Moving from traditional to digital fabrication methods
Digital fabrication tools have been around for decades, and they can assist with scaling, consistency between jobs and storing patterns long term, among other benefits. However, making this transition takes time and effort that may feel insurmountable to a small business.
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Camel Custom Canvas' president Susan Cain reflects on learning
One of the first things president and owner Susan Cain mentions about Camel Custom Canvas, in Knoxville, Tenn., is the people who have helped sustain it for more than 107 years. Employees have decades of service, repeat customers continue to return, and industry peers are an important source of support and shared knowledge. And her grandfather and father, founder and former owner, respectively, remain her inspiration.
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Building a workforce pipeline
Employers in the trade industries are searching for ways to attract top talent, particularly those job seekers at the beginning of their careers. While finding the right candidates to fill marine fabricator roles can be challenging, it is possible.
Geosynthetics
Beyond the fabric
Once valued primarily for their speed of deployment and flexibility, today’s clearspan structures increasingly are expected to perform like permanent buildings. Whether serving as manufacturing space, climate-controlled warehouses, aviation hangars, corporate hospitality venues or emergency-response facilities, owners want structures that maintain comfortable interior temperatures, reduce energy consumption and provide greater security over deployments that can last months or even years.
Geosynthetics
Geocells for embankment stabilization
In the railway embankment case, incorporating a geocell-confined granular layer at the embankment base measurably reduced vertical settlement and increased the bearing capacity of the section relative to an unreinforced control.
Fabric Architecture
Your mission: Invest in a leadership-ready workforce
Manufacturers are always competing for skilled operators, production leaders and capable managers. One highly trained workforce to enlist is transitioning military veterans.
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Trade and tariffs, Part II: What can be done
As president and CEO of the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), Kimberly Glas is in a unique position to view the impact this administration’s approach to trade in general, and tariffs, in particular, has had on the textile industry. In Part II of an interview conducted with Glas, she also addresses steps that could be taken to better support the textile industry.