TenCate, Pendergrass, Ga., manufactures the Mirafi® line of geosynthetics, used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build a rock dike at the Calcasieu River in Louisiana. The dike, 70 feet wide at its base and five miles long, used Mirafi HS900PP, a woven polyester and polypropylene hybrid, and Mirafi FW404, a high-flow separation [...]

It’s a city famous for its stellar university, but parts of Oxford, England, were underwater in January as the Oxford City Council tried to stave off historic flooding. The fire service deployed 15 water-filled vinyl-coated polyester tubes approximately eight feet high and 100 feet long to prevent inundation of residential areas. Any emergency manager could [...]

It has been 17 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law. Although many specialty fabric products businesses still fall short when it comes to making their businesses—and their business premises—ADA compliant, others have used the financial and tax incentives created to help ease the cost of complying with the ADA [...]

Recuperating patients at the Palm Beach, Fla., Veterans Affairs Medical Center won’t have to watch out for falling housekeeping staff. Health regulations require facilities to change and wash privacy curtains if even a small portion is soiled. Unhooking the curtains from ceiling tracks can be treacherous, and endless washing is expensive. Woman-owned Cubicle Curtain Factory, [...]

Tension fabric displays that have lost some of their pizazz can mutate into new life forms—if they are part of a KSK Tension Fabric System. KSK Digital Printing Solutions, Troy, Mich., introduced the new product line in January. It features eco-friendly aluminum tubing and extrusion frames with grand format dye-sublimated printed fabric graphics that are [...]

Niagara Health Systems, Ontario’s largest multi-site hospital system, called its $40-million fundraising campaign for the Walker Family Cancer Centre “It’s Our Time.” The Howes family, owners of Lincoln Fabrics Inc., St. Catharine’s, Ontario, Canada, decided it was their time, donating $1 million to the campaign. Lincoln Fabrics, led by David Howes, has been in the [...]

The Arlington Arts Center’s staid brick façade transformed overnight into the backdrop for a disturbing image of hordes of shouting faces 15 feet high and 300 feet long. The fine art museum in Arlington, Va., wrapped itself in artist Rosemary Feit Covey’s creation, part of “The 0 Project” exhibit. Covey first considered DuPont™ Tyvek® as [...]

The recently opened USS Monitor Center at the Mariners’ Museum of Newport News, Va., depends upon some engineered and fabricated fabric components from tension-fabric experts Transformit, Gorham, Maine, to help theater visitors experience the sensation of being underwater in a sinking ship. Part of a larger 18,000-square-foot educational exhibit, the theater environment tells the story [...]

When this kitchen and bath design studio moved to its new location in Chicago, Ill., the company wanted to stand out without overwhelming the area. The studio hired Evanston Awnings to replace the building’s existing awnings with 18 banners, featuring advertising graphics of two of the studio’s major brands on both sides. Though the substrates [...]

Color X created these dye sublimated, silk banners for more than 30 Bloomingdales’ locations across the country. Along with the banners, Color X designed custom stretch frames that store employees could wrap with fabrics in a quick three-step process, allowing store managers the flexibility to hang the banners over apparel selections or lean them against [...]