March 2013

  • Published On: March 1, 2013

    The streets of San Francisco are filled with bikes as urban cycling, a hip, healthy and sustainable commuting option, grows in popularity—and poses inevitable risks. According to Transportation Nation online magazine, San Francisco bike crashes have increased by 8 percent in the past two years, outpacing the 3 percent growth in ridership. Two San Francisco [...]

  • Published On: March 1, 2013

    The National Parks Service (NPS) wants visitors to experience the solitude, silence and beauty of the outdoors, without necessarily being treated to unpredictable weather, pests and uncomfortable nights trying to sleep on the ground. Camper cabins are intrinsic to many new park designs, and when the NPS asked the University of Miami to design a [...]

  • Published On: March 1, 2013

    Smart clothing, which could monitor patients’ or athletes’ vital signs, provide a cloak of invisibility to military personnel or create flexible displays, may not be far from reality, according to a team from Nottingham Trent University’s Advanced Textile Research Group, Nottingham, U.K. Current smart clothing design involves inserting electronic modules into clothing after production, making [...]

  • Published On: March 1, 2013

    New test criteria for Standard 100 effective April 1. The applicable test criteria and limit values for OEKO-TEX Standard 100 product certification have been updated. After a three-month transitional period, the following new regulations will come into force for all certification procedures on April 1, 2013. With these limit values, OEKO-TEX supports the “Zero Discharge [...]

  • Published On: March 1, 2013

    Color-Logic announced it will ship the 2013 version of its popular software for metallic printing and special effects. Customers under maintenance contract will receive the 2013 version at no additional charge. The 2013 Color-Logic software is fully compatible with Windows 8 and Adobe Creative Suite 6, and includes improved training tools, a simplified design interface [...]

  • Published On: March 1, 2013

    Sawgrass Technologies Inc. and Seiko Epson Corp. of Japan announced they have entered into a long-term license agreement whereby Epson, as an authorized Sawgrass licensee, will sell inks for sublimation imaging. Sawgrass is an industry leading developer of innovative printing technologies as well as the world’s largest supplier of dye sublimation inks. Seiko Epson is [...]

  • Published On: March 1, 2013

    New technologies are stretching the boundaries for fabrics and films. Christian de Poorter, a designer based in Milan, Italy, predicts that 2013 will be the year of flexible displays: a technological revolution, to be sure, and one that could “open new unexplored possibilities,” he believes. Two ends of a rigid FlexPhone aluminum case are connected [...]

  • Published On: March 1, 2013

    To enhance the comfort of flame-resistant garments, Mount Vernon Mills is now offering its AMSOFT™ finish on all six FR fabric collections: Amtex™ C100 (100 percent cotton), Amtex Plus (88 percent cotton, 12 percent nylon blend), Resilience® and Resilence Trio blends, Phoenix FR (flame-resistant denim) and MY•FR (custom fabric program). The finish is applied using [...]

  • Published On: March 1, 2013

    DaVinci Technologies now offers the Royal Sovereign line of laminators and trimmers. Both hot and cold film types can be laminated, with the capability of accommodating an assortment of film variations and sizes. Line of quality trimmers can save employees valuable time and effort by providing extremely smooth and clean cuts. The machines work on [...]

  • Published On: March 1, 2013

    Most coated fabrics will stiffen and crack when exposed to winter weather; WeatherMax undergoes no change in its properties even at –40 degrees, remaining pliable through punishing weather. A recommended choice for boat covers, enclosures, tents and tops where both appearance and performance matter, it can also be used in applications such as portable ice [...]