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Matching inks to fabrics
February 26th, 2010
How to match inks to fabrics to ensure that your textile prints look beautiful and your colors won’t wash off. By Michael Labella Ever since the dawn of time, humans have been searching for colorants that would allow them to apply images to any type of surface, that would last forever and that would reproduce […]
Finishing options for fabric projects
February 26th, 2010
Knowing finishing equipment and procedures for fabric end products helps finish the sale. By Andrea Swensson As most professionals in the fabric graphics industry are aware, a project involving printable fabrics almost always extends beyond the printing procedure. Edges need to be hemmed, pockets need attaching, grommets need fastening. In the words of Truy Pham […]
Olympic towers feature digitally printed fabric graphics
February 26th, 2010
By Kelly Morris In September 2009, during a game of golf, Rainier’s Bruce Dickinson and Jamie Gallagher of Sopers Inc., Toronto, Ontario, discussed a potential alliance to bid for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. After several months of negotiations and pre-bid submittals, the alliance formed and submitted a bid for 12 […]
The benefits of employee certification
February 26th, 2010
By Pat Hayes, CPP The Industrial Fabrics Association International’s Craftsman Certification programs have been a point of much discussion during the past year. The programs were put on hold due to costs and limited member participation. IFAI has seen fit to move forward, placing more responsibility on its divisions to not only sponsor and supervise […]
New 3M Installer Program
February 25th, 2010
3M presents a new installer program, designed to provide installation companies and individual installers with increased skill, credibility and visibility in the marketplace. The program will train, recognize and promote highly qualified, professional graphics installers and companies. “The growing volume and complexity of applications, substrates, curves, contours and textures has increased the need for highly […]
Advance Planning Brief for military suppliers
February 24th, 2010
An Advance Planning Brief for Industry (APBI) will be held May 19-20, 2010, at the Springfield Waterford, Springfield, Va., U.S.A. The goal of the event is to keep the industrial base informed of the direction of clothing, protective equipment, and individual equipment programs, future requirements and business opportunities. The conference begins May 19 with registration […]
Landing and managing big events
February 23rd, 2010
Knowing how to take on the ‘big jobs’ helps smaller companies stay in the game. By Maura Keller For many companies, handling large projects is the classic sticky wicket. If you handle the projects right, you will thrive. If not, they can make you fail—at least in earning “big client” referrals. And for many tent […]
Free welding seminars, March 19-20, Seattle
February 23rd, 2010
Forsstrom, Dickson, Ferrari, Mehler and Verseidag are working together, combining documentation on weld processes into a sample binder in which all recommended settings are shown. The result is a unique reference tool for material and welding processes. Forsstrom, Ferrari Textiles Corp. and Matic S.A. will be presenting the information at an open-house seminar to be […]
Durasol to distribute Cromie Collection fabrics
February 22nd, 2010
Durasol Awnings Inc., Middletown, N.Y., has announced an exclusive new fabric line known as the Cromie Collection. The unique high-design collection complements the outdoor awning market with new architectural fabric patterns, designed in an exclusive context that transitions and augments awnings from building accessories into sophisticated building features, residential and commercial. The result of a […]
Unusual bamboo and fabric structure offers design advantages
February 19th, 2010
Careful attention to joinery and geometry brings a work of art (and a functional pedestrian bridge) to a busy intersection in Colombia This unusual fabric and bamboo structure has several sustainable design advantages going for it, starting with the design of the intersection it crosses. The intersection is a mini cloverleaf with clear and practical […]