UGA hosts top fiber researchers

October 21, 2009  |  Industry News

The University of Georgia will host some of the world’s top fiber researchers next week to discuss their research in the use of fibers in applications ranging from biomedical to the creation of “smart surfaces” that can respond to a variety of stimuli. The Fiber Society conference …
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Miller Heiman launches 2010 Sales Best Practices Study

October 13, 2009  |  Industry News

Miller Heiman has launched the 2010 Sales Best Practices Study, an annual research project comparing complex, business-to-business selling and sales management best practices. This study marks the firm’s seventh year of gathering the data, which has drawn from the responses of more than 21,000…
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Dow Corning to present at technical textiles symposium

October 9, 2009  |  Industry News

Dr. Liz Mallen, Impact Protection Business Development Manager for Dow Corning Corporation, will present information on the company’s Active Protection System at the How to Enter Technical Textiles Markets symposium this month. The Dow Corning Active Protection System is a patented impact prot…
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FTC charges ‘bamboo-zling’

October 7, 2009  |  Industry News

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has charged four sellers of clothing and other textile products with deceptively labeling and advertising items as made of bamboo fiber when they are actually made of rayon. The complaints also charge the companies with making false and unsubstantiated “green…
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AATCC symposium will focus on composites

October 7, 2009  |  Industry News

Innovations in functional materials, sports and defense technologies and composites symposium, being conducted by AATCC’s Materials Interest Group, will focus on innovative applications and technologies in the areas of composites, defense/protective clothing, functional materials, and sports a…
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New leadership for EDANA

October 7, 2009  |  Industry News

EDANA, serving the nonwovens and related industries, has announced its new Board of Governors. Incoming chairman Kenneth Strassner, Kimberley Clarke, will take over from Gerd Ries of Johnson & Johnson, who has accepted the position of vice chair, a role he shares with Jean-Marie Becker, Ahlstrom…
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Fighting earthquake damage with fabric

October 7, 2009  |  Advanced Textiles, Industry News

A group of 27 companies in 13 countries is on a mission to research, develop and manufacture sensor-embedded textiles for use in geotechnical and masonry applications. The European Union partially funds POLYTECT (Polyfunctional Technical Textiles against Natural Hazards) to find technical textiles m…
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Durasol consolidates awning operations

October 7, 2009  |  Awnings & Canopies, Industry News

North American commercial operations for Durasol Awnings Inc. are being consolidated into a one-story modern facility in Middlebury, Vt., with lots of room for expansion. Durasol, a manufacturer of outdoor, manual and motorized awnings, freestanding solar awnings and other products, may also add a n…
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Heywinkel Group reorganizes

October 7, 2009  |  Industry News

Julius Heywinkel GmbH has now become Heytex Bramsche GmbH, making the company’s successful brand name also the name of their company. The Heytex companies manufacture coated and laminated technical textiles for products ranging from truck tarps and tents to advertising banners, large-format sc…
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DuPont, DOE launch solar research program

October 7, 2009  |  Industry News

Thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules would be used for more mainstream commercial and residential solar energy applications if they were waterproof, since moisture degrades PV module performance. Chemical giant DuPont, Wilmington, Del., will partner with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to solve t…
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