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Easy display
July 1st, 2014
The Easy Display from Tex Visions makes advertising not only easy, but easily portable. The banner stand is simple to set up and arrives with prints installed. Connect the three-part aluminum pole to the base and attach the top clamping rail to complete the assembly. LIghtweight display comes with an economy bag and carrying case […]
Testing textiles on the final frontier
July 1st, 2014
The Hohenstein Institute, Boenningheim, Germany, will go to the ends of the earth—and beyond—in its search for better ways to find textile solutions for extremes of stress, climate and even zero gravity. The six-month “Blue Dot” space mission launched in May, and a German astronaut on the International Space Station will carry out the first […]
Martex Fiber installs reclamation line
July 1st, 2014
Martex Fiber recently expanded its Spartanburg, S.C., plant capacity by more than 20 percent by installing a fiber reclamation line to produce additional value-added fibers for use in the automotive, upholstery and yarn sectors. The expansion is part of the company’s “No Fiber Left Behind” program, which saves textile waste from landfills by ensuring that […]
Wired for hound: animal wearables
July 1st, 2014
Wearable technology is the buzz among global corporations vying to produce the jacket that charges a cell phone, helmet that becomes an airbag or sports bra that measures heart rate. A new report from IDTechEx, a Cambridge, U.K., business research firm, suggests that wearable technologies are also going to the dogs… cats… and other domestic […]
Solar power: you wear it well
July 1st, 2014
Dephotex, a project funded by the European Union to develop solar-powered clothing, has been at the forefront of methods to make photovoltaic material light and flexible enough to be worn. “Flexible, light and durable solar cells embedded in fabrics are expected to be available in the very near future,” says Dephotex project manager Fanny Breuil […]
INSIGHT + VISION for consumer nonwovens
July 1st, 2014
INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, hosts the VISION Consumer Products Conference each year, focusing on the absorbent product and disposable hygiene market segments. In May, INDA purchased the INSIGHT International Conference from Marketing Technology Service Inc. (MTS), Kalamazoo, Mich., combining the two events into the largest event of its kind. The INSIGHT […]
Nonwovens conference presentations on CD
July 1st, 2014
The first Conference on Nonwovens for High-performance Applications was held in Cannes, France, in March 2014. Those who could not attend the two-day event on the Cote d’Azur can benefit from the 17 presentations, now available for purchase on a CD-Rom (pdf and audio files). Major themes of the meeting were changes from commodity to […]
Anti-dumping duty on blankets
July 1st, 2014
The Government of Mexico Secretariat of the Economy imposed an anti-dumping duty on synthetic fiber blankets made in China following a one-year investigation spurred by complaints from two Mexican manufacturers. Imports of manmade fiber blankets originating in China will be subject to anti-dumping duty if the customs value of the products is less than $12.10 […]
Geosynthetics raising the (green) roof
July 1st, 2014
Green roofs benefit the environment by soaking up stormwater and cooling sun-baked buildings. They also add natural beauty, style and design to normally barren spaces, bringing that ineffable environmental improvement called joy to the people who use and see the building. While green roofs are popular in Europe, they are less common in the U.S. […]
Architecture for hire, simplified
July 1st, 2014
The white rectangular building with rounded corners and a glass-walled front is modern, sleek and simple, like a giant smart phone. And like smart phones, AirClad’s new portable, rentable modular buildings can multi-task, to be used as festival accommodations, temporary classrooms, offices, marketing suites, seasonal bars, beach events or VIP venues. The lightweight, easy-to-install modules […]