How to know when it’s time to bring people back By Marc Hequet Right now, what does your business need most? More workers? Government hiring incentives? A bank loan? More business? You know the balancing act only too well—capital, expenses, staff and production. Now, as we find our way out of recession, Washington is trying [...]

Powerful new electromagnetic-pulse degausser from Security Engineered Machinery permanently erases data from computer hard drives, data tapes and other magnetic media. Model EMP001 has an effective field strength of up to 40,000 gauss, and is easily operated on a tabletop. Hard drives or other magnetic media up to 1x4x6 inches are inserted into a slot, [...]

Canvas Link 4.11 software program includes the popular Awning Composer 4.11, which uses a 3D graphic system to superimpose 3D models of awnings onto digital images of a customer’s home or building. With the ability to rotate, size and move objects, and choose fabric colors, styles and valances, fabricators can create a realistic image of [...]

Aqua Nightdrop, an opaque, formaldehyde-free textile with a flocked finish, is suitable for aqueous-based, direct dye sublimation outputs. Ideal for indoor displays needing double-sided printing or light blocking. Seemee Poly Light Knit FRT for transfer dye sublimation print outputs uses a treated, wrinkle- and crease-resistant yarn and is pre-shrunk. Offering brilliant colors, it’s suitable for [...]

Monotec 370 is a 100 percent round monofilament yarn shade cloth engineered for shade structures and sails without any re-tensioning. Monotec will not stretch or elongate, is fire-retardant treated and has a seven-year warranty for UV degradation. Ecologic, a PVC-free, 100 percent recyclable frontlit material, is produced in a solvent and UV formula for optimal [...]

The main ingredients in Terramac are annually renewable resources such as corn, providing a more eco-friendly plastic material used as a film, sheet, fiber and nonwoven. Terramac nonwovens are long lasting with flexibility, high-strength and stable dimensions. Suitable for agricultural uses, such as plant pots and covers, soil stabilizers and anti-weed sheets, where degradation in [...]

Descor, for decorative wall and ceiling applications, is printable with UV, screen or dye sublimation processes. A solvent printable version, Digital Descor, is also available. UltraGreen textiles are certified according to the Oeko-tex® Standard 100. UltraTex Organic for solvent printing and uncoated for UV and dye-sub only is a woven textile that is biodegradable, recyclable [...]

Shadeview exterior screen fabrics offer durability and shade with a view. Available in stock from a variety of densities ranging from a 5-15 percent openness factor, these fabrics are suitable for use in architectural applications, awnings, canopies, marine fabrication, and tents and tensile structures. LeisureTex II casual fabrics with moisture barriers present greater design freedom [...]

Main Street Digital Plus has an improved inkjet receptive layer, a wider color gamut and better color saturation. For printed awnings, banners and displays, it has excellent tear and tensile strength, and is printable on both sides. The Ultra Lifestyle Collection of simulated leather fabrics for marine interiors and casual furniture has added Promessa Outdoor, [...]

Large-format billboard material from Top Value is a PVC-laminated polyester fabric that offers excellent ink compatibility with solvent, eco-solvent or UV printing with optimum print clarity, top to bottom. Available in widths up to 197 inches. SOURCE Top Value Fabrics Inc.