Exceeding expectations

February 1, 2022  |  Features, Perspective

Shari Albertson is vice president of sales at Austin Canvas & Awning, a commercial and residential awning manufacturer and installer in Charlotte, N.C. She has over 15 years of awning sales experience and is the qualifying representative for the company’s general contractor’s licenses in Nor…
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Te Nukuao

February 1, 2022  |  Projects

For most of its history the America’s Cup yacht race took place on offshore courses far from the viewing public, but recent race organizers wanted to transform it into a spectator sport. When the 36th America’s Cup took place in New Zealand last March, visitors could, for the first time, watch t…
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Mexican craft-inspired collection

February 1, 2022  |  Products

Ultrafabrics’ Uf Select is a North American-made animal-free performance fabric collection that offers three different lines of soft and creative fabric textures and colors inspired by traditional Mexican handicrafts. Lino emulates a printed two-tone woven linen fabric. Montage offers a subtly dis…
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Upholstery fabric enhances well-being

February 1, 2022  |  Products

The Crypton Companies has partnered with Hologenix® LLC to offer Crypton® CELLIANT®, a woven interior upholstery fabric with CELLIANT, ethically sourced minerals embedded into fibers that reflect natural body heat back as infrared energy, which is clinically proven to provide energy-enhancing pro…
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Expanded colors for marine, awning acrylics

February 1, 2022  |  Products

Recasens USA has introduced an expanded selection of colors for its RECacril 60” fabric collection. Favored in the marine industry for its exceptional color resistance to high salinity conditions, the expanded collection is made from the same solution-dyed acrylic fibers as the traditional 47” w…
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Software makes cut-file prep easier

February 1, 2022  |  Products

Zünd’s PreCut Center software facilitates cut-file preparation for applications involving unprinted materials, enabling fully nested cut files to be prepared in a few simple steps. The software significantly reduces the workload in file preparation, generates optimal material yield and eliminates…
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Peppermint for metal-free odor resistance

February 1, 2022  |  Products

Polartec®, a Milliken & Company brand, has switched to peppermint for metal-free odor resistance treatment across its line of performance fabrics. The bluesign®-certified peppermint oil odor resist treatment is an easily renewable, highly sustainable and biodegradable solution for inhibiting o…
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Easier bimini deployment hardware

February 1, 2022  |  Products

Accon Marine’s 415-TB Bimini Release hardware make biminis and sunshades easier to deploy and stow. Built from polished 316 stainless steel, the low-profile surface-mount base installs with two #10 screws; a cutout isn’t needed. Unlike some marine shade solutions that require screws, pins or sew…
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Optimizing awnings

February 1, 2022  |  Markets

Last November the Professional Awning Manufacturers Association (PAMA), a division of the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) introduced a web-based tool that calculates the energy savings for residential and commercial awning products.
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Women hold up half the sky

February 1, 2022  |  Business, Markets

A successful ingredient brand is only as good as the hard work and supportive foundation it is built on and continues to nurture. brrr˚ Inc. is one such ingredient brand, whose talented female founder has built a strong foundation of trust, perseverance and steady growth by surrounding herself wit…
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