Dimensional Communications helps Mercedes–Benz score a marketing coup with a custom fabric trade show exhibit. By Lynn Keillor As a trade show booth designer, Ahti Pursiainen isn’t shy about trying outlandish combinations to showcase a client’s products. After all, Pursiainen once hired a Broadway composer to write a soundtrack for the Borden Company’s tradeshow display, [...]

The lending fund is only a temporary fix, but it can offer some useful options. By Mark E. Battersby Congress has passed, and the President has signed into law, the “Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010.” In addition to creating a unique new $30 billion lending program, the tax provisions offer $12 billion [...]

Transhield’s waterproof, breathable, flocked fabric, Armordillo™, was first developed for the military to make covers for machinery and equipment. With anti-condensation properties, it helps prevent corrosion, mold and mildew, it will not scratch the product it is covering and it is printable with custom graphics. SOURCE Mimaki

The Tx400-1800B direct-to-textile and dye sublimation inkjet printer from Mimaki features a new adhesive belt carrier system, which stabilizes flexible materials that tend to stretch and contract during printing. The 1800B automatically switches ink supply from an empty cartridge to a full one of the same color, enabling long, extended print runs. Reactive dye ink, [...]

Corradi USA now has its line of sail awnings (Defender, Intrepid, Freedom and X-Tension) available in the U.S. The shading systems can be rolled up or unrolled, manually or by motor, from a mast-like support, much like rolling a sail on a boom. Customizable and suitable for shading even large areas, most can also be [...]

The Eastman EasiLabel™ is an optional gantry-mounted upgrade for the company’s conveyor and static table automated cutting systems. The system utilizes permanent or removable adhesive labels in a variety of sizes to print and place labels directly onto pattern pieces. Label data comes from the computerized cut file and can include text and/or barcode information. [...]

The new Inspire 140 conveyor system from Preco Golden Laser is a cost-effective solution for laser processing of roll materials. Available in various laser power levels, it handles widths up to 98 inches in standard sizes. Custom sizes can also be manufactured. Unlike traditional methods the laser seals the cut-edge fibers to help prevent fraying. [...]

Cabrio from Jardin de Ville is an outdoor living pavilion that offers the option of open sky or shade. A simple wand mechanism opens or closes the canopy roof to dine or relax with the sun, or moon and stars overhead, or to close the roof completely to create a sheltered and private space. Side [...]

Wm. T. Burnett & Co. Nonwovens Division’s PolyWeb™ composite material is made by combining polypropylene staple fiber and woven fiberglass tow. The material when consolidated with heat and pressure forms a strong, lightweight and moldable composite. This product produces no VOCs during consolidation or molding. Used in a variety of applications from automotive components to [...]

The Fiber Society invites submissions of original research papers for oral and poster presentations at its 2011 Spring Conference, May 23–25, hosted by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s Institute of Textiles and Clothing. Papers on fundamental research related to the science and engineering of fibers and fibrous materials are being solicited, in the following areas: [...]