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Two Rhode Island medical textile firms merge
June 1st, 2011
Biomedical Structures LLC and Concordia Manufacturing LLC, both of Warwick, R.I., have combined to expand further into the medical textile manufacturing sector. Both companies specialize in braided and woven fabrics, such as knit mesh used in hernia and urologic surgery, and see opportunity in the rapidly growing fields of orthopedics and regenerative medicine. The new […]
EPIC agreement expands green footprint
June 1st, 2011
EPIC Green Solutions, a Blaine, Minn., company specializing in water-saving subsurface irrigation and drainage systems, has entered into an agreement with Firestone Building Products Co. to distribute its products in North America. The Environmental Passive Integrated Chamber (EPIC) technology helps provide sustainable water irrigation systems and stormwater management for urban landscapes, green roofs, parking lots, […]
Canadian printers invest in digital technology
June 1st, 2011
The signage and display industry in Canada has been purchasing more wide-format digital imaging platforms in the last 12-15 months, according to Durst Image Technology U.S. LLC, Rochester, N.Y. Several significant purchases of Durst Rho UV production inkjet printers in Canada suggest that production digital imaging has become the primary technology used for signs and […]
JM Nonwovens invests in sustainable materials
June 1st, 2011
Johns Manville (JM) Nonwovens Europe recently launched an intensive R&D and capital expenditure program to boost its use of raw materials from renewable sources and recycled materials in the manufacture of its products. One project involves converting recycled PET into durable applications such as the DuraSpun carrier for roofing membranes. Another project will be investing […]
Cotton prices spur strike in Egypt
June 1st, 2011
More than 4,000 workers and a factory owner in Mahalla, Egypt, marched on the city council to announce a strike involving 1,300 factories and fabric workshops squeezed by cotton prices, which have increased from £12 to £43 thousand per ton in the past six months. Among the changes sought by striking companies and textile workers […]
Powerboats riding the economic wave
June 1st, 2011
According to Info-Link Technologies Inc.’s Bellwether Report, overall powerboat sales have steered through choppy seas during the last few years. Boat purchases tracked by the Miami, Fla., marketing and research firm hit a low in summer 2009, rebounded in summer 2010 and dropped again in fall 2010. Unit sales of powerboats 15 feet or longer […]
Milliken wins Ethisphere recognition
June 1st, 2011
Milliken & Co., Spartanburg, S.C., continues to impress the Ethisphere Institute, a think tank dedicated to the advancement of best practices in business ethics. For the fifth consecutive year, Milliken’s textile, chemical and floor-covering business was named to Ethisphere’s 2011 “World’s Most Ethical Companies” list. Ethisphere reviewed thousands of companies in a multi-step analysis that […]
New York cab drivers: not just tough, bulletproof
June 1st, 2011
The New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers made news in December 2010 by providing bulletproof vests (most donated by retired police officers) to livery cab drivers called to crime-ridden neighborhoods in New York City. This bold move followed several high-profile attacks on cab drivers. Now Security USA, New York, N.Y., a security consulting firm, […]
Costly cotton boosts synthetic yarn use in India
June 1st, 2011
In the past year, the price of cotton has doubled and Indian textile manufacturers have increased use of synthetic yarn, which is less expensive and easy to process, according to C. Bose, president of the Mumbai unit of the Textile Association of India. “The blend ratio used to be 60 percent cotton and 40 percent […]
Canopy will shelter, shed light on the homeless
June 1st, 2011
Snow Hill Homeless Centre, a hostel in Birmingham, England, currently with beds for 157, plans a £10 million renovation to expand its services and transition the homeless to more permanent housing. The Centre’s courtyard, surrounded on four sides by five-story buildings, will also be sheltered—by almost 2,700 square feet of canopy made with Solar Glass […]