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U.S. House of Representatives passes geosynthetic amendment
November 4th, 2015
More than 270 amendments to a $325 highway bill titled the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 are being voted on this week by the U.S. House of Representatives. The amendment to Sec. 1431, “Use of Durable, Resilient, and Sustainable Materials and Practices,” offered by Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN), includes the addition of […]
WeatherMAX 80 earns U.S. patent
November 4th, 2015
Safety Components Fabric Technologies Inc., Greenville, S.C., was awarded U.S. patent 9,121,131 on its technical outdoor fabric WeatherMAX™ 80, for which it also holds a Canadian patent. WeatherMAX 80 is made using 100 percent pigment solution-dyed SaturaMAX™ for maximum color retention. The water resistance comes from Safety Components' proprietary HydroMax™ finish and unique construction. This […]
Early registration deadline for Marine Fabricators Conference is Nov. 16
November 4th, 2015
Presented by the Marine Fabricators Association (MFA), a division of IFAI, the 2016 Marine Fabricators Conference will be held Jan. 14–16, 2016, at the Clearwater Beach Marriott Suites on Sand Key in Clearwater, Fla. The early bird registration deadline is Nov. 16. The conference will include educational seminars on topics from sewing machines and attachments […]
Graphene-coated fabrics detect dangerous gases
November 3rd, 2015
Scientists from the from the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) and Konkuk University in the Republic of Korea have developed wearable, graphene-coated fabrics that can detect dangerous gases present in the air, alerting the wearer by turning on an LED light. The researchers coated cotton and polyester yarn with a nanoglue called bovine serum […]
Milliken & Co. donation supports South Carolina flood relief
November 3rd, 2015
Milliken & Co., Spartanburg, S.C., recently made a donation of $100,000 to the American Red Cross to support the disaster relief efforts in South Carolina. In addition, Milliken employees in each of the company’s 37 U.S. facilities collected supplies during the month of October to be delivered to the Red Cross. “Over 4,000 Milliken associates […]
UMN hosting wearable technology event
November 2nd, 2015
The University of Minnesota’s current event series, Headliners, will offer “Stronger, Faster, Brighter: Wearable Technology and the Future of Clothing” Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Continuing Education and Conference Center. The series provides opportunities to meet with university experts as they share firsthand knowledge of current topics, from medical breakthroughs to social trends. […]
Hohenstein Institute leads new research on protective clothing for welders
November 2nd, 2015
In a joint German Federation of Industrial Research Associations (AiF) research project, the Deutsches Textilforschungszentrum Nord-West gGmbH (DTNW) in Krefeld and the Hohenstein Institute in Boennigheim studied new finishes for protective clothing for welders that would be repellent to splashes of molten metal. The goal was to improve the protective effect and the comfort, while […]
Carpa 10 presents new company logo
November 2nd, 2015
Based in Madrid, Spain, Carpa 10 provides marquees for anything from corporate events to weddings to trade shows. The company recently presented a new logo to represent a rejuvenated, fresh and dynamic image as a symbol of its renewal of intentions. Carpa 10 has spent more than a decade providing coverage, either temporarily or permanently, […]
Supplying forces
November 1st, 2015
The U.S. relies on the domestic industrial base to meet military needs. In enacting the Defense Production Act of 1950, Congress listed eight findings to support its “statement of policy.” The last one states that “the inability of industries in the United States, especially smaller subcontractors and suppliers, to provide vital parts and components and […]
Back to the future
November 1st, 2015
From 1915 to 2015—and beyond—we’ve gone from horsepower to hovercraft, yet business basics still surround technology. If the only constant in life is change, that’s also certainly true for the specialty fabrics industry and Specialty Fabrics Review, whether from a perspective inside the industry or the view from outside. Beginning as a narrowly focused journal […]