CreateMe’s automated no-sew assembly system, called Modular-engineering Robotic Assembly, or MeRA™, can take up as little as 550 square feet for intimates; the T-shirt system requires about 1,200 square feet. Image: CreateMe Could on-demand automated no-sew apparel production bring some manufacturing back to the United States? CreateMe’s automated system integrates robotics and adhesives to enable...

The Time Standards Manual was developed in 1996 by the Marine Fabricators Association (MFA), a member group of Advanced Textiles Association, to serve as a benchmark that shop owners can use to set fabrication times, with which they can generate competitive labor costs. The manual is an ongoing project that continues to grow and change in response to the ever-changing marine industry. If you have suggestions for updates or changes, please email Christine.Gerard@textiles.org and your suggestions will be submitted to the MFA advisory board for review and possible inclusion in future editions.

Customization, fast installation, easy handling and style—these are the qualities that tent and event rental companies demand. For the annual InTents Premier Product Showcase, we asked our contributors to send us information about their latest products and services that help companies save time and labor, perform safer installations and turn a profit. 

The primary challenge was to develop a cost-effective, durable and practical solution that could support these heavy loads without requiring excessive excavation or material use.

“The Organic Tree” was created to make a fan experience at the Australian Open more comfortable. VDM Group and Pattons implemented a detailed breakdown of the design, engineering, fabrication and installation process and spent the first week planning. Although this used up a week of its 12-week timeline, it resulted in thorough project management.

Textiles have typically been an industry with high energy consumption. In some circumstances it can be highly labor intensive and show lower productivity, depending on the level of modernization. The industry in past decades has been addressing these issues, and it has opportunities to be more climate friendly, while diversifying and increasing the production of functional textile products.