[Agru America Inc.] Georgetown, S.C., U.S.A. The company that owns and operates a landfill in Missouri installed a new synthetic closure consisting of three primary components: two layers of woven geotextiles with tufted UV-resistant polyethylene grass that is laid over a 50-millileter LLDPE structured drainage geomembrane and sand infill. The geomembrane layer serves as the [...]

Cheryl Gomes tracks quality and reliability from process through life-saving product. By Sigrid Tornquist “If you make a mistake when you’re developing safety and protective products, people could be injured or die,” says Cheryl Gomes, lead principal materials engineer for QinetiQ North America’s Survivability Group in Waltham, Mass. “So it becomes even more important to [...]

By Mary K. McCormick We all routinely, and often unconsciously, make assumptions. They allow us to function smoothly as we go about our daily activities, but they can also get us into trouble when it turns out that they’re not well grounded in fact. Incorrect assumptions about the laws of other countries and how they [...]

Phifer’s GeoBella® cushion fabrics meld style and comfort, made of 100 percent olefin yarns recycled from post-industrial waste. Also 100 percent recyclable, the outdoor furniture fabrics feature a soft, touchable texture that offers the stability, strength and durability needed for outdoor use. Offered in combinations of coordinating hues and touchable weaves for decorating flexibility, the [...]

Low-rail gantry Charger™ contour tape layer will produce wings, horizontal stabilizers and central wing boxes for COMAC Shanghai Aircraft commercial passenger jets. The automated tape layer deposits composite tape at industry-leading speeds, while achieving aerospace grade placement accuracies on complex contours. Charger series machines lay 75, 150 or 300 mm (3, 6 or 12 inches) [...]

Adaptive, a new textile effect from HeiQ, allows fabrics to effectively read and respond to the wearer’s body temperature and moisture levels, offering dynamic moisture control and thermoregulation for greater wearer comfort. The technology is based on a unique hydrofunctional polymer with moisture transport properties that change in response to temperature. Adaptive transports and releases [...]

Downloadable software color palettes for Arlon’s Series 2100 Opaque Cast Vinyl and Series 2500 Translucent Cast Vinyl Film are now available from the manufacturer’s website at www.arlon.com/ColorPalettes. Designed to work with software programs Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Corel Draw, Flexi and SignLab, the palettes will help designers to show the Arlon vinyl colors they’re using [...]

EasyTurf®’s Revolution fiber uses a state-of-the-art process that closely replicates the look and feel of natural sod. The supple softness of the fibers is made possible by 11 exterior and seven interior ridges crossing the width of the blade, allowing the fibers to flex, twist and rebound like natural grass blades. State-of-the-art polymer formula creates [...]

Rolled products in 5-meter widths for versatile printing include the appealing, highly translucent PVC-free, recyclable HEYblue® digitex® heylux backlit indoor textile for solvent, eco-solvent, UV and latex inks, as well as HEYblue digitex flexible, an acrylate-coated polyester fabric that is extremely stretchable and tear-resistant, and shows brilliant printing results. Applications include flags, billboards, banners, trade [...]

EPT XTRM™ Ply geomembrane products are offered in a full range of polymers such as polyester, polyether urethanes, TPO polypropylene, PVC and ethylene interpolymer alloy (EIA). Available as reinforced membranes or sheeting, they can be used in a variety of applications including potable water storage and protection, coal ash liners, retention ponds, canal liners and [...]