Tiger cloth has a laminate coating that helps reflect heat, enabling it to stand up to intermittent temperatures that can vary up to 2000 degrees Fahrenheit. Suitable for use in foundries, automotive industries, welding and casting companies, the fabric is versatile and can be manufactured into jackets, coats, mitts, gloves, head protection and tarps. SOURCE [...]

Bantex® 13-ounce Blackout Curl Free is the only flame-retardant laminated blackout banner material specifically formulated for curl-free applications. Microtextured for lower dot gain and higher resolution, with identical print surfaces front and back, Bantex Curl Free provides predictable color clarity and accuracy. SOURCE Herculite Products Inc.

Professors Xin and Daoud hold patents on self-cleaning technologies using nanocrystals that break down wine stains in sunlight. Photos: Hong Kong Polytechnic University. More bad news for the Maytag repairman and dry cleaners everywhere: Self-cleaning clothing is no more than a few years away, according to Cosmopolitan magazine’s Cosmos Online. Nanocrystals of anatase [...]

They cut your profits, bid for your jobs and entice your best customers with special deals and useless gimmicks. Those Other Guys. Whether your head-to-head competitors do business across town or across the ocean, their successes can bring you anxious days and sleepless nights if they’re coming at your expense. One nightmare that wakes business [...]

Two companies with deep roots, long track-records and reputations for engineering will come together, as Fenner PLC, Yorkshire, England, announced acquisition of all outstanding company shares of privately held Prodesco Inc., Perkasie, Pa., U.S.A. Fenner’s expertise in reinforced-polymer engineering for conveyor belts, precision motion-control for computers and copiers, and sealing products will be complemented by [...]

Thrace-LINQ, a global supplier of woven and nonwoven polypropylene fabrics, has announced an alliance with Western Excelsior, a manufacturer of both temporary and permanent erosion control products for the North American market. “We are pleased to partner with Western Excelsior in a strategic alliance to continue our aggressive focus on the development of the geosynthetics [...]

Clariant AG, Muttenz, Switzerland, the world’s second-largest specialty chemical manufacturer, recovered some lost ground by posting a smaller than anticipated fourth-quarter loss in mid-February. The company, which transforms crude oil derivatives into pigments, plastic additives, dyes and optical brighteners, closed nine factories and cut 800 jobs after failing to post an annual profit since 2005. [...]

Wearable sensor technology is in vogue among athletes in all disciplines, and Textronics Inc., Wilmington, Del., has been awarded a patent for its textile-based electrode system by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The stretchy electrodes are incorporated into garments to comfortably monitor the wearer’s heart rate, ECG or other electrical activity. The heart’s electrical [...]

Citing unreasonable demands by the European Union (EU), South Africa and Namibia pulled out of an economic partnership agreement that would have eased the movement of clothing and textile products into European markets. The existing African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA), under which African countries enjoy preferential access to U.S. markets, requires a product to [...]

The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) joined other trade and industry groups in calling for legislation to curb Chinese currency manipulation that is hurting U.S. markets. “Congress must quickly pass currency legislation and give our companies and their workers the ability to defend themselves against China’s predatory trade practices,” says Cass Johnson, president of [...]