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Net gains: saving marine life
January 1st, 2014
Interface Inc., a worldwide designer and manufacturer of carpet tiles and environmental recycling champion with European headquarters in Paris, France, recently joined “Healthy Seas, a Journey from Waste to Wear” program to recover and re-use abandoned fishing nets. According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), there are approximately 640,000 tons of abandoned fishing nets […]
Marlen Textiles relabels product lines
January 1st, 2014
Marlen Textiles, New Haven, Mo., is consolidating and renaming its growing selection of coated textile and solution-dyed products to make it easier to select the right fabric. The new brand names will be introduced at the 2014 MFA (Marine Fabricators Association) national convention in Charleston, S.C., in January. Marlen manufactures several proprietary coated, solution-dyed and […]
Hungiville joins Serge Ferrari North America
January 1st, 2014
Serge Ferrari North America has announced the hiring of Beth Hungiville as the design specifications manager for the company’s 100 percent recyclable Batyline® outdoor furniture mesh, Stamskin® contract upholstery faux leather and Soltis® contract solar protection textile membranes. “We are especially excited to have Beth join our team given her vast industry experience and skills,” […]
Tented artistry: paint, print, thread and fabric
January 1st, 2014
From antiquity to the present day, tents have provided shelter, comfort and space to dream, pray or imagine. Francesco Clemente, whose drawings, paintings and conceptual works integrate Western and Eastern themes, exhibited three tents at the Blain|Southern gallery in Berlin, Germany, this fall that incorporated all of his artistic skills to wrap viewers in colorful […]
Solutions in motion
January 1st, 2014
“Make your customers remember you. Make them laugh—but don’t be a salesman,” says Andy Moon, CEO of Baraboo Tent & Awning, Baraboo, Wis. “It’s your presence that makes an impression. Be a problem solver and help your customers out.” Moon grew up in and around the custom awning, canopy and marine business, in a company […]
Specialty Fabrics Review interviews Andy Moon
January 1st, 2014
Interview by Sigrid Tornquist Baraboo Tent & Awning is located near the Wisconsin Dells—a Midwest tourist destination built around the confluence of three rivers and known for its water parks. How has being located near the parks affected business? The Dells is full of “wow.” We’ve got the water parks, restaurants, hotels—which need signage, awnings […]
Snapshot: Bringing the outdoors in
January 1st, 2014
By Sigrid Tornquist When Andy Moon got a call from the Wilderness at the Smokies Waterpark Resort and Family Adventure Center in Sevierville, Tenn., in late December, 2010, asking him how to create an indoor swimming pool out of an outdoor swimming pool, he didn’t hesitate to take the job. The next day he boarded […]
Primer for printing
January 1st, 2014
Digital printing on textiles expands client lists and adds new dimensions to product innovation. For the Brooklyn Plantology garden center in New York, Capitol Awning Co. of Jamaica, N.Y., created a custom awning that showcased a logo, text and a leafy design that captured the essence of the space. The shop printed the imagery directly […]
Vinyl matters
January 1st, 2014
What fabric manufacturers know about PVC fabrics that you should know, too. Many businesses in the industrial fabrics industry (Seaman Corp. among them) have shown consistent growth over decades by developing cost-effective, high-performance products that utilize vinyl—a polymer used safely and successfully in a range of applications. Today, the vinyl industry represents $54 billion of […]
Part 1: The state of the industry
January 1st, 2014
Worldwide GDP remains subdued, and the specialty fabrics industry is responding with care, but stronger growth is anticipated in 2014. Worldwide GDP growth has settled into a subdued pace at 2.9 percent in 2013, and growth in U.S. GDP is expected to be at about 1.7 percent in 2013, down from 2.8 percent in 2012. […]