Quaker Fabric Corporation History & Historical Profile
Historical reference — dated company summaries.
This page keeps the historical record of Quaker Fabric Corporation for reference. The summaries below are dated material from the periods they describe and may no longer describe the company today. For the current position, see the Quaker Fabric Corporation company profile.
Historical Record
In 1984 Vertipile acquired Quaker fabric Corp. Larry Liebenow and partners acquired Quaker fabric in 1989. The company grew to become one of the largest producers of Jacquard upholstery fabric in the world as well as producer of specialty yarns, both for its own fabrics and for sales to other fabric manufacturers.
Fortunes changed: From November 2003 from November 2003 to June 2007, the company shed some 1,700 jobs in Massachusetts. In October 2006 Quaker fabric Corp. announced it was opening an upholstery fabric mill in China with partner Hangzhou Zhongwang fabric Products Co. On August 20, 2007, Quaker fabrics filed for bankruptcy . October 25, 2007 News: Gordon Brothers Group, today announced that is has acquired through bankruptcy auction the majority of assets of Quaker fabric, Inc. in Fall River, Massachusetts. Assets include all raw and finished fabric inventory, machinery and equipment, intellectual property, trademarks, patents and real estate.
References & Further Reading
Company details such as leadership, ownership, store counts and web addresses can change. This company no longer operates independently, so there is no current official website to check; the information here is a historical record of the business as it was.