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Cornell elected to ASTM committee
February 1st, 2015
Gary Cornell, quality and standards manager at Q-Lab Corp, Westlake, Ohio, has been elected as chairman of ASTM International’s Subcommittee D20.61, the technical advisory group to ISO TC61, the ISO standards committee on plastics. Cornell also assumes the role of head of delegation for the U.S. plastics committee.
ASTM’s Morgan promoted to president
February 1st, 2015
ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pa., made a unanimous decision at its October board of directors meeting in Seoul, South Korea, to have Katharine E. Morgan, current ASTM vice president of technical committee operations, succeed ASTM president James A. Thomas. She will assume the position of ASTM executive vice president on March 1, working closely with […]
DSM Dyneema receives safety award
February 1st, 2015
The Safe America Foundation™ partners with public and private sector organizations to improve safety awareness and preparedness nationwide. The foundation recognizes leaders in safety, and at the Safety on the Home Front Gala in Atlanta, Ga., awarded its 2014 WorldSafe Safety Product Innovation Award to DSM Dyneema, Stanley, N.C., for its Dyneema® Force Multiplier Technology—ballistic […]
Sympatex wins Future Materials Award
February 1st, 2015
Sympatex Technologies, Unterfohring, Germany, received the Future Materials Award 2014 for its Sympatex Phaseable® technology. Granted by the World Textile Information Network (WTiN), the award is juried by 20 experts from the industry, research and the media. Sympatex’s ecological laminate featuring the technology offers intelligent climate regulation by using a dynamic thermal insulation, and is […]
SKLZ expands recovery line
February 1st, 2015
SKLZ, a pro-performance athletics product company based in San Diego, Calif., recently expanded its warm-up and recovery line to help elite athletes increase circulation, restore and maintain mobility and speed up recovery. Working with EXOS, a business providing expert training, nutrition and physical therapy plans for athletes, SKLZ tests products for proof-of-concept, authenticity, athlete benefit, […]
H&V enhances manufacturing capacity
February 1st, 2015
Hollingsworth & Vose, Floyd, Va., sees the demand for its advanced filtration material rising in North America and, with a grant from the state of Virginia, will expand to a second location in Floyd. The Floyd Flex Building will house the company’s Technostat® filter media production line and has capacity to grow when H&V launches […]
Hoover Awnings revamps image
February 1st, 2015
The third generation has assumed leadership of family-owned Hoover Canvas Awnings, West Palm Beach, Fla. Matthew Carroll, son of James E. Carroll Jr., Hoover’s president and an IFAI Certified Master Fabric Craftsman, is taking over the company with plans to revitalize its image and scope. He has introduced a name change—Hoover Architectural Products—to call out […]
New Sigmatex facility
February 1st, 2015
Sigmatex Ltd., Cheshire, England, makes carbon fiber textiles for composite materials in Rochdale, England; Shanghai, China; and Benicia, Calif. In its latest expansion, the company will invest $12 million in a 75,000-square-foot facility in Orangeburg County, S.C. The Matthews Industrial Park near Orangeburg has enough space for future company growth in the aerospace and automotive […]
Alive with color
February 1st, 2015
French-born Emmanuelle Moureaux fell in love with the “colors overflowing on the street” in the city of Tokyo, Japan, and established Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture and Design after moving to Tokyo in 1996. Her focus is a concept she calls “shikiri,” dividing or creating space with color, and her architectural, interior and display work radiate with […]
Stress fractures
February 1st, 2015
Don’t let workplace stress undermine your operations. Fortunately, headline-making instances of deadly violence are a rare consequence of workplace stress. More often, it simmers just beneath the surface, eating away at morale, productivity and profits. And if you think that workplace stress doesn’t exist in your business, think again. “Emotional pain exists in every organization […]