Solar screening earns European design award

February 1, 2010  |  Awnings & Canopies, Industry News

ShadeLAB srl, an Italian designer and manufacturer of awnings, received an honorable mention in the small companies category at the 2009 Design Management Europe (DME) international competition in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. ShadeLab, the only nominee from the awning industry, was recognized for lea…
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‘Upstart’ MMI Textiles honored

February 1, 2010  |  Industry News

The Weatherhead School of Management, Cleveland, Ohio, and the Council of Small Enterprises recognize the fastest growing companies in Northeast Ohio each year with the Weatherhead 100 Awards. The top company in the Upstart category is a repeat winner, MMI Textiles Inc., Rocky River, Ohio, which saw…
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Fiji encourages textile exports

February 1, 2010  |  Industry News

A Fiji government grant of $300,000 for marketing textiles, apparel and footwear internationally has encouraged the textile industry, which experienced a 25 percent reduction in exports during 2008. Fiji’s 35 export-oriented textile businesses employ an estimated 4,000 and support more than 8,…
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Possible U.S. trade preference program expansion

February 1, 2010  |  Industry News

The U.S. House Trade Subcommittee has asked for comments on plans to assess the impacts and future course of the U.S. trade preference program. Forty-five trade associations representing 29 preference and free-trade countries in North and South America, Africa and the Middle East weighed in, advocat…
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India importing European textile machinery

February 1, 2010  |  Industry News

After a sluggish few years, India’s textile sector is again importing European high-end textile machinery in hopes that modernizing will help the country compete as the worldwide economy continues to improve. “We expect it to bounce back in 2010,” says Dietmar Loos of German textil…
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Universal Fibers expands Virginia headquarters

January 29, 2010  |  Industry News

Universal Fibers® has announced that it will invest $13 million in an expansion at its headquarters near Bristol, Va., that will create 84 new jobs. “Because here at the Industrial Park in Washington County, Virginia, is the location of our branded EarthSmart Technology® initiativ…
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Geosynthetics photo contest

January 21, 2010  |  Geosynthetics, Industry News

The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) is holding its first-ever photo competition, just ahead of its planned April 2010 launch of the redesign IGS website and the May 2010 quadrennial IGS conference in Guaruja, Brazil. Winning photographs must demonstrate geosynthetic materials and technolog…
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PGI releases sustainability report

January 20, 2010  |  Industry News

Polymer Group Inc. (PGI) has released its inaugural 2008 Sustainability Report. Prepared following framework of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an organization in which PGI recently became an organizational stakeholder, the report covers five sustainability goals the company hopes to meet by …
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Wind turbine props, textile-reinforced

January 18, 2010  |  Industry News

Wind energy promises to become a staple of a green economy, and innovative strategies to make wind turbines more durable can give companies a competitive edge. Technical textiles developed with carbon, glass and aramid reinforcements bonded by thermosetting or thermoplastic agents give rotor blades …
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ARA to recognize industry service at The Rental Show

January 14, 2010  |  Industry News, Tents

The American Rental Association (ARA) recognizes individuals for outstanding service to the Association and the industry each year. At this year’s Rental Show, Stan Crumbaugh, president of Independence Rent-All, Independence, Mo., will receive the Meritorious Service Award, which honors an ARA…
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