downturn
December 1st, 2009
Hurricane season 2009 may have been relatively mild, but tent rental companies in the southeastern United States are dealing with a different kind of storm: the steep economic downturn. Michael Tharpe, sales and marketing director at TopTec Products LLC, Laurens, S.C., says that companies are holding onto their inventory longer, making repairs instead of replacing […]
Camelot Party Rentals holds to high standards and customer service
December 1st, 2009
Camelot Party Rentals began as a small party equipment renter with a few tiny tents. But along with the northern Nevada population, the company—and its tent inventory—has boomed. In 2007, a group of employees purchased Camelot from its retiring owner. With tenting now at the forefront, Camelot is led by president Ken Stebbins, general manager […]
New York bar mitzvah embodies tradition and elegance
December 1st, 2009
An extensive backyard—and front yard—party helps a family celebrate a time-honored religious rite. Take a historic New York City neighborhood with strict guidelines for licensing and permitting, a narrow lot with elaborate landscaping, a family planning to celebrate its son’s bar mitzvah by hosting six events over a two-day period, for up to 800 people […]
Tent shelters trees at fundraising event
December 1st, 2009
A party, a purpose and a plan come together to raise funds in Virginia. Each year, the Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) hosts a fundraising event, which features cocktails, a seated dinner, a benefit auction and dancing, at a different historic property in the Piedmont region of Virginia. For the past several years, Skyline Tent Co., […]