TVF

04/23/2025

We take ownership!

For our customers, for each other, for better outcomes, our employee-owners are empowered to deliver more success.

That’s the power of an ESOP! 🚀

04/22/2025

We have our eyes on a more sustainable print media future! If your customers want greener print media options, start here for…

🟢 Deko-Green
🔵 Deko-Blue
♻️ Eco-Prism

Made from recycled bottles and vividly printable, this textile trio is putting in the work for a better world.

04/18/2025

Our leaders are thought leaders!

A contingent of leaders from throughout our company recently participated in the Women in Textiles Summit. One of the highlights included a presentation from Apparel & Home Décor Sales Director Samantha Marion titled “Successfully Surfing the Silver Wave: Building Influence and Leading Up as a 30-Something Woman.”

TVF has supported the annual gathering designed by the Advanced Textiles Association to strengthen the advancement of women in the textile industry since its inception.

Read more about the lessons Samantha extols about using her strengths, building trust, managing up, and guiding experienced colleagues through change here.

https://www.tvfinc.com/tvfs-samantha-marion-delivers-silver-wave-solutions-to-women-in-textiles/

04/16/2025

Whether you call it Spandex like we do in the States, elastine like across The Pond, or by the brand name Lycra, those stretchy yarns blended with some of our favorite apparel, medical, and industrial fabrics add comfort and increased versatility in ever-evolving ways.

TVF’s newest Resource Center article focuses on Spandex and its many virtues, including:

Durability
Shape resilience
And, of course, 5X-8X stretch

https://www.tvfinc.com/article/what-is-spandex/

04/15/2025

Excited to share that we’re sponsoring and exhibiting at Konnections Miami! This event is bringing together top industry leaders, and we can’t wait to connect, collaborate, and showcase our digitally print ready fabrics.

If you’re attending, let me know below so we can konnect and make the most of it—see you in Miami! 🌴

More details here: http://kornitkonnections.com/

04/14/2025

Rachal McCarthy is a new-age leader in an old-school industry. On this addition of the Textile Nerd Podcast, the second-generation president of NTI Global in New York talks with Lori and Dan about the key place communications play in leadership in a world where the lines between on-site vs. off-site, high-tech vs. low-tech, and confidence vs. training are increasingly blurry.

https://www.tvfinc.com/textile-nerd-podcast-communication-leadership

04/08/2025

Even a short discussion with Sarah Munoz will reveal one of her natural talents: “I’m a woo,” says the Senior Sales Consultant, referring to her abilities of winning others over as CliftonStrengths defines, “sales is probably where I’m supposed to be.” Sarah joined TVF nearly 10 years ago in a customer support role and has risen through the Sales Team ranks, a pathway she says has given her an enhanced level of respect for working with customers.

One of TVF’s Core Values is Care Deeply, which Sarah says is foundational to who we are and says she strongly identifies with it. “I don't think TVF would be here without if we didn't care so deeply about our customers and their successes.”

She says her fellow employee-owners care so deeply for each other and who we serve that we’ve become more than coworker. “We're like siblings, you know. It's kind of like we can argue and disagree… and get mad, but we come back to the table and we eat dinner together… and we work through it and I think that's kind of what family does.”

The self-proclaimed “certifiable book nerd” says when she’s not enjoying time with her family, she is typically reading two books at any given time and listening to the audio of another. The Harry Potter series became her gateway into the style she prefers, which leans toward the “romantasy” genre. “I want to be entertained and escape,” she adds, “I love a good love story, but if it's got dragons to slay, or wolves, or fae, I'll eat it up!”

04/04/2025

We’re proud to give back to our communities and proud to join Advanced Textiles Association's Specialty Fabrics Review in spotlighting our own Jennie Rossi and the charitable efforts of the entire TVF team. 👏

In recent years, TVF employee owners have donated time, money, and supplies to The Salvation Army's Angel Tree program, packed meals with Kids Against Hunger, hosted American Red Cross blood drives, assembled care packages for Project Ropa, and more. Our Indiana and California homes give us everything, and we love to try to pay it forward.

Jennie serves as sales forecasting and planning manager and leads our social impact committee. In 2021, we launched our Social Impact Pillar to help guide our commitment: “Improve the quality of life where we work and live by serving and supporting our communities and environment.” These efforts are an important part of the fabric of TVF.

Huge shoutout to Jennie and everyone involved in making a real difference! 🧡

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04/02/2025

Our very own Samantha Marion, Sales Director of Apparel & Home Décor at TVF, recently presented at the 2025 Women In Textiles Summit in New York!

From thought-provoking sessions to meaningful conversations, the summit continues to be a space where ideas flourish and connections are made. Sam’s session was just one of many that reminded us why community and collaboration are so important in this industry. She shared her personal journey of leading with confidence, building influence, and guiding change as a young female leader in a traditionally male-dominated space.

Thank you to the WIT community for welcoming us and for creating such a powerful platform for stories to be shared and voices to be heard. We’re honored to be part of it.

04/02/2025

Connection is everything!

The Women in Textiles Summit runs through Thursday and a star-studded contingent from TVF is in the Big Apple expanding their networks and building off of this exceptional career development opportunity.

TVF is once again a proud sponsor of this interactive forum designed to strengthen the advancement of women in the textile industry.

Brenda Berlanga (customer support), Brittany Chelf (supply chain), Sarah Munoz (sales), Ashley Pires (sales), and Samantha Marion (sales leadership) are all in attendance.

When women succeed, our business, our customers, and the industry THRIVE.

04/01/2025

🌱 Interest is growing among our print media fabric customers (and their customers) for more sustainable solutions. Regulations in the United States – most often involving PFAS, or “forever chemicals” – are also ramping up. Sustainability comes in forms beyond products, including partnering with fabric manufacturers who value greener practices in purchasing, production, environmental management, and recycling. 🌿

Reach out to our Print Media Sales Team today to discuss which options best suit your sustainability objectives.

03/31/2025

Guest after guest on the Textile Nerd Podcast brings up sustainability as a primary industry concern and opportunity. It's such a pervasive topic of discussion, Lori and Dan captured three expert perspectives on this vast subject: pediatric hand surgeon and medical sustainability scholar Dr. Holly Morris, Gaston College Textile Technology Center Executive Director Jasmine Cox, and PatternRoom.com founder and CEO Julia Watts.

https://www.tvfinc.com/textile-nerd-podcast-another-look-at-sustainability

03/28/2025

The lessons, expertise, and smiles these three senior sales consultants have embedded into the fabric of TVF will carry on long after their careers come to a close.

As we send off James Durant, Jim Prestipino, and Shelly Hirschinger to their well-earned retirements, we want to thank them for their immeasurable dedication, service, and contributions to TVF. We wish you a happy, secure, and relaxing retirement!

Read more about their contributions that span more than 75 combined years of delivering fabric and expertise to customers and coworkers.

https://www.tvfinc.com/three-tvf-sales-legends-retire/

03/27/2025

Let's face it, the textile printing process can often be pretty bland. While that's not necessarily a bad thing, the cofounder of an innovative print studio believes more creativity could be injected into every facet of textile printing. Lori and Dan welcome back Western Sensibility CEO Kathryn Sanders for the second part of our creativity series to explore why and how creativity can be baked in every step of the way to elevate projects.

https://www.tvfinc.com/textile-nerd-podcast-injecting-creativity-into-printing

03/26/2025

Not only will we miss Shelly, but our customers will, too! As we close in on the final days before Shelly Hirschinger joins Jim Prestipino and James Durant in a well-earned send off to to retirement, we want to express our immense gratitude for all of their years of service. Their great legacy of support will continue on with the rest of the TVF Sales Team.

03/25/2025

Our sixth decade in textiles is off to a dynamic start! Learn more about how we’ve grown and evolved. After more than 50 years in fabrics, our signature superior customer service, unparalleled expertise, and unbeatable consistency remain.

How does a company grow from a two-man operation selling only cotton canvas in 1974 to a multi-warehouse, globally connected textile powerhouse in 50 years? The answer for TVF (known for decades as Top Value Fabrics) involves being responsive to customer needs and market demands. As you’ll read, t...

03/20/2025

Access is everything for print media professionals. Third-generation textile printer Kathryn Sanders, founder and CEO of print studio Western Sensibility, kicks off our two part series on creativity by introducing us to a philosophy she calls the "Democratization of Design." This concept, as Lori and Dan find out, involves access by creatives to printers and technology to move their designs from drawing board to substrate.

https://www.tvfinc.com/textile-nerd-podcast-democratization-of-design/

03/18/2025

Your customers deserve your best, and TVF can set you up with the global gold standard for print media fabrics: German-engineered Georg+Otto Friedrich.

This month, we’re shining a spotlight on three superbly-printable G+O fabrics:

⚡ 7.5 oz Flash 8087PGFS – a lightweight lightbox that is crease-resistant and compatible with direct disperse and dye sublimation paper transfer printing.

🖌️ 6.2 oz. Microlux Brush 7818GFS – soft and versatile, this lightbox features exceptional elasticity and is compatible with direct disperse, dye sub, latex, and UV printers.

💡 4.57 oz. Deko-Tex Premium Lightbox 7019NLUXX – available in widths of up to 126”, this fully-coated polyester is compatible with direct disperse, dye sub, latex, and UV printers.

Plug into the power of the TVF and G+O partnership and read more about the world of premium options.

Known globally for its uncompromising quality and known in print shops for its exceptional consistency and printability, Georg+Otto Friedrich exudes the word “premium.” G+O is not only the pioneer of high-quality print media textiles, but for 70 years, the Germany-based manufacturer has set the ...