Universal Fibers Opens Chinese Production Facility
Universal Fibers Inc., a Bristol, Va.-based manufacturer of solution-dyed man-made-fiber carpet
yarn, has opened a new manufacturing facility in Taicang City, China. Taicang Universal Fibers Co.
Ltd. will manufacture products for emerging automotive and commercial flooring markets in the Asia
Pacific region and Australia, and is Universal Fibers’ second manufacturing site in Asia, the other
being located in Thailand.
“We have concentrated on our core competencies,” said Mike Turner, newly appointed general
manager, Asia. “What we have been able to do to fuel our sales growth and international expansion
into Asia is compress our supply chain. We offer customers a better service proposition by getting
closer to the customers.”
Turner; Kevin Gay, director of Asia business development; and Roger Seow, director of sales
for Asia Pacific, will be responsible for expanding the company’s presence in emerging markets.
Simon Xu has been named technical sales engineer, China.
“Our strengths are innovation, commitment to stewardship and high-quality specialty
products,” said Bentley Park, president, Universal Fibers. “Our growth in the automotive
flooring and commercial carpet business can be attributed to the customer embracing our process,
which provides products of greater uniformity and quality.” He added that the demand for
high-quality products has grown substantially in Asian automotive and carpet markets.
March/April 2008
环球纤维设立中国生产工厂
美国弗吉尼亚州Bristol 的环球纤维公司是一家生产纺前染色人造纤维地毯纱的制造商，该公司在中国太仓设立了一家新的制造工厂。太
仓环球纤维有限公司将生产用于亚太地区及澳洲蓬勃发展的汽车用纺织品和商业地面铺盖物市场的产品。这是环球纤维在亚洲的第二家生产厂，另外一家在泰国。
"我们专注于我们的核心竞争力，"亚洲区新任命的总经理Mike Turner表示，"我们将要做的是在我们的销售增长中再推进一步，而在亚洲的扩展是压缩我们的供应链。我
们通过靠近客户来为他们提供更好的服务。"
Turner 和亚洲商务开发总监Kevin Gay，以及亚太销售总监Roger Seow 将负责扩大该公司在新兴市场的增长。Simon Xu被任命为中国区的技术销售工程师。
"我们的能力在于创新，对服务工作和优质特种产品的承诺。"环球纤维的总裁Bentley Park 先生表示，"我们在汽车用铺盖物以及商业地毯业务的增长可以归功于客户喜爱我们的进步，我
们提供的产品具有更好的统一性和质量。"他补充到，亚洲汽车行业及地毯市场对优质产品的需求在快速增长。