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EDANA launches nonwovens training program

EDANA, the international association for the nonwovens and related industries, has renewed its training course program with “Nonwovens Learning Cycle™,” an integrated approach to nonwovens from the basics to advanced courses and guided development.

By |2015-12-18T19:21:52-06:00September 29, 2015|

EDANA launches nonwovens training program

EDANA, the international association for the nonwovens and related industries, has renewed its training course program with “Nonwovens Learning Cycle™,” an integrated approach to nonwovens from the basics to advanced courses and guided development. Developed in partnership with the European Centre for Innovative Textiles (CETI), the courses are delivered in four stages: an introduction to [...]

By |2015-09-29T08:29:11-05:00September 29, 2015|

AATCC releases textile coloration book

The Association of Textile, Apparel and Materials Professionals (AATCC) announced the release of a new book titled “Textile Coloration for the Retail Supply Chain,” co-authored by J. Richard Aspland and Ann C. Laidlaw. The book is divided into multiple sections: a discussion of textile coloration designed for a non-technical audience; a glossary of textile terminology; [...]

By |2015-09-28T10:46:56-05:00September 28, 2015|

Textile companies collaborate to improve sustainability

Textile Exchange’s Benchmark Program for Organic Cotton and Preferred Materials allows companies to track their progress and relate it to others’ results in four main areas: sustainability strategy; supply chain; materials usage; and sales and marketing. Image: Textile Exchange Textile Exchange (TE), a global nonprofit organization that works to accelerate sustainable practices in [...]

By |2015-09-28T10:45:18-05:00September 28, 2015|

Tent Conference registration now open

Registration for ATA’s Tent Conference 2016, held Jan. 26–28 in Las Vegas, Nev., is now open. Hosted by ATA’s Tent Rental Division (TRD) at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, the conference offers a robust educational component designed to grow businesses; valuable networking opportunities; access to the industry’s top material suppliers; and TRD’s annual [...]

By |2015-09-25T08:34:47-05:00September 25, 2015|

PAMA seeking board candidates

The Professional Awning Manufacturers Association (PAMA), a division of IFAI, is seeking candidates for its board of directors. The mission of PAMA is to raise general awareness of awnings as an image-enhancing, energy-savings and attractive addition to a residential or commercial structure.

By |2015-12-18T19:21:52-06:00September 24, 2015|

PAMA seeking board candidates

The Professional Awning Manufacturers Association (PAMA), a division of ATA, is seeking candidates for its board of directors. The mission of PAMA is to raise general awareness of awnings as an image-enhancing, energy-savings and attractive addition to a residential or commercial structure. Interested candidates must be awning supplier members of PAMA. They will be evaluated [...]

By |2015-09-24T08:34:52-05:00September 24, 2015|

H&V begins NanoWave® production in Germany

Hollingsworth & Vose (H&V), a global manufacturer of advanced materials for filtration, battery separators and industrial applications based in East Walpole, Mass., has launched a successful start-up of NanoWave air filter media production in Hatzfeld, Germany. The new production capacity supports the European market demand for high-performance filter media. NanoWave, an extended surface area, multi-layer [...]

By |2015-09-24T08:33:25-05:00September 24, 2015|

VTT to turn waste cotton into fashion line

Kicking off the pilot phase of the TEKI project, Helsinki Metropolitan Area Reuse Centre Ltd. collected and pre-processed cotton textiles thrown away by consumers that could not be reused as clothing or used as material for recycled products. Photo: Joonas Lumpeinen Effective in 2016, the European Union ban on placing organic waste at [...]

By |2015-09-23T09:09:28-05:00September 23, 2015|

SBA hosting webinar on EMV chip card technology

Migrating away from outdated credit and debit cards that use magnetic stripes, U.S. credit card companies have set Oct. 1 as the date for the national adoption of cards embedded with microchips.

By |2015-12-18T19:21:52-06:00September 23, 2015|
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