Hypnos Contract Beds Ltd is bringing the traditional British method of
tufting mattresses to the UAE.
Tufting of the hair is caused by clustering of the adjacent follicular units due to the retention of telogen hairs within a dilated follicular orifice (2).
The base has an upper surface and a lower surface and the base is tufted through with a
tufting material to form a number of tufts on the base upper surface and a number of
tufting material loops on the base lower surface.
Shaw owns one of two $1.6 million
tufting machines in the world, which the company will use to further develop its rug lines, Meadows said.
Tufted broadloom, in which the United States leads the world, is made in large quantities on
tufting machines.
Similarly, Alex Peykar, principal of Nourison, points to the success of his company's Nourison 2000 collection, also constructed with wool and silk, and featuring a
tufting density comparable to a hand-knotted rug with about 250 knots per inch.
In the last 50 years, as weaving evolved and
tufting was invented, man-made fibers augmented the naturals -- grass, cotton and wool.
"They are handcrafted on a four-needle table-top
tufting machine in 100 percent cotton, with a suggested retail from $12.99 to $14.99," she explained.
Allan Wagenheim, president and chief executive of Trans Ocean, said, "Hand-tufted rugs have always been a very good category, but the market seems to be really expanding right now -- and much of the growth is due to new ways in which the
tufting techniques can be utilized to make some very exciting products.