Simplistic furniture makes a clear statement

September 1, 2012  |  News

Scandinavian furniture design combines a tradition of fine craftsmanship and understated style, and the 2012 product announcements for Republic of Fritz Hansen™, headquartered in Allerød, Denmark, confirm the tradition. Award-winning Danish designer Cecilie Manz created the minuscule™…
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Digitally printed fabric banners wrap car park

September 1, 2012  |  News

N.C. design students’ mural idea makes it big in Raleigh as a fabric wrap of a car park. By Bruce N. Wright Sometimes it pays to wait. With five years of slow economic growth putting the skids on local development in Raleigh, N.C., owners of a downtown nine-story parking ramp (with plans to ex…
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Major corporations push PET from plants

September 1, 2012  |  Industry News

Five industry powerhouses joined forces in June to speed research and development of PET plastics made entirely of plant-based materials, according to an article in IndustryWeek.com. Ford, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, H.J. Heinz Co. and Nike Inc. use plastics in products ranging from automotive …
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Geosynthetics restore Gulf Coast

September 1, 2012  |  Geosynthetics, Industry News

A new Duke University study, “Geosynthetics: Coastal Management Applications in the Gulf of Mexico,” details how the emerging geosynthetics industry can create jobs benefitting nearly 200 employee locations in 36 states, including more than 72 in the five gulf states and 24 in Louisiana.…
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Sales of textile-based automotive airbags set to increase

September 1, 2012  |  Industry News, Markets

Textiles Intelligence predicts that sales of textile-based automotive airbags are set to increase rapidly between 2010 and 2017, following two tough years in 2008 and 2009 when global sales of light vehicles fell sharply. In the U.S. the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is impr…
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GOCarbonFibre 2012 conference in London

September 1, 2012  |  Industry News

The 15th annual Global Outlook for Carbon Fibre conference will bring together the most influential figures from the carbon fiber industry. Taking place October 2–4 in London, GOCarbonFibre 2012 will address key issues in the carbon fiber value chain and give expert insight into the entire man…
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Nontoxic treatment promises a cleaner way to dye

September 1, 2012  |  Industry News

Textile dyeing has been known to discharge pollution into waterways. Old practices die hard, but the two men who formed ColorZen LLC have set out to make the industry sustainable. Tony Leonard, a textile chemist, and Michael Harari, son of a New York City apparel maker, founded their startup in 2010…
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Miller Weldmaster at work for Olympics

September 1, 2012  |  Industry News

Sign and graphics specialist Hollywood Monster, Birmingham, England, produced banners and signage for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games—with the help of some efficient new equipment. Hollywood Monster installed a Miller Weldmaster 112 Extreme at its production facility before the games began. The …
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Victor products score silver on sustainability

September 1, 2012  |  Industry News

The Victor Group, Saint-Georges, Quebec, Canada, has completed the first round of an internal assessment of its yarn-dyed panel and health care cubicle platforms to ensure they meet the new sustainability criteria for commercial furnishing fabric, NSF/ANSI 336. According to the voluntary guidelines,…
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VersaTube and Worldwide Shelters partnering

September 1, 2012  |  Industry News

At the Aid and International Development Forum in 2011, VersaTube® Building Systems, Collierville, Tenn., and Worldwide Shelters, a nonprofit agency providing shelter to disaster victims and refugees, cemented a new charitable partner agreement. Worldwide Shelters recommends the custom-made, ste…
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