November 2009 Issue

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  • Four-step sustainability from SGIA

    Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) has recently updated its 4-Step Sustainability Action Plan with additional resources to help imagers develop a successful Sustainability Management System (SMS) in their printing businesses.

  • Personal Protective Technology Program

    The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Personal Protective Technology (PPT) Program will host the 3rd Annual Stakeholders’ Meeting on March 2–3, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh Airport, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.A.

  • From supplier to market: consider the source

    A new report, “Geographical Proximity May No Longer Be a Critical Factor in Textile and Apparel Sourcing,” is now available from Research and Markets, Dublin, Ireland.

  • Online auctions for ‘Shade Across America’

    The Skin Cancer Awareness Foundation wants children across the nation to have shade structures in outdoor play spaces—and will help raise money for shade projects through an online auction.

  • New U.S. Trade Representative for textiles

    U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk selected Gail Strickler, an experienced former textile company CEO and associate director at Philadelphia University’s College of Textiles and Sciences, as the U.S. lead negotiator for textiles.

  • Tire tariff on Chinese imports

    President Barack Obama imposed tariffs of up to 35 percent on illegally subsidized tire imports from China, a move celebrated by textile manufacturers and blasted by the Chinese.

  • China’s nonwovens and technical textile industry bounces back

    Industry adjustments, government action and product innovation kept China’s textile industry solvent in the first half of 2009, in spite of a decline in exports due to the global economic crisis.

  • Argotec revamps to serve textile laminators

    To better serve the textile lamination and performance apparel industries, Argotec Inc., Greenfield, Mass., will concentrate on better matching its film extrusion capabilities, technical expertise and resources with the applications of its customers.

  • Teijin dissolves S.C. monofilament subsidiary

    When Teijin Limited, Tokyo, Japan, purchased the monofilament business of Johns Manville in 2000, it expected the market for paper machine clothing (covers for paper-making rollers that improve machine performance) would be strong.

  • Agion Technologies receives Gold environmental certification

    This year, Agion went for the Gold certification and received it.

  • New name for Genesis Plastics Welding

    Genesis Plastics Welding, the new name for the combined companies Genesis Manufacturing and Plastics Welding Technology, launched a new logo and web presence in August.

  • Schurz to join Rowley Co.

    As the owner of Tavern Hill, a custom drapery workroom, Susan Schurz has hands-on experience working with fabrics and textile technologies.

  • Frisch joins Springs Creative Products Group

    Scott Frisch, former president of a textile and mattress industry consulting firm, has been named sales and merchandising manager for the specialty fabrics division of Springs Creative Products Group (SCPG) LLC.

  • Saint-Gobain facility becomes ISO 14001 certified

    Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics, manufacturer of industrial fabrics for construction, packaging and building materials, received ISO 14001:2004 certification for its facility in Tlaxcala, Mexico.

  • Smart fabrics, e-textile solutions

    Although still in its infancy, the market for smart fabrics and interactive textiles is expected to grow to $1.13 billion in 2010.

  • Conductiles™, electrotextile narrow fabrics exhibited at IFAI Expo by Offray Specialty Narrow Fabrics, address a critical issue in making e-textile products commercially viable: the need for electrical engineers and fabric designers to collaborate.

    World trends and innovations

    Four lifestyle megatrends can be identified that will have an immediate impact on business in the smart textiles area.

  • Embedded technology

    A major focus of IFAI Expo was the latest high-tech innovations in specialty fabrics.

  • Durable nonwovens

    In the 1940s, Johnson & Johnson paved the way for disposable nonwoven materials.

  • Based in Mexico, with offices in El Salvador, Argentina and the U.S., Lonas Lorenzo SA de CV designs and constructs architectural textile and tension structures such as stadiums, fairgrounds and shopping malls.

    Transitioning markets

    Another theme at Expo 2009: tools and expert advice on manufacturing and markets to help drive business growth in 2010.

  • USAF unveils ‘Vision 2011’

    Representatives from branches of the U.S. military provided new insight into the textile and apparel needs of American forces.

  • Operational excellence

    Seminars and exhibitors at this year’s IFAI Expo demonstrated ‘best practices’ and management savvy.

  • Innovation Theater

    A hub of activity on the show floor, Innovation Theater attendees came for seminars, workshops and exhibitor presentations, as well as the “IAA: How They Did It” performance styled as a late-night show.

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