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Fabric architecture on display for millions in Osaka
April 1st, 2025
The 2025 World Expo Grand Ring in Osaka, Japan, where many events will take place April 13–Oct. 13. Country and regional pavilions are also inside it, including dozens of fabric structures. Image: Provided by Japan Association for the 2025World Exposition © Expo 2025 A projected 28 million visitors to the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Japan, […]
Textiles to help prosthetic limbs blend into clothes
April 1st, 2025
A bionic knee under development in Ukraine will have removable performance nylon sleeves to better blend in with a wearer’s clothing. Developer SYLA wants to ease a person’s social anxiety about having a prosthetic. Image: SYLA To combat the discomfort some people may feel in public when sporting a prosthetic limb, Ukrainian device maker SYLA […]
Cadense infrared compression socks boost muscles
April 1st, 2025
A pair of Cadense Energy BOOST Performance Socks in Natural Black. The socks feature CELLIANT® technology developed by Hologenix that converts body heat into infrared energy, providing gentle compression that improves local circulation and quickens muscle recovery. Image: Cadense Hologenix, a materials science company based in Pacific Palisades, Calif., and Cadense of Santa Barbara, Calif., […]
Continuing the family legacy of Mike’s Marine Custom Canvas
April 1st, 2025
Dan Johnson of Mike's Marine Custom Canvas. Photography by Liza Wolfe Photography A wall displaying nearly 30 years of industry awards marks the entrance to Mike’s Marine Custom Canvas in Virginia Beach, Va.—a testament to the shop’s history of quality and craftsmanship. For Dan Johnson—who succeeded his father, Mike, as owner two years ago—these awards are […]
Extending a helping hand to give back
April 1st, 2025
To kick off the launch of a mobile food pantry, Marco Canvas & Upholstery staff and family members held a food drive last Easter, with the donations collected from customers and from local vendors put in the mobile pantry to help get it started. Image: Marco Canvas & Upholstery LLC For many companies in the […]
2025 Specialty Fabrics Showcase
April 1st, 2025
Awnings, marine upholstery, furniture, banners and signs, and more: Regardless of the end product, the specialty fabrics your business needs may have to perform in harsh conditions while still looking good and fitting into a client’s budget. For our annual showcase, more than 25 companies shared their newest specialty textiles. We’ve organized the materials into […]
Textile waste to wealth
April 1st, 2025
Recovered waste from blow room (pictured) and carding areas can be recovered and turned into usable fiber for additional profit, such as comber noil, which is regularly used as recycled fiber in open-end yarn spinning to make home textiles. Image: Dreamstime.com/© Grafoo Reducing waste lessens Earth’s environmental burden and landfill problem, but it also can […]
Positive recruiting practices
April 1st, 2025
Image: Dreamstime.com/© Fizkes As the recruiting manager for Made in the Shade Tent Rentals, I embody the first hurdle on the road to employment. If 100 people apply for one job, close to a quarter will make it to the first interview with me over the phone. Of that quarter, fewer than half will make […]
Innovation in adaptive apparel
April 1st, 2025
Joe & Bella’s CareZips® pants feature extra-long side zippers that run down to the knee and an inner-thigh zipper that allows for easy access to medical devices like a catheter or colostomy bag. Image: Joe & Bella Today’s adaptive apparel brands are more attractive, wearable and functional than ever before thanks to customer-responsive and thoughtful […]
Church members help raise a new fabric roof in Lomé, Togo
April 1st, 2025
A new fabric roof for a church in Lomé, Togo. Image: Dunn Lightweight Architecture Where there’s a will, there’s a way. A new 2-ton roof was hoisted and assembled for New Life Evangelical Church in Lomé, Togo, in West Africa, with the help of a crew of 14 community and church members. To streamline the […]