The Auto Eye Button Punching Machine is microcomputer controlled to offer versatility and labor-saving efficiency when working with large-format outdoor inkjet media materials, painting materials, canvas and more. The inner diameter of the button hole is 10mm or 13mm; four wheels allow the machine to be pushed by hand, or it can be fixed on [...]

ThermGuard™ heat- and flame-resistant fabrics are designed to protect industrial workers exposed to thermal hazards, low visibility, electric arcs and molten metal splashes. Supplied in any EN 471 high visibility color, the fabric is breathable, comfortable to wear and stable through industrial washing while retaining excellent light-, color- and wash-fastness. ThermGuard Molten Repel protects against [...]

Compiled by Juli Case Is CPAI-84 equivalent to ANSI 4950? CPAI-84, which originated with the Advanced Textiles Association (ATA), is designed to assess flame-retardant materials used in camping tents. ANSI 4950 is the responsibility of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and is intended to evaluate welding pads, blankets and curtains that are used in [...]

MUTA, formerly the Performance Textiles Association, released new guidance in March 2011 for “Safe Use and Operation of Temporary Demountable Fabric Structures,” the latest version of the trade association’s MUTAmarq Code of Practice. Contractors accredited under MUTAmarq for marquee and event tent installation will have on-site safety training and be better equipped to avoid driving [...]

Outdoor living spaces can soothe and relax on contact, as long as users can minimize their contact with damaging sun, biting flies or clouds of mosquitoes. Eclipse Awning Systems, a Middletown, N.Y., awning manufacturer, applies “the ultimate sunblock” by offering shading technologies to cool the burn, erase the squint wrinkles and keep insects from invading [...]

Special cut-protection clothing is part of legally prescribed personal protective equipment for the 25,000 professional foresters in Germany, who work with chain saws on public and private land. Overalls with several layers of ultra-strong fibers stop the saw before wearers are injured, but are clumsy and hot, hampering and heating foresters. The Hohenstein Institute, Bönnigheim, [...]

Every summer since 1990, western Canada’s largest professional Shakespeare company, Bard on the Beach, has performed in open-ended tents on the waterfront in Vancouver’s Vanier Park. Now, with a $500,000 donation from BMO Financial Group, more people can sample the best of the bard in a tent that seats almost 750, features a thrust stage [...]

Republic of Fritz Hansen™, headquartered in Alerød, Denmark, brings Danish values of sustainability and timeless design to its furnishings. Award-winning Spanish artist-designer Jaime Hayón brings a colorful, extroverted style to his work. The collaboration of the two became an embrace—the FAVN™ (a Danish word for embrace), a curving sofa launched in April during the Salone [...]

The International Textile Machinery Association (ITMA) 2011 exhibition set in Barcelona, Spain, in September will feature the Sustainable Textile Leaders Roundtable Dialogue as its kick-off event. “Besides focusing on innovation and creativity, industry players need to tackle pressing environmental issues to ensure the long-term sustainability of their businesses,” says Sylvia Phua, CEO of conference organizer [...]

An agreement reached by the EU Competitiveness Council clears the way for an EU unitary patent, allowing patent applicants to apply for a single patent that will be valid in 25 European nations. “A unitary patent and court system will save businesses time and money whether they are patent holders or those seeking to challenge [...]