From Mar. 22-26, Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Via exhibition center will host the twelfth edition of the leading show for the graphic arts industry in Spain and Portugal. This is a key event for finding technological solutions and products to respond to the new needs of graphic communication users. Given the range of exhibits and [...]

Outlast Technologies Inc., Boulder, Colo., has developed a climate-regulating polyester fibre, an innovation that comes just four years after the introduction of the first Outlast® viscose fiber and eleven years after the introduction of Outlast acrylic fiber with PCM. The newest member of the Outlast fiber family offers the added value of balancing temperature coupled [...]

Irregular shapes and sizes in outdoor shading can now be covered with a retractable canopy system. The patent-pending monorail drive that characterizes the unique system from ShadeFX offers design freedom and flexibility with new or exisisting pergolas. The system can extend into narrowing or out-of-square ends on any overhead frame and fit the canopy into [...]

[Rubb AS] Krøderen, Norway Rubb emergency relief shelters and buildings provide easily transported and erected rapid-response structures for emergency situations. These shelters can be set up in a few hours by local labor with simple tools and lifting gear, then re-deployed to meet later emergencies elsewhere. This Rubb Hall was one of five delivered to [...]

[Insect Shield LLC] Greensboro, N.C., U.S.A. Insect Shield® repellent apparel and gear are an effective new tool to help battle insects and insect-carried diseases such as West Nile virus, malaria and Lyme disease. The combination of the patent-pending Insect Shield process with a proprietary formulation of the insect repellent permethrin results in an effective, odorless [...]

[The Empowerment Plan] Detroit, Mich., U.S.A. Veronika Scott, a student in product design at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Mich., has designed the Elements S[survival] Coat for homeless people. Made from Tyvek®, wool or a synthetic, PVC tubing and plastic tubing, and Velcro®, the coat is self heated and waterproof, and transforms into [...]

The racing suits, refueller overalls and gloves used by NASCAR auto racing must meet demanding standards for fire-resistance and water-proofing, and Alexium International Group, an Australia-based company with a Greenville, S.C., plant, wants to meet that demand. Alexium’s reactive surface treatment (RST) employs patented nanotechnology to give textiles multi-functional benefits, such as resistance to fire, [...]

Richard Childress Racing (RCR), a top performer on the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) circuit, recently established a partnership with Roland DGA Corp., Irvine, Calif., to provide all of the wide-format inkjet printers and cutters used to create RCR’s colorful vehicle graphics. At RCR’s campus in Welcome, N.C., the in-house graphics department [...]