Fabric products help farmers put the green back in agriculture. By Jamie Swedberg The market for agricultural specialty fabrics in the United States is a paradox. On one hand, agriculture has suffered terribly over the last two years for reasons related to the current recession. Accordingly, sales of agricultural products have dropped or stagnated. “For [...]

Plan your strategy to make social media marketing your interactive advantage. By Linda Kaun You might be tempted to jump right into social media marketing, sign up for Facebook and Twitter, start a blog, and add a few videos to your website. However, you’ll quickly realize it’s not the shiny new tools that lead to [...]

By Abbie Yarger The project. Provide printed banners to contribute to the ongoing revitalization of the Enrnest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. The 1.1 million-square-foot center, the sixth largest convention facility in the United States, sustained damage from Hurricane Katrina and housed thousands of victims in the aftermath of the storm. The companies. [...]

The SteelTraK Vertical Cutter from Foster Keencut has new accessories. The Aluminum Twin Wheel cutting wheel cuts up to 080 aluminum and the V-Groove cutting tool allows PVC, corrugated plastic and aluminum composite material to be folded. The V-Groove cutting tools are available for thicknesses of 2, 3, 4 and 6 millimeter aluminum composite material. [...]

Compiled by Juli Case We do installations of clear curtains for restaurants who want to extend the use of their outdoor patios in rainy or cooler weather. One city we install in is requiring that we use clear vinyl that meets ASTM E84. Does such a thing exist? It’s not unusual to find a clear [...]

Octi-Tech Ltd. released the Sublideck Surface Decoration System, a new range of specialty heat presses. The system combines infrared heat and vacuum pressure to mold images onto two- and three-dimensional substrates and surfaces. Sublideck 2D allows users to decorate simple shaped products, curves and dimensional items by using a special vacuum press bed, flexible top [...]

Sawgrass Technologies Consumer Division announced the availability of the Cap Cleaning Kit for the Brother GT-541 direct-to-garment printer. The manufacturer recommends that the Wiper Cleaner be replaced with every black ink cartridge. The Cleaning Kit is individually packaged and contains the Wiper Cleaner, as well as cleaning solution, swabs and latex gloves to facilitate the [...]

The JV5-320DS printer, from Mimaki Engineering Co. Ltd., enables direct printing on polyester substrates up to a width of 3.2 meters. Based on the JV5-320S printer, the new model caters to the increased demand for outside signage on polyester textiles that are better suited for use with water-based dye-sublimation inks. The direct and dye-sublimation printer [...]

WeatherMax FR is now available in 10 colors: black, burgundy, captain navy, forest green, light charcoal, pacific blue, toast, true red, yellow and white. The solution-dyed, fire- and UV-resistant fabric from Safety Components is designed for awnings, tents and other outdoor applications. The fabric is guaranteed to retain its color for at least five years. [...]

The Series 975 Carbon Fiber Cast film from Oracal USA has a textured surface specially developed for exterior automotive accent restyling and interior applications for fine detailing. Series 975 is recommended for many carbon fiber applications within the interior design, craft and hobby, and surface effects markets. The cast film offers stability and conformability over [...]