September 2010

  • Published On: September 30, 2010

    On Thursday, October 21, 2010, at 12:00 p.m. (EST), the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA), will host a webinar on the profile of OTEXA and its available resources. The webinar will be geared toward providing university students with background on OTEXA and current textile and apparel programs; the implementation of [...]

  • Published On: September 29, 2010

    U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has announced the Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) is one of five organizations selected in 2010 to receive more than $1.7 million for projects that increase U.S. exports, create jobs and strengthen the U.S. global competitive edge. The awards are given under the Department of Commerce’s Market Development Cooperator Program (MDCP). [...]

  • Published On: September 29, 2010

    Tim Collins, a 20-year veteran fabricator from Queensland, Australia, and other shade structure professionals will be demonstrating the design and fabrication of several shade sails—as these shades get installed on the second floor pavilion of the North Concourse of the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., U.S.A., the same building that will house IFAI [...]

  • Published On: September 28, 2010

    PIKEUR, a leading German equestrian fashion brand, has won the “Spoga horse Innovation Award 2010” in Cologne, Germany, for innovative riding pants that achieve successful water and dirt repellency using the Barrier by HeiQ water and stain repellent treatment from HeiQ Materials. PIKEUR Reitmoden Brinkmann GmbH & Co. KG took home the award in the [...]

  • Published On: September 27, 2010

    Four industry experts will present a State of the Industry panel discussion at the opening session of the Innovative Nonwovens Conference (NETInc) on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, from 1 to 3 p.m. Moderated by TAPPI President and CEO Larry N. Montague, the panel will include Pierre Wiertz, general manager of EDANA; Michael Jänecke, brand manager [...]

  • Published On: September 24, 2010

    Toho Tenax Co. Ltd., the core company of the Teijin Group’s carbon fibers business, has announced that it has developed a gas diffusion layer (GDL) made of a carbon fiber fabric for use as an electrode component for fuel cells. The new GDL will be marketed starting in late September. The new fabric-type GDL exhibits [...]

  • Published On: September 23, 2010

    Deliveries of rapier and projectile shuttleless looms to the world’s textile mills increased by 31 percent in 2009, a year when total loom purchases declined, according to a report from the business information company Textiles Intelligence. More specifically, shipments of rapier and projectile type looms to mills in Asia surged by 47 percent, while deliveries [...]

  • Published On: September 22, 2010

    The seventh annual Safety Products Student Design Challenge winners have been announced by the Advanced Textiles Association (ATA). The annual contest is developed and supported by two divisions of ATA, Safety and Technical Products and the Narrow Fabrics Institute, and encourages post-secondary functional design training and the use of technical textiles in protective and safety [...]

  • Published On: September 21, 2010

    Russell Beverly “Happy” Hogshire, third-generation president of Hogshire Industries Inc. in Norfolk, Va., died on Sept. 17 at the age of 77. Hogshire joined the company, which has specialized in canvas products since 1898, after serving in the U.S. Army. He worked on the board of the Advanced Textiles Association and was named an Honored [...]

  • Published On: September 21, 2010

    Ronald Mark Associates Inc. (RMA), a New Jersey-based multifaceted manufacturer of supported and unsupported polymers, has announced the formation of Engineered Polymer Technologies (EPT). EPT was created to expand RMA into several new markets, including (but not limited to) geomembranes, fuel and water storage, air containment and medical products. EPT will capitalize on RMA’s 36 [...]