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Rethinking equipment purchasing strategies
June 1st, 2021
Gilman Gear in Gilman, Conn., pivoted from making sporting equipment to surgical gowns during the pandemic. Here, employee Colton Fuqua pulls off gowns as they are being cut by an Eastman cutting machine. Photo: Gilman Gear. Of all the adages that could be applied to the past year, “Necessity is the mother of invention” may […]
Up against a wall
June 1st, 2021
Engineered for easy installation and removal, Scenic Expressions Taffeta is a peel-and-stick wallcovering developed for use as a non-permanent printed graphics wallcovering for most types of painted interior walls. Photo: Aurora Specialty Textiles Group Inc. Wallpaper has been around for centuries—since the 16th century to be exact. In its earliest iterations, wallpaper was printed on […]
The balancing act of textile treatments
June 1st, 2021
The pandemic changed consumer lifestyles, with people working, exercising and eating at home. Those new habits translate into higher demand for stain resistance and other performance features in home textiles. Photo: © Alexey Rumyantsev, Dreamstime.com Fueled by consumer demand, textile treatments are evolving to provide an ever-growing array of performance benefits. This development has also […]
Books that improved me and my business
June 1st, 2021
Education is a valuable asset when it comes to success in life and business. Going to college is the standard road map many people use to get an education that helps them succeed, but I never really enjoyed the classroom. I wanted to get out and get busy. I did better with hands-on learning, either […]
DITF celebrates 100 years of textile innovation
June 1st, 2021
The German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research (DITF) is the largest textile research center in Europe, with roots that go back 100 years to the first German Research Institute for the Textile Industry, established in Reutlingen in 1921. As the institute expanded to additional locations in Stuttgart and Denkendorf, it merged in 1979 to […]
Leather-like upholstery fabric has new grain
June 1st, 2021
Stamskin® Top Club has a new leather-grain texture for the already popular Stamskin Top upholstery range. Available in 15 modern colors, the fabric emulates the look of worn leather and performs well in demanding environments such as outdoor, marine and hospitality. Rated as a heavy-duty material, it withstands more than 600,000 double rubs in Wyzenbook […]
Coated upholstery fabric sports team spirit
June 1st, 2021
Morbern’s Varsity line of vinyls is geared toward the sports enthusiast and designed for the hospitality market and the marine aftermarket. With guidance from the color experts at Pantone, the company selected popular color combinations for teams nationwide. Designed to increase sales by tapping into team spirit, this product can cover stadium seats, golf carts, […]
Alternatives to mattress foam
June 1st, 2021
As mattress manufacturers grapple with industry-wide foam shortages, Precision Textiles fiber products can be used in a mattress’s top comfort layer as well as an alternative to firmer foams that support spring units. Ecoloft is high-quality quilting fiber, Ecoloft Lux combines down alternative pillow fill with bicomponent polyester, and Vertically Lapped Densified Eco-Pads are formulated […]
Durable EMI shielding textile
June 1st, 2021
Designed for the electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding market, Shelter-Rite® RF™ products offer technologically advanced safety and security in situations requiring a rugged and robust RF-shielded material. The high-performance PVC-coated textile allows for the use of the thin RF-shielding materials in environments where they previously were unable to be used. The metalized textile, which is UV, […]
Sustainable flax upholstery fabric
June 1st, 2021
Illustrating Camira’s continued commitment to creating textiles using sustainable materials, Craggan Flax is woven from a natural blend of wool and flax. Deeply textured and thickly woven, this eco-friendly upholstery fabric retains the raw appeal of its natural composition, while possessing the contemporary aesthetic and stylized texture of a chunky weave. It embraces the natural […]