Agents, brokers and consultants to the carpet and carpet yarns sectors of the textiles industry. Paul Rogan founded RoTexCo in April 1995 to serve the carpet and carpet yarns industry with a sales co-ordination agency service, export co-ordination and developments consultancy with a view to establishing partnerships between mills whose strengths are enhanced by finding common goals. Paul started in the carpet industry in 1973 as an export sales trainee at John Crossley & Sons Ltd., at Dean Clough Mills in Halifax. After a full training programme in all weaving and preparatory departments, he was assigned a year working in the Carpets International subsidiary in Hamburg. Following the formation of Carpets International Northern he became Regional Export Sales Manager selling both Crossley Carpets and Kossett Carpets in Europe. In 1981 he joined S. Lyles Sons & Co. Ltd., the Dewsbury based carpet yarn spinners and rose to the position of Commercial Director, (S.Lyles PLC) responsible for home sales, export sales and raw materials. The UK carpet industry is set for a period of substantial change. The industry will be served in volume terms by a few giants who will develop into "Fibres to Fitted" market players. The medium term challenge will come from the Far Eastern and Central European markets where after the initial growth generated by spending on infrastructure, industry and tourism, the indigenous consumer economies will develop and become sophisticated and demanding.