Win/win success through teamwork

September 1, 2013  |  Awnings & Canopies, Features, Industry News, Management, Perspective

Andrea Lampson and her husband Mark join with employees to retool a struggling business into a solid and vibrant enterprise. By Sigrid Tornquist “I remember the first time I walked onto the production floor and thought: ‘Oh, my.’ There was no water cooler, no refrigerator and no air conditioni…
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Fabric graphics in “outer space”

September 1, 2013  |  Features, Graphics, Marketing, Markets

Fabric graphics: charting new territory—and new opportunities in the exterior marketplace. By Janice Kleinschmidt “Take it outside” is a command that supposedly many tavern owners have barked when customers get riled at each other and start misbehaving. But these days it could just mean those …
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Creating the future of textiles: Making an artificial tendon

August 1, 2013  |  Advanced Textiles, Business

Researchers at the University of Bolton, U.K., as part of a consortium of research institutions, are set to produce artificial fibers that could be used to repair or replace injured human tendons in the future. The task at hand The objectives of this multi-disciplinary project are to fabricate, stab…
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PET fibers get a second life

August 1, 2013  |  Business, Industry News

Recycled PET fibers are gaining a significant foothold in the U.S. nonwovens industry. By Adrian Wilson The well-known U.K. environmental journalist George Monbiot has little time for recycling. In a recent column entitled “Let’s Stop Hiding Behind Recycling and Be Honest about Consumpti…
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Dave Elliot shows strength in economic turmoil

August 1, 2013  |  Features, Industry News, Management, Marine, Perspective

Dave Elliot distinguishes his business from the competition by slowing down and keeping strict standards. By Sigrid Tornquist “The past years’ economic challenges have not been a problem for my business—in fact, I think they’ve made my business even stronger because I’ve separated my b…
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Bad debt and tax savings

August 1, 2013  |  Management

Every uncollected debt will cost you money, but many business debts can be claimed as tax deductions—if you’re careful. By Mark E. Battersby What business owner hasn’t suffered from customers that do not or cannot pay? Accounts receivable are not always collected in full for a vari…
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Techtera launches 2013 innovation initiatives

July 1, 2013  |  Business, Industry News, Projects

Three projects will focus on eco-design for environment and human health. Eco-design, environmental protection, recycling and public health are the themes that underlie the Techtera Technical Textiles Rhone-Alps cluster’s latest R & D projects. ECOSILAC, REVAMED and TECHNYMAT, funded throu…
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TenCate Geotube transforms a wasteland

July 1, 2013  |  Business, Geosynthetics, Projects

[TenCate Geosynthetics] Pendergrass, Calif., U.S.A. TenCate Geotube® dewatering technology contributed to the transformation of what was once a “wasteland” into an ecologically friendly wetland and recreational lake for the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City development. The new Qingjin…
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Flint Industries turbidity barrier breakthrough

July 1, 2013  |  Business, Geosynthetics, Projects

[Flint Industries] Metter, Ga., U.S.A. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers used 5,500 linear feet of TITANBoom® turbidity barrier for a major restoration of Ship Island near Gulfport, Miss. The barrier not only endured through the 12-month project, it withstood the impact of a Category I hurricane …
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Advanced roofing overcomes technical hurdles to generate electricty

July 1, 2013  |  Business, Fabric Structures, Projects

A city carport in Munich—and a prototype for efficiency and sustainability. By Lynn Keillor It’s not always easy being green: that’s what Wika Pösl discovered when attempting to build a ground-breaking carport roof for a public works building in Munich, Germany. The project, w…
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