[North Texas Tarp & Awning] Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.A. This fully restored 19th century Gypsy wagon needed a cover to protect it from the elements during transit and storage. Once used for nomadic living by traveling Gypsies in Europe, the wagon is now a showpiece owned by a private party in Texas. North Texas Tarp [...]

Lectra’s latest version of Romans Cad®© software suite, Romans Cad V9, is created specially for the footwear, luggage and leather goods industries. The software is designed to enable manufacturers to control profit margins and costs, launch new models on the market more frequently (reducing time to market), and improve production quality. The suite includes Romans [...]

TenCate Protective Fabrics has developed a fabrics collection in response to the extreme working conditions faced by firefighters. The multi-layer fabrics from the TenCate Tecashield® collection are heat- and flame-resistant and tested to European standard EN 469:2005. Each protective layer possesses specific functionalities, and all layers are geared to each other to produce the integrated [...]

IMPACT from Value Vinyls is a 16-ounce, PVC-coated polyester designed to meet and exceed the stringent criteria set by the Consumer Product Safety Commission for products that come in contact with children ages 12 and younger, especially in athletic and recreational areas. The leather-grain embossed, FR-treated product is available in 16 colors, and is treated [...]

Karl’s Event Rental constructs nearly one million square feet of tenting for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. By Janice Kleinschmidt and Janet Preus As the main provider for tents at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, Karl’s Event Rental of Milwaukee, Wisc. was hard at work for months preparing for the February 12 opening [...]

Compiled by Juli Case There are a lot of wind farms going up in my area and I’d love it if they were a way for me to bring in new business. Are there any fabric products that I can offer them? The primary fabric used in wind farms is the composite material used in [...]

Compiled by Juli Case The sales literature on the boat cover fabric I’m thinking of using has information on something called accelerated weathering. What’s that, and how does it relate to how long the fabric will last? Assessing how a fabric is going to perform outdoors is a tricky business. Not only is there sunlight [...]

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez and U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab have appointed David Trumbull to serve on the Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Textiles and Clothing (ITAC 13) as a representative from the National Textile Association (NTA). Trumbull will join 36 other members of ITAC 13 as an advisor on U.S. [...]

The Walter Reiners-Stiftung Foundation of the German Textile Machinery Industry has honored four successful junior engineers in Aachen, during a celebration in the new building of the Institute for Textile Technology of the Aachen University (RWTH Aachen). Dr. Gunnar Seide of RWTH Aachen won the promotion prize (5,000 Euros) in the dissertation category; two promotion [...]

Sustainability in the textile industry brought together an international audience for a November 2009 virtual meeting hosted by ASTM Intl. Nearly 30 professionals from India, Colombia, Sri Lanka, Europe and the United States participated, representing textile firms, testing agencies, academia and ASTM Intl. The meeting was sparked by concerns about sustainable textile manufacturing, what it [...]