Sloan Machinery

Sloan Machinery has been a family run business on the North Shore since 1941. Originally serving the shoe industry, Sloans now concentrates its focus on the Garment Trade, Industrial Fabric Trade, Heavy Duty Sewing Industries, Footwear Industry, Leather Industry, and the Cottage Industries. ( I think that's us!)

If you are in the market for any kind of industrial machines - straight stitch, walking foot, blindhemmer, serger, and more, then Sloans is your source. They also carry many accessories including needles and a huge assortment of presser feet, many of which Sam Sloan has developed and produced himself. If you haven't seen his cut-out cording feet, beading set, or quick change foot adapter, make sure you check out his table at the show.

Although the home furnishings industry is just a small part of his business, Sam Sloan is great to do business with - always ready to help with a machine problem, advice on a new purchase, or willing to experiment with making a better foot !

http://www.sloanmachinery.com

These pictures are of a recent meeting our WCAA chapter held at Sloan Machinery. Sam gave us lots of hints on how to get the best performance from your machines.

Rowley Company

We are pleased to welcome Rowley Company back to their New England roots for the show.

Serving the industry since 1962 and known for excellent customer service, Rowley Company is a manufacturer and distributor of Decorating Supplies and More. Rowley Company supplies bendable fiber board, T-handles, buckram, angle iron, grommets, bedding and more for use in Workroom, Installation, Design, Quilting, Upholstery and Marine applications worldwide. Rowley Company recently launched Finestra™ Decorative Hardware, a line of over 100 custom finials, accessories and drapery poles in 36 hand-rubbed finishes.

If you haven't checked out Rowley's website lately, take a look. As well as online ordering, it's packed full of new product information, video tips, links to webinars, technical advice and a gallery showing how some of their customers use their products.

Here's a company overview from the website: www.Rowleycompany.com

Check out the Blog too: http://rowleycompany.blogspot.com/

Welcome to Rowley

We are a manufacturer and international distributor of decorating supplies and more, with combined industry experience of over 500 years.

For many, this much experience may be difficult to imagine. For us, we can't imagine offering the best customer service without it.

In fact, we've built our entire company around our most valuable asset - you, our customer. Our first priority is to continuously provide outstanding service. And since the Rowley family has been in the business for close to 50 years, we can relate to your daily challenges and offer value-added solutions like no one else in the industry.

Every facet of our company supports this commitment - from our expert technical staff and dedication to product innovation, to our new user-friendly website and more than 2,700 unique items available for same-day shipping.

Our products are used worldwide in workroom, installation, design, quilting, upholstery, marine applications and more.

We look forward to working with you, assisting with your projects, and hearing what else we can do to help grow your business.

Why Trade Shows Still Matter

Did you see Neil Gordon's article in the recent Vision magazine??

He discusses the value for both vendors and attendees in getting together in person at trade shows to discuss business. Referring to the recent IWCE show in Atlanta, Neil says "Nearly every person I spoke to at the show had positive remarks about why it is worthwhile to invest in attending or exhibiting." and he quotes Jay Helser of Helser Brothers, saying “It’s about the intangibles. I always pick up something new from meeting customers and prospects at the show that turns into dollars. Maybe it’s reinforcing an existing relationship or making a new one, or getting a idea from a conversation.”

We know that taking several days out of the workroom / studio, and making the financial investment to travel to one of the bigger shows is hard to do for small businesses. This is why we are working hard to bring industry vendors and customers together locally for a one day show. Take a class, meet the vendors, network with peers, all right here in New England at a price that won't break the bank!