WCO trade law affects textiles with plastic treatments

July 1, 2024  |  Advanced Textiles, Markets

Recent trade law clarifications could mean lower tariff rates, and other effects, for laminated textiles and goods made from them.
Mining the opportunity

July 1, 2024  |  Industry in Focus, Markets

Whether aboveground or below, excavating minerals, precious gems or coal, all mining operations face similar challenges: mitigating impact to the land while the mine is active, restoring it when mining is no longer occurring and keeping workers as safe as possible both short-and long-term.
A tent as a permanent event center

July 1, 2024  |  Projects

In 2023 DoubleTree Hotel in Chesterfield, Mo., found that installing a permanent, climate-controlled tent could add a 400-capacity event center to its offerings without the time frames and expense that would have been needed for constructing a whole new bricks-and-mortar building.