Nexus Trading Company
History

Nexus Trading Co was set up in 1994 (initially set up in 1992 as Magma Conf SRL) and it’s main activity was selling new and second hand sewing machines, accessories, printing paper and consulting services to the Italian companies doing business with the Romanian factories.

At that moment, Italian producers in the textile industry have seriously started to consider re-locating their production facilities to Eastern Europe. They were looking to find and appoint local business partners responsible with production process, price policy, quality and delivery terms control

Nexus have successfully managed to become representative office for several Italian brands that were producing their garments in the Romanian factories.

Back in 1995, Nexus was producing more than 2 million items in 11 factories in Romania, covering a wide range of garments (from swimming wear to ski wear).

Nexus understood the need of the Romanian factories to quickly purchase top quality sewing machines, needles and accessories, in order to maintain the level of production and to meet their contracts.

Nexus was also the first Romanian company involved in trading sewing machinery and accessories for the textile industry (except for the official representative offices of the producers).

Therefore, Nexus has developed its own distribution network of sewing machinery, spare parts and accessories for the textile industry.

In 1996, Nexus contacted the needle producer Schmetz and invited its MD, Mr. Lehnen, to visit Romania and to analyse the opportunity of working with Nexus in order to have the most famous needles in the world traded locally.

At that time, the Romanian textile industry demand was for about 100,000 Schmetz needles /year and Mr. Lehnen expressed his intention to give Nexus the exclusivity rights for distributing and selling the Schmetz needles in Romania. Thus, Nexus developed its distribution network year after year, reaching, after 9 years, an yearly sales volume of 7 million Schmetz needles in Romania.

Two years ago, Nexus realized that the biggest problem the Romanian factories were facing with was the long delivery terms for the spare parts and in some cases, their poor quality. Consequently, they approached the same strategy and not only had they managed to diversify the range of products but also to have the products in stock thus reducing the delivery time.

Dunlap Sunbrand International Corporate
History

Jack Dunlap founded Dunlap Sales in 1968. He and his wife Donna started selling needles and zippers out of their home. They hired their first employees a year later. Within six years the company moved out of the Dunlap’s house into a building, incorporated, and printed the first catalog.

Today the business is still in the family and has grown many times with over 145 employees. Their son-in-law Bruce McInnis serves as the CEO and their daughter Jane McInnis serves as the Operations Manager. Since then the company has added several major product lines to our sales mix including, Juki Union Special, Singer, Brother, Pegasus, Pfaff, AMF Reece, Rimoldi, Eastman and many others.

The company opened offices in the United States, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, and United Kingdom. In 2002 Dunlap Sunbrand International was formed after Dunlap Sales, Inc. acquired the assets and hired the employees of WG Apparel, Inc. (Sunbrand). This increased the company’s sales coverage, and strengthened the position of the company in the Western Hemisphere.

The business is run today the same as it was at the start. Jack Dunlap’s mission was to serve the sewn products industry through timely distribution of equipment, parts and related supplies an services. The company still operates with the following values. We will:
• Conduct our business with honesty and integrity,
• Provide a broad line of quality products to meet our
     customer’s needs,
• Provide the best customer and technical support, delivered
     with a personal touch,
• Foster and maintain mutual respect with our suppliers, and
• Provide each employee with opportunities for growth and
     advancement.

Dunlap Sunbrand International understands that through developing strategic long-term partnerships with its customers and vendors, a reduction in the total cost of the supply chain can be achieved. These partnerships allow both companies to focus on delivering products and services in the most efficient manner so the customer can achieve its procurement objectives. Dunlap Sunbrand International is committed to developing these strategic partnerships and will commit the necessary resources of the company to help those partnerships grow.