February 8th, 2019
Thrace-LINQ in Summerville, S.C., announced the completion of the installation of a new Andritz needlepunched nonwoven line. The Thrace Group invested more than $9 million in this project to satisfy the growing demand for high-performance nonwoven fabrics in North America. Courtesy Thrace-LINQ This state-of-the- art needlepunched nonwoven line was designed to produce world-class-quality fabrics for...
Read MoreJanuary 14th, 2019
Layfield Geosynthetics announced the release of VaporFlex® Premium geomembrane. VaporFlex® Premium is a 7-layer coextruded geomembrane barrier with an ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) core layer. This high-performance geomembrane is specifically designed to provide an ultra-low permeability gas barrier in a broad range of geoenvironmental applications. When compared to high-density polyethylene (HDPE), the VaporFlex® Premium was...
Read MoreJanuary 3rd, 2019
Intertape Polymer Group Inc. (IPG) announced it has acquired substantially all the operating assets of Maiweave LLC for total cash consideration of approximately $21 million, subject to certain post-closing adjustments. Maiweave is a private company based in Springfield, Ohio, and an integrated U.S. manufacturer of engineered coated polyolefin fabrics that employs approximately 75 team members...
Read MoreDecember 13th, 2018
To meet the growing demand for linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) by geomembrane fabricators and installers, Engineered Polymer Technologies (EPT) has announced a new string-reinforced LLDPE fabric. LLDPE has been in increasing demand due to its superior flexibility and better layflat versus high density polyethylene (HDPE). EPT has specially formulated its LLDPE fabric for high...
Read MoreDecember 4th, 2018
Industry Research News recently ranked Titan among the top three of 31 international companies recognized as key players in the 2018 global geogrids market, the company announced. The report offers a competitive analysis and ranking of the key players involved in the manufacturing and distribution of geogrids in North America, Europe, Asia (Japan, China, India), Southeast...
Read MoreNovember 12th, 2018
Owens Corning’s RhinoMat reinforced composite geomembranes were featured on the Fox Business Channel TV show “Inside the Blueprint,” and Owens Corning has released the video of the program on YouTube. The video features the manufacturing, fabrication and installation process of RhinoMat. RhinoMat installs six times faster and has double the puncture resistance of conventional high-density polyethylene (HDPE), the company says....
Read MoreNovember 6th, 2018
Propex Holding LLC of Chattanooga, Tenn., has sold its global concrete division, Fibermesh, to Sika. Sika is a leading supplier of specialty chemical products and industrial materials serving construction and industrial markets. Fibermesh manufactures a complete line of fiber solutions to deliver reinforced concrete from its Chattanooga-based plant. Fibermesh employees located in North and South...
Read MoreNovember 2nd, 2018
Specialty Fabrics Review has been awarded the first-place Gold Award for Overall Excellence by the Minnesota Media and Publishing Association (MMPA). Galynn Nordstrom, senior editor of Review, accepted the award November 1 at MMPA’s annual gala that recognizes publishing excellence. Todd Berger, senior editor of Geosynthetics, accepted a second-place Silver Award in the directories category...
Read MoreSeptember 28th, 2018
BOSTD America’s new geogrid manufacturing plant is operational at the company’s American headquarters in Blackwell, Okla. Photograph courtesy BOSTD America The BOSTD Group, based in Europe, includes BOSTD International, BOSTD Geosynthetics and BOSTD America. It is a manufacturer of high-quality geogrids produced on a continuous-production line, as well as drainage nets and composites, geocomposites, asphalt...
Read MoreSeptember 26th, 2018
Solmax-GSE has selected Peter McCourt as a new member of the executive team and the company’s global head of sales. McCourt has been with GSE since 2010 and has held several senior leadership positions. Prior to the acquisition of GSE by Solmax, he was based in Bangkok, Thailand, as the regional president of the Asia...
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