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Taylor Made Products sponsors Earthrace
August 1st, 2008
In late April, a 78-foot wave-piercing trimaran running on biodiesel fuel set out on a trip around the world to break a speed record of 75 days. Earthrace sponsor Jason Pajonk, president of Taylor Made Products, Gloversville, N.Y., part of the Taylor Made Group Inc., will be cheering on-shore for the carbon-neutral eco boat. The […]
New shears cut through fire-retardant thread
August 1st, 2008
Problem: A mattress manufacturer has difficulty cutting the new fire-retardant thread now required for mattresses. Solution: New Kai® 7000 Series shears with corrugated blades slice through aramid materials, such as Kevlar®, fiberglass and composite/carbon fibers. SOURCE Wolff Industries
New shears cut through variety of tough fabrics
August 1st, 2008
Problem: Kevlar®, designed to resist penetration, is difficult to cut in individual or multiple layers. Solution: Clauss 8” Bent Kevlar Shears cut Kevlar materials, as well as other tough fabrics such as canvas, plastic and upholstery. SOURCE Clauss Cutlery
Thompson uses creativity to drive business
August 1st, 2008
Cynthia Thompson leverages her creative instincts to build a flourishing tension fabric structures business. “Business owners need to be inventive and fast moving and I think we’ve gotten sluggish,” says Cynthia Thompson, founder and owner of Transformit in Gorham, Maine. “I think we’re looking to creative people to put the juice back into our world.” […]
Aerostat system provides mobile aerial platform
August 1st, 2008
[Aerostar International Inc.] Sioux Falls, S.D., U.S.A The TIF-25K Tethered Aerostat System, which took its maiden voyage in September 2007, provides an easy-to-use, mobile aerial platform that can be deployed within hours of arrival on site. The aerostat body consists of a proprietary nylon-based fabric with various laminates and coatings that give it UV protection […]
U.S. Army base camp uses rapid deploying tent systems
August 1st, 2008
[Vertigo Inc.] Lake Elsinore, Calif., U.S.A. [Outdoor Venture Corp.] Stearns, Ky., U.S.A. Vertigo’s rapid deploying tent systems with AirBeam™ technology are replacing the aluminum frame TEMPER tents used in Force Provider, the U.S. Army’s premier base camp. Force Provider’s Expeditionary Base Camp—including 10 Vertigo AirBeam TEMPERs—is the Army’s newest forward operating camp, capable of supporting […]
Custom Covers military tents provide versatile protection
August 1st, 2008
[Custom Covers] Southampton, U.K. This military utility shelter by Custom Covers is the first generation of a family of tents designed for use as general service tenting or as temporary deployable accommodations, providing versatile protection against high winds, snow loads, and other adverse weather conditions. The shelter requires little perimeter clearance, and allows for multiple […]
BMW’s GINA features fabric skin
August 1st, 2008
She’s slick, sleek and hooked on speed, but BMW’s GINA isn’t your girl-next-door concept car. The radical GINA, which stands for Geometry and Functions in ‘N’ Adaptations, is a vehicle dressed to impress in a fabric skin over a mechanized electro-hydraulic metal and carbon frame. The GINA Light Visionary Model (LVM) roadster wears a fabric […]
Vinyl-covered beer can used on truckbed
August 1st, 2008
It gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “drink and drive” when Dave Leach’s huge 1970s Old Style® beer can goes rolling down the road on a truckbed. Leach, a Chicago-based collector of the world’s largest items, commissioned the grand old can for his grand old man, honoring a father whose favorite beer was […]
Mosquito-proof netting reduces infant mortality
August 1st, 2008
Malaria kills more than one million people each year, most of them children under five years old. Mosquito nets help, but don’t prevent insects from transmitting malaria through biting a sleeping person through the net. BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany, a chemical company long interested in malaria and tropical diseases, has developed Interceptor® mosquito net coated […]