New DESIGNER FABRICS. LINENS, WEAVES and SILKS

Make sure to ask your distributor for samples of our new fabric matboards called Peterboro Designer Fabrics. These new matboards come in several different textures and in keeping with our value philosophy are extremely well priced. Corner set # CS-DF-0911.

Linens

The linens are finely woven cotton and are available in several shades of White, Cream, Black, Red, and Navy.

Weaves

Compare the softer more gentle feeling of our linens to the coarser and more textural Weave series in colours called Graphite, Sterling, Slate, and Rattan.

Silks

For the ultimate in elegance and sophistication try our new Kobi Silks, rich in both texture and colour saturation.

All our new fabrics are in popular easy to use colours in keeping with our goal to make matboards framers can actually use in their daily framing.

Specifications:

• High alpha cellulose conservation core
• 100% virgin fibre conservation backing
• Acid and lignin free

New  Colours for 2012

Over the past few years we have concentrated on expanding our product range to include Museum (100% Cotton), Museum Core (Cotton core and backing) and Designer Suede. This Spring we are expanding our Conservation and Whitecore colour palette adding 18 new colours. In keeping with our philosophy, Peterboro is interested in providing everyday colours that will not sit in your mat caddy for years without the hope of ever being used. Peterboro's 18 new colours are made up of a number of neutral tones to round out our colour range along with some basic accent colours and even a few new whites.

New Neutrals:

New Accent Tones:

Whites:

Existing Whitecore Colours now added to Conservation:

New Whitecore Colours:

New Specifier  2012 Specifier

In January 2012 Peterboro is launching the largest specifier in the company's 110 year history and what a specifier it is. The colour swatches are arranged in colour groups for ease of reference and of course we have used the real surface papers so you can see the actual colour and texture.

At a glance you can choose a colour and see what level of protection this colour is available in.

Peterboro Matboards  sets a New Standard

In May of 2011 Peterboro embarked on an industry first. They began manufacturing non conservation matboards using conservation grade backing papers. This means that framers will receive the same high quality virgin fibre alpha cellulose and OBA free backing paper on Peterboro Whitecore and Peterboro Creamcore matboards that is currently only being used on their two conservation matboard lines.

"Our marketing department is always striving to make two very important statements in our industry. We want the name Peterboro to be synonymous with quality in the minds of our customers and we also want to be known for the added value we bring to framers. What better way to do this than by constantly striving to increase the quality of everything we make" says Bernhard Ruhl Peterboro's Sales Manager.

In 2012 Peterboro Matboards will celebrate 110 years in the art and framing industry. They produce a full line of matboards including Creamcore, Whitecore, Blackcore, Designer Suede, Designer Fabrics,Conservation, Museum Core, and 100% cotton Museum Board.

Peterboro Matboards  on the Move

In early December 2011 Peterboro Matboards finalized the purchase of a new manufacturing facility that had previously been owned by Unilever to produce Ragu spaghetti sauces and Knorr soups. "Due to the ever increasing support from framers around the world we were in need of a much larger space. The Ragu Facility was specially built and used exclusively for the production of food products so it was spotless. When we took into consideration the size of the production area, cleanliness aspect of the building and the fact that the finished product storage area had monitored 24 hour climate control we just knew it would be perfect for producing and storing our matboards states Alan Yaffe President.

"With the significant growth in our US and International distribution networks we needed to increase our production capacity and finished goods warehouse space" said Bernhard Ruhl Peterboro's Sales Manager. "This is a facility that will allow us to expand our product and colour ranges and build on our industry leading Quality Value Design mission.

Peterboro has been a pioneer in the art and framing industry since 1902. They are one of only a handful of matboard manufacturers worldwide that produce a full range of matboard products. Peterboro will begin getting the new building ready over the coming months and look forward to producing matboards in their new facility by Spring 2012.

New  FATG Museum and Conservation Licences

Dear Custom Picture Framer,

It is with great pride that we introduce an important new program recently established by the Fine Art Trade Guild of London England. Since Peterboro joined the FATG ten years ago we have followed the Guilds stringent matboard manufacturing standards and have included the Guilds logo in our marketing materials. In many parts of the world the Guilds logo has become synonymous with quality but some non-members have used the Guild logo on products that do not meet these high standards.

This new program has put into place a registration and licencing system for both museum and conservation matboards. The purpose of this program is to ensure that the FATG logo continues to be associated with products made to the highest standards. Member manufacturers that can prove compliance with these standards will be issued registered manufacturing licences by the Guild. The yearly fee from the sale of these licences will be used to prevent misuse of the Guilds registered trademarks and assure framers that products carrying the Guild logos meet the highest standards in the world.

Below are the two licences issued to Peterboro Cardboards Limited.

The Fine Art Trade Guild is currently finalizing an additional aspect of this program. It consists of developing easily understandable terminology to help consumers make informed decisions. This will allow consumers to choose the overall level of protection specific to their needs.

We at Peterboro wholeheartedly support the Fine Art Trade Guild and their efforts.

Best Regards,
Alan Yaffe
President

Picture Frame Magazine  Designer Fabrics Advertisement January 2012

Peterboro Newsletter Archive & New

Please click here to see our Fall 2011 Newsletter.