British snooker and pool cloth manufacturer Strachan has announced its first significant investment in new equipment since its acquisition. New owners Vespa Capital will this year spend over £250,000 at the company’s two Gloucestershire factories that were bought towards the end of last year from Milliken, the US textile company. The first stage of [...]

Strachan, Britain’s leading pool cloth manufacturer, is backing the new International Professional Pool Players Association (IPA) eight-ball tour in 2012. The company has joined Hilton Worldwide and Heywood supreme pool tables as backers of a new committee now heading up the organisation, which has attracted over £120,000 in prize money. The committee is keen [...]

Billiard cloth manufacturer Strachan will again exhibit alongside Suzo Happ at January’s EAG International Expo in London. But unlike previous years, the Strachan brand will be making its debut exhibition under its new owners WSP Textiles Ltd, which recently bought the cloth manufacturing business from US-owned Milliken. This has meant creating a new name [...]

The Barry Hearn factor is having the desired effect on the world of snooker according to the UK’s largest billiard cloth maker. WSP Textiles report that the new chairman of World Snooker is sparking renewed interest in the game here and abroad and the market for its cloth is in better shape now than [...]