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Hearst highlights its history with large banners
November 1st, 2012
[Color X Inc.] New York, N.Y. For their 125th Anniversary, Hearst Corp. approached Color X Inc. to produce banners to be displayed in their iconic Manhattan office building’s seventh floor atrium. As one of the nation’s largest diversified media and information companies, they wanted to highlight areas of achievement, including music, visual arts, magazine and […]
Banners enhance school spirit at Amistad Academy
November 1st, 2012
[Design 360 Inc.] New York, N.Y. Amistad Academy, New Haven, Conn., looked to Design 360 to enhance the entrance to a vestibule at the school, and inside their gym, but they also wanted the look to be changeable. “In the gym they were looking for a solution that would add color and allow for their […]
DASH Multi-Corp announces vice president of its Textile Group
November 1st, 2012
DASH Multi-Corp Inc., St. Louis, Mo., has announced the appointment of Alan Prelutsky as vice president of its Textile Group, which produces coated, solution dyed and laminated fabrics for many industrial applications, including the marine, awning, military and safety markets. Prelutsky has worked at DASH for five years. “The mission at hand is to grow […]
Apple joins The Victor Group to head new development initiatives
November 1st, 2012
Machell Apple has joined The Victor Group, Saint-Georges, Quebec, Canada, a textile manufacturer specializing in sustainable and innovative fabrics, in a newly created position: director of new development initiatives. She will use her combined 24 years experience in the textile industry to identify new business and product opportunities within the contract market segment. Apple most […]
TMI promotes three key employees to meet growing demands
November 1st, 2012
TMI LLC has promoted three key employees as the company works to meet the growing demand for its complete line of PVC-based environmental products and energy control doors. Chris Cummings has been promoted to division manager for TMI’s Save-T Solutions department, which provides energy control and material handling solutions. David Rimbey has assumed the role […]
Goldstein joins Adhesives Research Inc. as market manager
November 1st, 2012
Doug Goldstein has joined Adhesives Research Inc., Glen Rock, Pa., as market manager for the company’s pressure-sensitive adhesives, tapes, coatings, films, laminates and engineered microfiber technologies. He has 20 years of experience in the coating and laminating industry, and holds a B.S. in Forestry from North Carolina State University and an M.B.A. from Wake Forest […]
Sixty-five years and counting for Cooley chairman
November 1st, 2012
On Sept. 18, P. Robert Siener Jr. joined a distinguished group of octogenarians who still serve as chairmen of successful companies, a group that includes Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway), Sumner Redstone (CBS Corp.) and J.W. Marriott Jr. (Marriott International). Siener celebrated 65 years with the Cooley Group, the Pawtucket, R.I., designer, developer and manufacturer of […]
Lenzing fibers certified as compostable
November 1st, 2012
Nonwovens made from Lenzing Tencel® and Viscose® fibers are based on a renewable raw material: wood. The Lenzing Group, headquartered in Austria, has closed the biological circle on its nonwoven household wipes, which the Belgian certification company Vincotte has declared suitable for both industrial and individual garden composting. The “OK compost HOME” certificate from Vincotte […]
Fabric graphics dress up interior settings
November 1st, 2012
Fabric graphics in interior settings can take an office, hospitality or retail space from average to amazing. By Holly O’Dell Printing on fabrics affords a new approach to traditional commercial interior design. White walls can become murals, run-of-the-mill artwork can become custom pieces, and permanent messaging can rotate out with soft-sided alternatives. Whether you’re an […]
UCR scientists look to shrimp’s club arm for materials and design
November 1st, 2012
A four-inch tropical mantis shrimp with a power-packed punching arm is the newest darling of material scientists at the Bourns College of Engineering, University of California–Riverside. The shrimp, or stomatopod, has a bright orange fist-like club that accelerates faster under water than a 22-caliber bullet and can break open mollusk shells and crab exoskeletons, two […]