SmartSilver partnership

March 1, 2008  |  Industry News

NanoHorizons Inc., State College, Penn., and Piedmont Chemical Industries Inc., High Point, N.C., have joined forces to bring SmartSilver™ antimicrobial and moisture-management finishes and additives into a new line of polyester, cotton and nylon products. The strategic alliance between the two co…
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Color and coatings: comprehensive finishing

March 1, 2008  |  Industry News

Huntsman Textile Effects, Basel, Switzerland, offers a broad range of textile chemicals and colorfast dyes. Brückner-Group, Leonberg, Germany, specializes in woven and knitted fabric technology, technical textiles and coating technologies. An alliance between the two will give textile finishers com…
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Environmental certification for U.S. foam makers

March 1, 2008  |  Industry News

The Polyurethane Foam Association (PFA) recently introduced a “Platform on Sustainability” outlining seven “green” principles and voluntary performance, environmental, health and safety standards for qualified foams used in upholstered furniture, bedding and automotive seating. “The proble…
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Going green with bluesign in China

March 1, 2008  |  Industry News

Environmental issues with goods made in China may be one reason why Ho Yu Textile Co. Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan, signed up with bluesign technologies ag, St. Gallen, Switzerland, for its screening and consultation services. A bluesign screening includes detailed on-site evaluation of the environment, res…
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First Choice Armor migrates to textile belt

March 1, 2008  |  Industry News

In September 2007, First Choice Armor opened its new operation in Spindale, N.C., announcing that it would relocate from Brockton, Mass., and create 398 jobs during the next three years. After hearing about the business climate in Rutherford County, N.C., from one of their suppliers, First Choice Ar…
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Carbon nanotubes rebound bullets

March 1, 2008  |  Industry News

Most bulletproof vests work by spreading the force of the missile, blunting its impact. Those wearing such protective gear can sustain severe bruising or blunt-force trauma to internal organs. Australian engineers at the Centre for Advanced Materials Technology at the University of Sydney hope to ch…
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Ehmke brings honors to Philadelphia

March 1, 2008  |  News

One of very few industrial textile companies left in Philadelphia, Ehmke Manufacturing Co. Inc. continues to thrive in its niche as a supplier of fabric products for military markets. The Boeing Co., Chicago, Ill., conferred the 2007 Performance Excellence Award on Ehmke as an exceptional supplier a…
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The luxury lifestyle, outdoors

March 1, 2008  |  Industry News

Hearst Brand Development has unveiled a licensing agreement with Jardin de Ville, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to design and distribute a distinctive line of branded outdoor home furnishings, bringing a high level of luxury to the sophisticated home market. The first of several Jardin de Ville Town &am…
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Building dikes with geosynthetics

March 1, 2008  |  News

TenCate, Pendergrass, Ga., manufactures the Mirafi® line of geosynthetics, used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build a rock dike at the Calcasieu River in Louisiana. The dike, 70 feet wide at its base and five miles long, used Mirafi HS900PP, a woven polyester and polypropylene hybrid, and …
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Replacing sandbags with flood tubes

March 1, 2008  |  News

It’s a city famous for its stellar university, but parts of Oxford, England, were underwater in January as the Oxford City Council tried to stave off historic flooding. The fire service deployed 15 water-filled vinyl-coated polyester tubes approximately eight feet high and 100 feet long to prevent…
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