Shelter-Rite roof replacement has acrobatics above and below

March 1, 2026  |  Projects

Last summer, performing arts circus school Circus Juventas in St. Paul, Minn., looked into improving its building’s efficiency, including better insulation to reduce energy use and to address condensation concerns. Although the building’s “big top,” a tensioned dome roof constructed with She…
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PFAS testing: What textile companies need to know

March 1, 2026  |  Markets, Product Trends

Many jurisdictions have current and forthcoming regulations banning per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a variety of products, including textiles. Laboratory testing can help prove compliance with such bans of these so-called “forever chemicals,” although not without some caveats and c…
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The ESOP solution

March 1, 2026  |  Business, Markets

What happens to an owner’s company when they retire and no successor is available to take the reins? The answer might be all around them—on the shop floor, among the sales staff or within human resources, finance and legal departments.
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Doing business with the U.S. military

March 1, 2026  |  Advanced Textiles, Markets

How to introduce a product into the U.S. military marketplace is a big question for companies. For many of those who have tried to do so, these attempts are met with frustration. Case study examples of missteps can be seen across a wide range of technologies, not just for textile products.
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Businesses boost revenue through value-added services

March 1, 2026  |  Features

For businesses of all sizes, expanding into service-based revenue streams can unlock new income, deepen customer loyalty and even spark spinoff companies.
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Sitting pretty: Upholstery trends in vehicles

March 1, 2026  |  Features

Manufacturer advancements in upholstery textile technology are enabling fabricators to meet a broad range of end-user needs and to stay on top of the trends popping up in various transportation sectors. While different modes of transportation have their own needs, upholstery trends follow similar pa…
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Liberty Awnings and Shades’ Amy Huette shares business tips

March 1, 2026  |  Features, Perspective

In the Valley of the Sun, there’s no shortage of companies selling awnings. That’s why Amy Huette wasn’t quite sure how to respond when about 25 years ago in Colorado, her father proposed a new business venture in Phoenix, Ariz.
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Photopolymerization: A room-temperature PFAS-free process

March 1, 2026  |  Swatches

One of the green R&D focuses of the EcoTextile Research Chair at CTT Group in Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., Canada, is energy reduction. At Advanced Textiles Expo last November, researcher/chemist Ahmad Ibrahim, the holder of that position, spoke about work on photopolymerization and how it could be an…
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Biodegradable fiber electronics for smart textiles

March 1, 2026  |  Swatches

As wearable electronics proliferate, so potentially will e-waste associated with them. A research team at Seoul National University has developed a fully biodegradable conductive fiber for wearable electronics, especially medical applications.
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Automated garment deconstruction for recycling used clothing

March 1, 2026  |  Swatches

A major pain point in recycling used clothing is the disassembly of items, such as removing zippers, fasteners and screen-printed areas, which is largely a manual process. A research team at the Rochester (N.Y.) Institute of Technology is developing an automated system to identify and disassemble ga…
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