Super Sign Mart wins T-300 Extremeâ„¢ welder at IFAI Expo Americas

November 8, 2010  |  Industry News

Todd Davis of Super Sign Mart, Ruston, La., placed the winning bid on Miller Weldmaster’s unique pink T-300 Extreme™ welding machine at IFAI Expo Americas 2010 in Orlando, Fla. All of the proceeds from the bid will benefit breast cancer research. “We’re super excited with our…
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Texas Tech’s Fibertect® selected as top innovation by Cotton Incorporated

November 3, 2010  |  Industry News

Fibertect®, a decontamination technology developed by researchers at Texas Tech University, was one of seven new innovations selected by Cotton Incorporated to show the versatility of the fiber. To view Fibertect and the other innovations highlighted by Cotton Incorporated, click here. In 2005, …
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Body armor based on cornstarch

November 1, 2010  |  Advanced Textiles, Industry News

A composite polymer material that is fluid at rest but hardens on impact, like a cornstarch solution, is being explored by scientists at the Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) for use in body armor and sports padding.…
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High-performance fabric for wind turbine blades

November 1, 2010  |  Industry News

As wind turbines spring up across the world, the search is underway to make sustainable wind power sources more efficient. Owens Corning, Toledo, Ohio, launches a high-performance fabric for wind turbine blades in January 2011 that will allow designers to remove a metric ton of weight from a 2.0 meg…
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Shedding light on solar technology

November 1, 2010  |  Industry News

Atlas® Material Testing Technology LLC, Chicago, Ill., and Underwriters Laboratories (UL), Camas, Wash., will host a technical conference in Shanghai, China, on December 7-8 on new development in the use of photovoltaic (PV) cells for solar power. PV Durability Asia will focus attention on envir…
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Trützschler Nonwovens new management team

November 1, 2010  |  Industry News

The Trützschler GmbH & Co. KG, Mönchengladbach, Germany, has restructured the management team for Trützschler Nonwovens, blending new and established leaders in a move to offer successful technologies to producers of nonwoven and technical textiles worldwide. The new CEO, Leen Ost…
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American Textile Co. battling bedbugs

November 1, 2010  |  Advanced Textiles, Industry News

Infestations of bedbugs are bad news for homeowners, hotel chains and even movie theaters, but have generated booming business for American Textile Co., Duquesne, Pa., manufacturer of mattress, box spring and pillow protectors that are bedbug-proof. An estimated 35,000 stores nationwide carry the pr…
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Clarification: Zetix renamed

November 1, 2010  |  Industry News

In our September 2010 issue, we featured information about Zetix, a blast mitigation fabric from Advanced Fabric Technologies in Houston, Texas. Since the articles were written, the name of that product has been changed to Xtegra™ after legal action was taken by Newtex Industries Inc. concerni…
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MIT studies spacewalker glove design

November 1, 2010  |  Advanced Textiles, Industry News

Hand injuries make up 47 percent of injuries incurred during space walks, and current glove design may be responsible for astronauts losing fingernails (delamination) and developing infections in exposed nail beds. Gloves are pressurized, creating blisters and friction. A Massachusetts Institute of …
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INDA’s “flushability” guidelines

November 1, 2010  |  Industry News

Truth in advertising doesn’t always apply to products advertised as “flushable.” Some allegedly flushable items are clogging California’s wastewater treatment plants, so Assemblyman Jared Huffman introduced a bill to ban the flushable label on such items as baby wipes, femini…
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