Design South authentication program to include palette

Article Abstract:

Design South Furniture of Toccoa, GA, a designer of hand-painted furnitures, will include the ownership of the painter's palette in its program for the authentication of limited-edition hand-painted art items. The newly launched registration system, initiated by president Greg Schultz, will help art dealers better serve the validation needs of art collectors and at the same time increase the product's worth. As part of the promotion, the company will provide dealers with promotional materials such as display stands and pages for publicity while a whole board for presentation will be given to those with large accounts.

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Will include ownership of painter's palette in program for authentication of limited-edition hand-painted art items

Product information, Institutional Furniture Manufacturing, Misc Furniture & Fixtures, Furniture, Design South Furniture

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Joint venture bringing Italian resin line to U.S

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Casual Living Worldwide of Oxnard, CA, and Grazioli Sp.A of Caneto, Italy, have entered a joint venture that will bring Grand Soleil, an Italian resin line of furniture designed for the outdoors, to the US market. Under the deal, the furniture line, which was featured at the September 1998 casual furniture show in Chicago, IL, will be marketed in the US by Casual Living. Grazioli, the 35-year-old firm known for its "mold decorated" chair backs and resin tabletops, sees the joint venture as the perfect opportunity to introduce Grand Soleil into the North American market.

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Has entered a joint venture with Casual Living Worldwide that will bring the Grand Soleil furniture line to the US market

Italy, Foreign operations, Metal Household Furniture Manufacturing, Metal Porch & Outdoor Furniture, Outdoor furniture, Metal household furniture, Casual Living Worldwide Inc., Grazioli Sp.A

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DuPont joins with Mexico's Alpek

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DuPont and Alpek S.A. de C.V. of Mexico are creating a joint venture that will become the Western Hemisphere's biggest textile polyester staple manufacturer. The venture will sell under the Dacron name. The companies plan to eventually double the venture's manufacturing capacity for Dacron polyester staple in North America from the current level of 750 million pounds per annum. The venture intends to open a manufacturing facility in Mexico, with the first 350 million pounds of production going on-line beginning in 2000.

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Creates a joint venture with Dupont that will be Western Hemisphere's biggest polyester staple maker

Mexico, Noncellulosic Organic Fiber Manufacturing, Polyester Staple, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Polyester fibers, Alpek S.A. de C.V.

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