Photovoltaic fabric structures add function to form and energy to aesthetics.
Suppliers of performance fabrics respond to wide-ranging inventory demands and customer needs.
High-tech automation guides retractable exterior solar shading.
As understanding evolves and resources become available, interactive textiles could be headed into the mainstream.
Key factors driving the development—and sales—of new equipment for specialty fabrics manufacturers.
Running an efficient operation means asking the right questions—and securing the right equipment to help you answer them.
End product manufacturers offer insight about the equipment and tools that got them this far—and where they want to go next.
Today’s advanced technologies will drive the future of fabric structures.
On demand: collaborating on fabrics, products and value-added coatings.
Breaking the barriers to accepting—and selling—nano innovations in specialty fabrics markets.
The push for sustainability drives innovation in advanced textiles.
Nanomaterials offer unlimited potential for creative application in specialty fabrics.
Technology breakthroughs drive growth areas in industrial applications and may provide manufacturers with their “diamonds in the rough.”
Fabric as we know it is transformed with electrical conductive nanocoatings.
Developments in auxetic materials that could revolutionize blast mitigation textiles may find wider market applications.
Achieving sustainability is not a one-time event, but a continuing process. Developing and committing to sustainable practices through designing sustainable buildings, shade products, smart textiles, and manufacturing systems continues to be at the forefront of the worldwide consumer marketplace.
Our impact on the environment has become a major consideration and is driving efforts in the construction industry to be eco-responsible in mineral extraction, materials and component manufacturing, and building infrastructure development. These developments are creating market opportunities for designers and builders of environments.
Corporate leaders are instigating key sustainability initiatives through their own organizations and their markets. Company executives are reporting big rewards for their efforts from their employees, communities, business partners and shareholders.
IFAI Expo continues its leadership in this area with custom-designed educational programs that provide business leaders a platform for addressing sustainable trends, materials, technologies and practices that support business growth. Join the specialty fabrics industry as it convenes at this year’s IFAI Expo, Oct. 27-29 in Orlando, Fla.