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IFAI honors GMA executive council members with Outstanding Volunteer Awards 

On Sept. 26, 2017, at IFAI Expo in New Orleans, La., Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) board vice chair and incoming chair Steve L. Ellington of Trivantage LLC of Glen Raven, N.C., presented two Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) executive council members with ATA’s 2017 Outstanding Volunteer Award. ATA honored the efforts of Daniel Selander of Thrace-LINQ [...]

By |2017-10-17T00:00:48-05:00October 17, 2017|

Geosynthetics 2019 issues Call for Proposals

Geosynthetics 2019 is now accepting proposals for volunteers to chair sessions, teach short courses and moderate panels at the premier conference on geosynthetics, to be held Feb. 10­–13, 2019, at the Marriott Marquis Houston in Texas. The conference, sponsored by the Advanced Textiles Association, will feature four days of technical programming, including short courses, panel [...]

By |2017-10-09T08:15:04-05:00October 9, 2017|

George Koerner to deliver Koerner lecture at Geo-Carolinas

Dr. George Koerner will deliver the second lecture in the Robert M. Koerner Award and Lecture Series at the Inaugural Geo-Carolinas Conference, hosted by the Geo-Carolinas Chapter of the Geo-Institute. The conference will take place October 9 and 10, 2017, in Charlotte, N.C. Koerner’s lecture, titled “Geosynthetic Successes Hidden in the Details,” focuses on “discussing [...]

By |2017-09-26T14:07:02-05:00September 26, 2017|

IFAI announces Annual Meeting and division meetings at IFAI Expo

The Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) will hold its Annual Meeting at IFAI Expo in New Orleans, La., on Sept. 27, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will be held in La Nouvelle Orleans Ballroom C of the Ernest M. Morial Convention Center. All members of ATA are invited to attend. “You'll find out about everything [...]

By |2017-08-21T15:00:17-05:00August 21, 2017|

IFAI Expo 2016 closes successful show with near-record attendance

IFAI Expo 2016, the textile industry's show of record, attracted 5,023 participants to the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C., from Oct. 18-21. IFAI Expo is the largest display of specialty fabrics and technical textiles in the Americas. Attendees were treated to four days of product demonstrations, education, networking, exhibits and awards recognizing industry achievement. "We [...]

By |2016-10-31T09:25:54-05:00October 31, 2016|
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