Sunbrella® Parade Awning Stripes is one of the newest additions to the Sunbrella line of performance fabrics for awnings. It offers a rich, classic design interpreted for today’s homeowners, while maintaining the durability, easy-to-clean and fade-resistant features the brand is known for. Sunbrella® Parade Awning Stripes highlight elevated styling sophistication for retractable and fixed awnings. [...]

Commercial 95 Waterproof is a high-quality, knitted shade fabric with a durable, waterproof coating. For awnings and shade covers in commercial architectural applications where a waterproof structure is required. Coated with Gale Pacific Advanced Coating Technology, it won’t rot or absorb moisture, and it’s dirt repellent. SOURCE Gale Pacific USA Inc.

Enviro-Tex® Plus fabrics are made from 100-percent Repreve® yarn (a trademark of Unifi Inc.), and 100-percent post-consumer waste. ETP 9372 Reclaim Soft Knit (FR), ETP 9373 Reclaim Heavy Knit (FR) and ETP 9374 Reclaim Open Knit (FR) meet NFPA 701 flame requirements. For banners, signs and trade show exhibits. SOURCE Fisher Textiles

Decoprint® fabrics for outdoor and small format markets are strong and dimensionally stable, meet fire-retardant standards and offer varied surfaces and properties from translucent to total blackout. Coatings have no PVC resins, heavy metals, fungicides or phthalates. Pearl, a coated polyester, has a PVC-free light diffusion layer for banners, lightboxes and other applications using UV-cured, [...]

Sundown 100 percent solution-dyed acrylic for awnings, bimini tops and boat covers now comes with a 10-year warranty. Its tightly woven surface offers improved water repellency, and a “beefier” hand makes it easier to sew without puckering. Excellent color retention and many new color options are available. Sauleda SA’s VIP-FR multipurpose PVC is fire retardant, [...]

Parà Tempotest® fabrics are made with 100 percent solution-dyed acrylic fiber, dyed when it comes out of the spinneret to give the woven fabric a higher light-fastness. Available in more than 100 colors in cuts and full rolls. With Corradi Canvas Express™ service, Tempotest® fabric ready-made awnings and canopies are available in just a few [...]

A new fabric in the Second Nature™ label of sustainable fabrics, Sting (named for “sustainable technology in nettle growing”) is made from natural bast fiber from stinging nettle plants. New wool is paired with soft, fine nettle fiber for an environmentally innovative textile well suited for contract upholstery applications. SOURCE Camira Fabrics Ltd.

University of Texas graduate student and artist Gabriel Dawe uses thread to create objects and environments that “make the viewers aware of those [invisible] structures so they can reflect on how they affect their [lives], both in positive and negative ways,” according to his website. In his most recent work, the Plexus series of installations, [...]

XP2TP300/S, a conductive and antimicrobial silver-based electrostatic cuff, is suitable for use in cleanroom and medical garments where static discharge control is desired. It will withstand 100+ nonchlorine bleach washings and is available in a variety of colors and sizes. WA, a rib knit trim in a blend of wool and acrylic, offers warmth, elasticity [...]

The asthma and allergy friendly™ Certification Program announced today that it has developed and adopted a certification standard and testing protocol for feather and down filled bedding. The program, administered by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) in partnership with the international research organization Allergy Standards Limited (ASL), is an independent, non-exclusive certification [...]