“Post with a purpose,” says Sam Armijos of Fabric Architect LLC. “Understand that you’ll be wasting someone else’s time if you don’t have a purpose for posting.” Armijos presented a campfire session on “Social Media Madness” during IFAI Expo 2017 in New Orleans, La. Armijos shared some tips and tricks to help navigate social media [...]

Tied for first place in the 2017 Fabric Graphics Student Design Challenge: “Paloquemao the Colombian Fruit Markets” from Valentina Ramirez. The Fabric Graphics Association (FGA), a division of ATA, announced the winners of the 2017 Fabric Graphics Student Design Challenge at IFAI Expo in New Orleans on Sept. 28. Tied for First Place: [...]

Tied for first place in the 2017 Fabric Graphics Student Design Challenge: “Paloquemao the Colombian Fruit Markets” from Valentina Ramirez. The two first-place recipients of the 2017 Fabric Graphics Student Design Challenge presented their projects at EXPO and described their design processes, challenges and takeaways. Valentina Ramirez from Parsons the New School in [...]

First place: “Eternal Sailboat” by Gabriel Ramon Galeano Carcamo. The Professional Awning Manufacturers Association (PAMA), a division of ATA, announced the winners of the 2017 Awning and Canopy Student Design Challenge at IFAI Expo in New Orleans on Sept. 28. First Place: Gabriel Ramon Galeano Carcamo, from Anhalt University in Germany, won the [...]

ATA’s Advanced Textiles Conference in New Orleans began Tuesday in New Orleans with presentations organized into four tracks: Medical, Military, Testing and Smart Fabrics. The Military track covered a range of topics from protective materials to the DoD budget. It also addressed a critical topic for any company that exports beyond U.S. borders, or is [...]

A group of trainblazers in the world of e-textiles offered ideas and fielded questions in a casual setting on ATA’s EXPO show floor yesterday. Many of the audience were experts themselves, so the discussion was, one might say, among colleagues in this segment. Standards for smart textiles was on the minds of many. One audience [...]

The “Load-Absorbing Stabilization Crew Sock,” created by University of Minnesota students Quinessa Stibbins, Evan Idhe and Caitlin Hartman, took first-place honors in this year’s Advanced Textiles Student Design Challenge. Advanced Textile Products (ATP) and the Narrow Fabrics Institute (NFI), both divisions of ATA, announced the winners of the 2017 Advanced Textiles Student Design [...]

The Advanced Textiles Division of the Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) held an open meeting Tuesday at IFAI Expo. The division leadership announced that it is the fastest growing division at ATA and has increased to 219 members – a significant jump in just the last year, said incoming chairman, Amit Kapoor. He credited the outgoing [...]

The Industrial Fabrics Foundation (IFF) has announced the winner of the 2017 Innovation Award: UltraTech International Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., won this year in the category of “Chemicals, Coatings and Compounds” with the EverShield® C6 water-based fabric treatment. The company was awarded a prize of $5,000. EverShield was developed under a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) [...]

All the best from New Orleans: Thursday morning at IFAI Expo led off with lists of winners for the year, including the most popular products on the show floor. The sixth annual Show Stopper competition was designed to showcase the best of the best in the industry, from fabrics, equipment and chemicals to services and [...]