Next generation fleece

March 1, 2021  |  Products

Polartec® Power Air™, the first 100 percent recyclable and circular fabric technology engineered to reduce fiber shedding by 80 percent, is available through a special collaboration with Swedish sportswear brand Houdini and its Mono Air Houdi jacket. Seen as the next generation of fleece, the inn…
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Hemp on the horizon

March 1, 2021  |  Advanced Textiles, Markets

COVID-19 has upended a way of life that we may have taken for granted. With the economy suffering as a result, and with the need to create growth and employment, the manufacturing sector has its work cut out for it. Effective use of resources, reviving the manufacturing sector and enabling self-suff…
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For the Atlanta Opera, the show goes on under an Armbruster circus tent

March 1, 2021  |  Swatches

In the Atlanta Opera’s fall 2020 interpretation of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, the tragic clown Canio has COVID-19. But the Georgia-based company went to great lengths to ensure that its cast, crew and audiences didn’t succumb to the same fate, with the help of a circus tent from Armbrust…
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Pvilion and Rensselaer developing robotics to manufacture rapidly deployable structures

March 1, 2021  |  Swatches

When tents are needed immediately—for disaster response, a public health crisis or a military action—time is of the essence.
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Macon City Auditorium repair includes a roofing membrane system

March 1, 2021  |  Fabric Architecture, Markets

A few years shy of its 100th birthday, the Macon City Auditorium in Macon, Ga., is getting a makeover, starting with a new roofing membrane system. The Classical-style structure, surrounded on three sides with limestone Doric columns, is on the National Register of Historic Places and has hosted the…
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Opportunities in fabric graphics

March 1, 2021  |  Graphics, Markets

The market for fabric graphics continues to evolve, with new challenges presented by everything from COVID-19 to the changing workplace. Innovative companies, though, can find opportunities as they work to position themselves for the post-pandemic rebound.
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Direct-to-fabric inks

March 1, 2021  |  Products

The KODACOLOR EDTG Series Direct-to-Garment (DTG) inks were explicitly designed for direct-to-fabric printing on cotton, cotton blends and polyester fabrics. They are equally adept at printing direct to finished garments or to roll fabrics. These water-based inks are designed to work in digital prin…
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Triple-layer protection

March 1, 2021  |  Products

TRIO® by Sattler has applications for furniture, boat and car covers with a durable topcoat of 100% solution-dyed acrylic, a middle construction of a microporous breathable waterproof membrane and a bottom layer of soft knit tricot headliner that won’t scratch or damage the covered surface.
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Partnership donates sustainable, insect-repellent uniforms

March 1, 2021  |  Swatches

Affix Labs, Waste2Wear and Logonet have developed a new high-tech uniform designed to commemorate the groundbreaking research by the primatologist Jane Goodall and the work carried out by the scientists and rangers at the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) in Gombe, Tanzania.
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Antimicrobial found effective against SARS-CoV-2

March 1, 2021  |  Swatches

Sciessent has announced the results of recent tests with its Agion® antimicrobial treatment. According to the company, the treatment achieves 99.99 percent inactivation of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in lab testing of medical textiles.
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