Phifer’s SheerWeave Performance + collection has added Style 2500 to the family of high-tech interior sun control fabrics. A 1 percent open basketweave fabric, Style 2500 joins styles 2390 and 2410 in a range that combines the performance of a traditional SheerWeave fabric “plus” the highly reflective properties of a metallized coating. Using the latest [...]

Cooley Group, Pawtucket, R.I., and Webster Business Credit Corp. (WBCC), a division of Webster Bank, have announced that WBCC is providing Cooley with $25 million in new financing. The five-year financing package includes a combination of a revolving credit facility, a long-term note and a capital expenditure line, to be used to further support Cooley’s [...]

Wagner Architectural Systems, Milwaukee, Wisc., has announced the addition of a new component for its illuminated Lumenrail® lighted handrail product group: the Klik System’s LEDPOD. Wagner will be the sole distributor for this product in North America. LEDPOD is an individual LED lighting fixture designed to snap into a 1-1/2 inch to 2-3/8 inch round [...]

The economic census is the U.S. Government’s official five-year measure of American business and the economy. To encourage response to the 2012 Economic Census, the Census Bureau has launched business.census.gov, which includes videos, fact sheets, story ideas and talking points that business associations, chambers of commerce, media and public agencies can use to get the [...]

UL-STR, an independent provider of quality assurance (QA) testing, audit, inspection and responsible sourcing services for the consumer products industry, will present a textiles seminar, “China GB 18401—Implications for Selling into China,” on Sept. 19, 2012, at its U.K. laboratory in Reading. The textiles training course is part of an ongoing seminar series on the [...]

Within the geotextile tube industry, producing a strong and secure textile injection port system has always proved challenging. Neither the sewn attachment nor the final closing method of the ports has ever been as durable as the textile tube itself. TenCate Geosynthetics Americas has developed a rigid, mechanical injection port system (known as Geoport) which [...]

The Rental Show, which will be held in Las Vegas Feb. 10-13, 2013, is designed with one thing in mind: helping rental businesses make more money. The 57th annual exposition moves to a new venue for 2013, The Sands Expo and Convention Center, located in the center of the Las Vegas Strip. The new site [...]

The international exhibition for roller shutters, doors, gates and sun protection systems—R+T Russia 2012—invites visitors to take part in the ExpeR+T Area, a specialized b2b forum for industry professionals. The program of the ExpeR+T Area includes the latest market overview and key business cases presented by leading Russian and foreign experts: independent market analysts, representatives [...]

Everyone has a story, and now the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is giving entrepreneurs a new online platform to share their stories and showcase their successful and thriving businesses. SBA has launched “Small Business Owners Speak,” an interactive platform featuring videos by entrepreneurs from across the country who have started or grown a business [...]

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™ chair and table series for Fritz Hansen, using talents in furniture design and industrial production. The minuscule seat [...]