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Herculite launches health care fabric e-commerce website

February 1, 2024 | ATA News, Company News, Industry News, News

Herculite® Products Inc., a manufacturer of high-performance and custom fabrics, announced the launch of a new e-commerce website offering a full selection of its Sure-Chek® antimicrobial health care fabrics. Features of the platform: Visit www.surechek.com to register for an account or more infor…

Pvilion solar canopies win BLT Built Design Award

February 1, 2024 | Projects

Visitors to the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx looking for a brief respite to refuel and recharge have been doing so for the past few years under canopies that now can be called award-winning. Last fall Pvilion received recognition in the BLT Built Design Awards in one of the Landscape Archi…

Women entrepreneurs use bras in women’s health initiatives

February 1, 2024 | Markets, Product Trends

Women’s health issues have historically been underfunded and ignored, a reality that is hard to believe today considering that women make up half the world’s population. Fortunately, women entrepreneurs are working to tackle some of the most daunting medical conditions women face, and the world …

How to mitigate the online security risks of outsourcing

February 1, 2024 | Business, Markets

What we now call “hacking” has been around almost as long as humans have existed. Today’s version focuses on technology, but the behavior takes many forms that even go back to the story of the Trojan horse. Hacking is simply the act of exploiting a weakness to gain access to something, whether…

Textiles in protection from bioagents, chemical warfare

February 1, 2024 | Advanced Textiles, Markets

The medical and military industries are both in need of fabrics that offer protection against biological threats in health care environments and, for warfighters, the threat posed by chemical warfare. The challenges faced are complex; protection against multiple agents could be needed, and the agent…

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Small sustainability actions can make a big difference

February 1, 2024 | Features

With sustainability uppermost in nearly everyone’s mind, textile providers and fabricators are looking at ways to reduce their environmental footprint and better manage their social impacts. This makes good business sense for multiple reasons. A brand that has an eco-friendly/people-friendly reput…

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Commercial renovations focus on comfort, the warmth of home

February 1, 2024 | Features

In a lightning-fast transition to work-from-home during the pandemic, employees abandoned corporate buildings for familiar spaces with their deep sense of safety and comfort.

Rachal McCarthy builds on 40 years of progress at NTI Global

February 1, 2024 | Features, Perspective

When life throws you curveballs, you either need to duck or hit them. Just ask Rachal McCarthy, who is redefining what’s possible for women in the textiles and manufacturing industries.

Wolverine, Metallica support education in the trades

February 1, 2024 | Swatches

The labor shortage is sad but true: Skilled tradespeople are retiring faster than students are stepping up to replace them. Among the workforce pipeline efforts is a partnership of boot company Wolverine Inc. and rock band Metallica. In mid-November 2023, Wolverine created a limited-edition black le…

Biodegradable pads from sisal to combat period poverty

February 1, 2024 | Swatches

Of all the things that keep girls out of school in developing nations, biological processes shouldn’t have to be one of them. But the simple lack of access to or money for menstrual pads, often referred to as “period poverty,” can mean some girls can miss 20% of their school term. Even in Keny…