Some marine fabricators prefer to stay within their market. Others have branched out, or are exploring doing so. Ameritex Fabric Systems, headquartered in Bradenton, Fla., now provides golf cart enclosures, says Don Zirkelbach, company president. About two years ago, seeing a need for better golf cart enclosures, the company decided to go after this market. [...]

Before your agent can sell for you, sell your company and your products to your agent. If you are a small or midsize company that sees opportunities in foreign markets, the first and in many ways the most important step will be to find an agent or representative who works in the part of the [...]

Eugene “Pete” McConnell of Columbus, Ohio, passed away Jan. 3 at age 87. McConnell served two three-year terms as an active director (from 1983– 89) on ATA’s board of directors. McConnell was owner/president of Capital City Awning in Columbus, Ohio, for more than 45 years. Capital City Awning has been an ATA member since 1967.

Based in the Greensboro area of North Carolina, Kevin Thomas is the new southern region sales representative for Futureguard Building Products, Auburn, Maine, offering more than 22 years of experience managing wholesale and retail sales in the exterior and interior shade control business. He also has extensive knowledge of building and home integration using Somfy [...]

Gary Cornell, quality and standards manager at Q-Lab Corp, Westlake, Ohio, has been elected as chairman of ASTM International’s Subcommittee D20.61, the technical advisory group to ISO TC61, the ISO standards committee on plastics. Cornell also assumes the role of head of delegation for the U.S. plastics committee.

ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pa., made a unanimous decision at its October board of directors meeting in Seoul, South Korea, to have Katharine E. Morgan, current ASTM vice president of technical committee operations, succeed ASTM president James A. Thomas. She will assume the position of ASTM executive vice president on March 1, working closely with [...]

The Safe America Foundation™ partners with public and private sector organizations to improve safety awareness and preparedness nationwide. The foundation recognizes leaders in safety, and at the Safety on the Home Front Gala in Atlanta, Ga., awarded its 2014 WorldSafe Safety Product Innovation Award to DSM Dyneema, Stanley, N.C., for its Dyneema® Force Multiplier Technology—ballistic [...]

Sympatex Technologies, Unterfohring, Germany, received the Future Materials Award 2014 for its Sympatex Phaseable® technology. Granted by the World Textile Information Network (WTiN), the award is juried by 20 experts from the industry, research and the media. Sympatex’s ecological laminate featuring the technology offers intelligent climate regulation by using a dynamic thermal insulation, and is [...]

SKLZ, a pro-performance athletics product company based in San Diego, Calif., recently expanded its warm-up and recovery line to help elite athletes increase circulation, restore and maintain mobility and speed up recovery. Working with EXOS, a business providing expert training, nutrition and physical therapy plans for athletes, SKLZ tests products for proof-of-concept, authenticity, athlete benefit, [...]

Hollingsworth & Vose, Floyd, Va., sees the demand for its advanced filtration material rising in North America and, with a grant from the state of Virginia, will expand to a second location in Floyd. The Floyd Flex Building will house the company’s Technostat® filter media production line and has capacity to grow when H&V launches [...]