Two Years In: Teknion Textiles

At NeoCon 2013 Teknion astonished the industry by announcing the formation of two new divisions, Teknion Studio and Teknion Textiles, each with a scope equal to many freestanding companies and each led by a well-known and highly respected industry “player.” Charlie Bell in the case of Teknion Studio and Suzanne Tick in the case of Teknion Textiles. Now we’re coming up on two years-in, so to catch up on progress made and impediments found, I recently caught up with Ms. Tick to see how the first two years look in the rearview mirror and to learn about the road ahead for Teknion Textiles. OI: I want to start by congratulating you on an impressive start to building what is virtually a whole new textile company. ST: Thank you. It has been a very busy and productive time. Since the beginning of 2013 we’ve launched 6 collections comprising 55 fabrics and …