Dutch artist and designer Petra Blaisse believes in “the reanimation of desolate buildings,” and her latest “intervention” at the International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, Italy, uses daylight, shadow and space-transforming curtains to bring a vacant exhibit space new life. Blaisse founded Inside Outside, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, a design studio that specializes in textiles, light and [...]

BondCote Corp. has announced that Michael Hoadley has been named chemist. Hoadley has a B.A. in Chemical Engineering from Michigan Technological University, as well as an Associates Degree in Biology. BondCote, Pulaski, Va., has been a leading industrial fabric supplier since 1949, providing quality performance engineered coated, laminated, and composite fabrics for military, trucking, recreation, [...]

Robert Ray Dennis Sr., 75, died at his home in Uhrichsville, Ohio, on September 17, 2012, of cancer. Dennis retired from a successful career at Snyder Manufacturing Inc., Dover, Ohio, a manufacturer of laminated fabric, coated mesh and extruded films. He was a decorated U.S. Air Force veteran, an avid collector of antique and classic [...]

The TBM Consulting Group, a global operation improvement consultant, recognized Seaman Corp., Wooster, Ohio, for its commitment to LeanSigma® statistics-based quality and efficiency improvement with its 2012 "Perfect Engine" award. TBM’s founder and CEO, Anand Sharma, wrote a book titled The Perfect Engine about his efforts to implement lean business systems in companies worldwide. Seaman [...]

McGladrey LLP (a tax-consulting service), Fifth Third Bank and the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce honored small, medium and large businesses that have contributed to a strong manufacturing climate in the state. Glen Raven Inc., Burlington, N.C., has been a linchpin of manufacturing in the region, and recently was named North Carolina Manufacturer of the [...]

Two U.S.-based subsidiaries of Sattler AG, headquartered in Graz, Austria, will be consolidated under a reorganization that will be completed Oct. 1, 2012. Sattler North America Corp., located in Melville, N.Y., was established in 2006 as the sales and warehouse distributor for Sattler AG’s awning fabrics and sun-shading products. Sattler AG acquired Outdura Corp. in [...]

In a tribute to women in the automotive industry—repair shop owners, retail employees and car buyers—Covercraft Industries, Pauls Valley, Okla., will donate a portion of its custom vehicle cover sales to breast cancer awareness and research organizations. The “Covers for Causes” program includes a pink version of the NOAH® car cover fabric made by Kimberly-Clark [...]

[Hightex Group PLC] London, U.K. The BC Place Stadium in downtown Vancouver, B.C., was completely updated recently, including the replacement of its air-supported roof with a tensioned cable net roof. Hightex Group PLC designed it with a fixed PTFE/glass tensile membrane and a retractable central section, with a narrow glass ring between the two. Due [...]

[Structurflex LLC] Kansas City, Mo., U.S.A. Sitting on top of an underground parking garage, a performance pavilion designed and engineered by Structurflex is a steel frame-supported PTFE-glass fabric tensile structure with cellular polycarbonate paneling. The fabric, Sheerfill® from Saint-Gobain Performance Textiles, has a 12 percent translucency to allow internal illumination to create a glowing “lantern [...]

[G.H. Bruce LLC] Tucson, Ariz., U.S.A. “Where Flying Fishes Play” is a tensile sculpture created to shade a corporate amphitheater in Phoenix, Ariz. The project, managed by G.H. Bruce LLC, features four HDPE canopies of silver Comtex® from Polyfab™ USA. Three layers of 1½-inch Sunbrella® webbing provide the perimeter structure of each canopy. The amphitheater [...]