Hoechst Fibers held a reception at the Ritz Carlton Hotel during the Chicago winter market in January of 1979 and retailers, distributors and manufacturers attended.

Shown here during the festivities are, from left, Tony diBianco of Hoechst; Bill Orders of Orders Distributing; Ted Schuler of Schuler Distributing Co., and Paul Pumphreys of Cleaver Carpet. It was a great night and a great market.