Posted June 20, 2017

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Louis “Tripp” Hornick III, executive vice president of textile manufacturer LHSC, Inc., was to speak at the SelectUSA Investment Summit hosted by Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross here today.

 

Sharing LHSC’s success story of reshoring home textile manufacturing, he will discuss best practices and strategies for entering the U.S. market.

 

"It is a great pleasure and honor to be a part of the SelectUSA Investment Summit,” Hornick said. “The U.S. Department of Commerce, in particular the SelectUSA team, performs tremendous work for the good of the American economy and American people."

 

“We have an unparalleled ability to react to the omni-channel retail landscape by deploying a hybrid supply-chain,” he added. “Being closest to innovation and critically to POS by manufacturing in the U.S., LHSC offers cost-savings over ready-made imports from China, India and Pakistan and, obviously, superior quality.”

 

LHSC manufactures curtains, drapery, window treatments and home textiles at its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in South Carolina. Founded in 2013 by a leading textile family, which has been producing home goods since 1918, the company is led by President Louis Hornick II.

 

Core brands include Louis Hornick®, firefend® and Wendy®.

 

A performance improvement expert in the retail and consumer goods verticals, Tripp Hornick III serves as executive vice president of LHSC, Inc. and is the fourth generation of the Hornick family to lead an American home textile manufacturer specializing in curtains and drapery. He is in charge of the firm’s global supply chain process improvement initiatives and government relations.

 

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Tripp Hornick is the recipient of the University’s 2017 Young Alumni Award of Merit. He splits his time between New York and South Carolina.

 

Source: LHSC, Inc.