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Multigenerational workplaces: Challenges and opportunities
August 1st, 2023
SewLong Custom Covers, which provides high-end marine canvas, is committed to bringing in and mentoring younger workers, and that requires a strong workplace mission, says COO Clint Halladay. Photo: Laura Kinser, Kinser Studios Engaging a newgeneration of workers For the younger generation, being aware of their expectations and their opportunities is key, says Clint Halladay, […]
Advanced Textiles Expo Exhibitor Product Preview
August 1st, 2023
Your first look at the new products and value-added services waiting for you on the show floor at Advanced Textiles Expo 2023 in Orlando, Fla., Nov 1–3. Celebrate textile innovation at Advanced Textiles Expo, where hundreds of exhibitors will bring you the latest products and information from the entire supply chain, from fibers and fabrics […]
Getting new products manufactured and into the marketplace
August 1st, 2023
Air Force Research Laboratory scientists have discovered a unique stretchable conductor that uses a polymerized liquid metal network. Photo: Second Bay Studios This year’s Smart Fabric Summit was again organized by the Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) and the Wilson College of Textiles, North Carolina State University (NC State) in Raleigh, N.C., and took place in […]
The future landscape of the workforce
August 1st, 2023
Organizations need to be thinking about tomorrow and, more specifically, how the future of work, the workforce and the workplace will be dramatically different from what we know today. And more important, from what it has been in the past. Warp-speed changes ahead Let’s start by thinking about today and taking a pulse of the […]
The role of fabric, shade in reducing embodied carbon
August 1st, 2023
Using the Adaptive Reuse strategy, FTL Design Engineering Studio retrofitted an unused baseball stadium in Bridgeport, Conn., to reduce embodied carbon with an all-fabric roof and signature entry marquee. The ROI was a tenfold increase in tickets sold vs. the original baseball team. Photo: Carl B. Vernlund Photography By now it is standard baseline that […]
Playground shade sails protect patients
August 1st, 2023
Awning Works Inc. replaced one big drooping shade sail with three overlapping ones above the playground and seating area at the Children’s Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla. Photos: Awning Works Inc. Could there be a more feel-good project than one that gives a little bit of joy to children being treated (or having completed treatment) […]