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Julius Koch’s Next Generation
October 1st, 2025
Julius Koch pull cords: We offer a wide range of standard colours and designs for any type of sun screening products. After 130 years of tradition in technical textiles, Julius Koch Group is writing a new chapter combining its deep European heritage with a renewed focus on the North American market. Following a generational change […]
Masson Inc. transforms ideas into innovative products
October 1st, 2025
Dan and Tina Marsh of Masson Inc. Image: Mark Skalny Photography At first glance, the custom manufacturing solutions produced by Masson Inc. of Indianapolis, Ind., might seem simple. From coated webbing assemblies for the medical market to urethane-coated pet collars, the company’s products pair a modest outward design with practical purpose. But don’t be fooled. […]
Innovators move the textile industry forward
October 1st, 2025
Pretty on the inside: At this Mecum auction site, Rainier Industries Ltd. offers easy entry and premium staging for Mecum’s high-end cars in front of the company’s Power Wall. Image: Rainier Industries These are uncertain times, particularly for segments of the textile industry that import and export raw and finished products around the globe. Still, […]
Textile equipment manufacturers on doing business worldwide
October 1st, 2025
Textile equipment manufacturers are aided in worldwide sales by maintaining local offices around the globe. Image: Dreamstime.com/© Svetlana Dubovetcaia Companies that conduct business internationally benefit from a large customer base and market diversity. But at times, they must grapple with supply chain disruptions, contentious geopolitics and the interplay of various cultural dynamics—even getting everyone together on […]
Materials science takes e-textiles to new heights
October 1st, 2025
Editor’s note: North Carolina State University (NC State) colleagues Kavita Mathur, Ph.D., and Amanda Mills, Ph.D., have jointly contributed the following responses to questions from Janet Preus, senior editor of Textile Technology Source, about current research in materials science. It has been edited for space and clarity. Amanda Mills, Ph.D. (right), working with a student […]
Your business: What’s it worth?
October 1st, 2025
Image: Dreamstime.com/© Chalirmpoj Pimpisarn Your most valuable asset may be your business. A business owner can spend decades building a business and reputation. As they approach retirement age, they likely have questions such as: How do they value their business? How do they maximize the value and minimize taxes upon sale or succession? Determining value […]
Tools, tips and tricks for awning installs
October 1st, 2025
The completed canopy installation at Straub Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, done by Tropical J's. The project won an Outstanding Achievement Award for Commercial Awnings and Canopies in the 2024 International Achievement Awards. A tricky installation can take many forms, whether it is a location that is difficult to access, a massive awning that needs to […]
ATA NZ 2025 Awards for Excellence Supreme Champion crowned
October 1st, 2025
Image: © Plant & Food Research/Steve Hussey. All rights reserved. More than nine years of research into the development of a low-impact mobile aquaculture system culminated in March. Scientists from Auckland organization Plant & Food Research transferred 2,000 snapper into a moored pen operated in the ocean off the South Island of New Zealand. Part […]