Spanish textile group Inditex expands in Asia

May 1, 2008  |  Industry News

The Spanish textile group Inditex, which markets the Zara clothing brand, will set up operations in Seoul, South Korea, to boost growth, the company announced in February. The group wants to see Asia account for 15 percent of its sales by 2009, up from 8.9 percent in 2006. Inditex opened an outlet i…
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India invests in cotton textiles

May 1, 2008  |  Industry News

From 2000 B.C., India has made art and commerce out of cotton textiles, and it is this expertise that may lead India’s resurgence in exports of high-end cotton textiles, knitwear and hosiery, according to Hari Sud, former vice president of C-I-L Inc. and investment strategies analyst. China is the…
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Heated mattress technology eliminates dust mites

May 1, 2008  |  Advanced Textiles, Products

Some like it hot, but dust mites don’t, and the Hohenstein Institutes are capitalizing on that knowledge. Dust mites are microscopic insects that feed on dead skin cells from humans and animals, producing wastes notorious for triggering allergy and asthma attacks. Dr. Dirk Hfer at the Institute fo…
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Cotton matrix becomes ‘Roads’ warrior

May 1, 2008  |  Geosynthetics, Industry News

Better Roads magazine recognized HydraCX2® Cotton Fiber Reinforced Matrix, a hydraulically applied erosion-control product, as one of its Top Rollouts for 2007. The cotton hydromulch products were developed by North American Green, Evansville, Ill., from cotton-ginning byproducts. “Cotton by natu…
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Chemists test possibility of self-cleaning fabric

May 1, 2008  |  News

More bad news for the Maytag repairman and dry cleaners everywhere: Self-cleaning clothing is no more than a few years away, according to Cosmopolitan magazine’s Cosmos Online. Nanocrystals of anatase titanium dioxide bonded to fibers such as silk and wool are capable of using light to break down …
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Inflatable structure showcases international rugby

May 1, 2008  |  Projects

Any brand of football in which the players maul, ruck and scrum has got to be a fan favorite, and rugby’s rough and rowdy play is a hit worldwide. To celebrate the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Ferrari Group, La Tour du Pin, France, created a huge, inflatable rugby ball structure, which will be displayed …
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Canopy and curtain system encloses equipment

May 1, 2008  |  Awnings & Canopies, Projects

In order to provide rain and snow protection for the generator and power transformers on the roof of this Chicago high-rise, Evanston Awning designed a canopy and curtain system that encloses the power equipment, yet allows the curtains to roll up for maintenance. All components had to be brought to…
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Auto museum uses protective screens for bad weather

May 1, 2008  |  Projects

Occasional high winds and hurricanes prompted this museum, housing a multimillion-dollar automobile collection, to safeguard its air conditioner cooling towers, filtration system equipment and fans with protective screens. Manufactured by Hendee Enterprises to custom measurements provided by Sunmast…
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A & R designs custom DRA protection pads

May 1, 2008  |  Advanced Textiles, Products

A & R designed these DRA protection pads to be used as a customized layer of protection to lay on top of a special Lockheed Martin tooling. This unique assembly was created from pieces of Poron® foam, cut to size, and covered with a red denier polyurethane-coated material; the cover pieces conn…
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Thermal Control Products Inc. develops flame-retardant pad

May 1, 2008  |  Advanced Textiles, Projects

This project entailed developing a flame-retardant pad for a glass tube extrusion facility in order to eliminate a safety concern in the facility’s environmental, health and safety engineering department. The pad is able to withstand a 60-pound hot molten tube of glass falling from 12 to 18 inches…
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