Los Angeles-based Century Park Capital Partners acquired Moss Inc., a manufacturer of fabric-based signs serving the event, exhibit, and retail industries. The business will expand organically and through acquisitions. No deal terms were disclosed. Meanwhile, Lois Richards has been appointed to the newly created position of senior account executive, events, for Las Vegas, and will [...]

AW Specialty Papers, Elk Grove Village, Ill., has added Carla Hoag to its sales team. Hoag will be responsible for inside sales, specializing in wide format heat transfer products. She has 25 years of experience in the paper industry, previously working at Wyndstone Specialty Papers, a division of Lewis Paper International. See www.awspecialtypapers.com.

To mark the 70th anniversary of the discovery of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), later branded as DuPont™ Teflon®, DuPont Fluoropolymer Solutions, Wilmington, Del., has expanded its Plunkett Awards for Innovation and Sustainability with environmental sustainability as a new selection criterion. The award recognizes companies around the world using fluoropolymers to create innovative solutions that contribute to sustainable [...]

Laarhoven Design, Norcross, Ga., manufacturer of portable and modular displays and graphics, has announced new dye sublimation and direct print graphics capabilities. The company has been producing fabric graphics with a partner company for several years. With the addition of new dye sublimation printing equipment at its manufacturing plant, fabric graphics can now be produced [...]

Rainier Industries, Seattle, Wash., announces that they have moved. Their new facility offers over 140,000 square feet and houses their corporate offices, as well as state-of-the-art metal, wood, fabric, window, graphic, and sign shops. The address is 18375 Olympic Avenue South, Tukwila, WA 98188. See www.rainier.com.

3P InkJet Textiles’ banners were on board the 23rd shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Country Cotton FR (IQ-IJ217) fulfilled the high NASA safety requirements for space shuttle flights. Bay Area Imaging LLC, a digital imaging shop near the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, produced four small banners for the mission. The [...]

Expand International of America Inc., Stratford, Conn., introduces its Expand DisplayTunnel, a portable outdoor display. This new display system has a unique spring construction that allows it to virtually unfold itself when it is taken out of the bag. The chosen image is printed on durable flag fabric that is stretched completely smooth when it [...]

National Sign Systems, Molendinar, Australia, is now offering printed fence fabric mesh that can be easily attached to walls and fences. The polyester mesh can be digitally printed or screen printed, depending on the graphics required and the size of the project. The lightness of the fabric and the versatility of its application make it [...]

Austrian-based Lenzing Group, maker of cellulose staple fibers, and Weyerhaeuser, Federal Way, Wash., a forest products company, will work together on the development of novel lyocell-based nonwoven fabrics. The objective of the collaboration is to develop a technology for the large-scale industrial production of an innovative and sustainable cellulose-based material for industrial and personal care [...]

The Patterned PVC-Free Upholstery Collection from C.F. Stinson brings performance, sustainability and design into balance. Similar in performance to conventional vinyl, but with a softer hand, the products contain no polyvinyl chloride (and also no phthalates, plasticizers, halogenated flame retardants or fluorocarbons), and are antimicrobial and bleach-cleanable. The silver-based, broad-spectrum antimicrobial system is built in [...]