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PARTNER PROFILES

In 2018, Fabricut focused on performance fabrics. It introduced its Sunbrella Contract Performance collection and new
collections with FibreGuard and Inside Out performance technologies; and collaborated with designer, author, and
blogger Justina Blakeney on Jungalow, a performance collection for interior and exterior applications. Fabricut is also
dedicated to philanthropic work, with longstanding commitments to the American Cancer Society, American Heart
Association, American Diabetes Association, and the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma.
As a key corporate partner of NEWH, and continuing the legacy of the late Harvey Nudelman, the company provides support and participation at the
national and local chapter levels. Through consistent networking and opportunities to engage with industry professionals nationwide, it has built meaningful
connections at regional trade shows and chapter events that have resulted in project specs and orders.

PKaufmann Contract plans to close the year out with a bang with the introduction of its Roller Shades at BDNY, which
will offer antimony- and phthalate-free options. The company is also proud to be a founding member of material
sampling platform Material Bank, which launched this fall, making its products and solutions more accessible than ever.
As an NEWH partner, PKaufmann gains invaluable insight and perspective from its events and resources, and its sales
associates especially benefit from the relationships and sense of connection to the industry and local communities
fostered through the programming. It is honored to support NEWH's work nurturing the next generation of designers through scholarships.

It's been a transformative year at Robert Allen Duralee Group (RADG)-between groundbreaking new collection launches to a
major merger, the brand has seen many exciting changes. "As we settle into our expanded roles here at RADG, our fresh brand
identity presents a plethora of creative opportunities to bring new product to market," explains Kerry Galloway, president of
RADG contract business. Debuting earlier this year was one such contract collection, Common Roots. Winner of the IIDA Award
at HD Expo, the comprehensive textile line is highly curated, both through color palette and pattern play finding inspiration
through raw materials. The exclusive collection tips its hat toward the Bauhaus movement and Scandinavia's sweeping
sensibility. "We have been given a chance to reshape and redefine how our clients experience new product collections," says
Galloway. "It's our goal to continue to wow them."

This year marked Séura's 15th anniversary. Over the years, the vision of founders Tim and Gretchen Gilbertson has remained the
same: bridging the gap between design and technology. The company's Alexa mirror, which it introduced this year, does just that.
From the convenience of their hotel rooms, guests are able to ask Alexa questions they would typically ask a hotel operator. Alexa
answers with responses personalized by the hotel and routes requests to the staff as necessary.
Séura's commitment to quality comes with the ongoing challenge of offering low prices and finding ways to reduce costs
without compromising on design, quality, or service. In response, Séura launched its Select line of lighted mirrors, a valueengineered, opening pricepoint product line that is still manufactured in Séura's Green Bay, Wisconsin facility. The company has
successfully avoided Chinese tariffs by sourcing majority of materials domestically and manufacturing products in Green Bay.

Shaw Hospitality has had an eventful year, launching Canvas, a custom dye-injection technology that allows
designers to create hi-res broadloom flooring; Synchronize, a collection made from Canvas broadloom,
colorpoint, and carpet tile; and Natural Choreography, its first hard-surface product for hospitality, in
collaboration with Rockwell Group.
Shaw's parent company, Shaw Industries, recently announced its global carpet manufacturing is now carbon neutral-an accomplishment achieved first by
reducing energy consumption, then switching to cleaner fuels, producing renewable energy at its own facilities, and incentivizing additional renewable energy
and usage through the purchase of renewable energy credits.

Summer Classics Contract recently completed an installation for the Grand Hotel Resort & Spa, Autograph Collection, in Point
Clear, Alabama. Additional project highlights include Great Wolf Lodge in Texas and Stanwich Country Club. It also announced
an exclusive furnishings agreement with Pursell Farms, a 3,200-acre destination resort in Sylacauga, Alabama.
The company also recently made the switch to a new solar panel energy system at its corporate office in
Birmingham. The newly installed solar panels will produce up to 70 percent of the electricity usage for the 500,000-square foot
building, housing 220 employees, the company's cushion production facility, retail showroom, and warehouse.

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