Huntsman Textile Effects and DuPont Alliance have launched OLEOPOHOBOL® CP-U, a fabric treatment for the automotive and upholstery markets that combines excellent oil, water and stain repellency with high abrasion resistance. Liquids and spills simply roll off the treated fabrics, staying cleaner and newer looking after prolonged usage and extending and enhancing the useful life [...]

Value Vinyls, a supplier of printable sign media since 1984, has introduced a new 6-oz. mesh developed to be used at major events and concerts. Event Mesh is compatible with UV and solvent inks and meets NFPA-701 test standards where additional fire code jurisdiction is required. Engineered with approximately 70 percent openness for maximum audio [...]

Dennis St. Louis will join Thrace-LINQ, Summerville, S.C., as director of sales and marketing to accomplish growth objectives for the global supplier of polypropylene-based woven and nonwoven textiles. St. Louis most recently served as director of sales and marketing for Vita Nonwovens and also worked as vice president of sales and marketing for Burlington House. [...]

Zendome GmbH, Berlin, Germany, built its successful event architecture business—and its reputation—on “the organic form of the hemisphere.” The company designs and produces mobile, modular event architecture, specializing in geodesic tensioned-fabric domes that offer maximum space, use minimal materials and allow flexible configurations appropriate to almost any event. Now, Zendome is squaring up to “the [...]

While world-class athletes are the central focus of London’s 2012 Summer Olympic games, innovations in clothing and equipment help athletes go farther and faster in competition. The Dutch Rowing Federation and Olympic Team Netherlands tapped into the material expertise of DSM, Heelen, The Netherlands, to build a rowing boat that would power past other crews. [...]

The DH International Fashion Factory B.V., Naarden, The Netherlands, wanted its knitted and woven apparel products to grab customers’ attention at the “De Modefabriek in RAI” trade show in Amsterdam in January 2012. The company commissioned Zeil-Doek B.V., a tensioned-fabric design and build company in Montfoort, The Netherlands, to develop a display that would draw [...]

It “takes a village to raise a child,” and the school design selected by Coopers Edge Primary in Gloucester, England, included a Village Square for children to play and the greater community to assemble. The plan called for a covered courtyard that would “inspire and enable people, while energizing the community and enhancing [their] quality [...]

Eight million visitors will travel to Yeosu, South Korea, this summer to see Expo 2012 “The Living Ocean and Coast,” focused on a global vision for restoring sustainable life to the world’s marine environments. Participants from 100 nations will discuss rising sea levels, the loss of biodiversity, acidification and pollution threatening seas and coasts in [...]

The China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) recently released an aggressive plan to double the country’s textile output from 2010 levels by 2020. Rising demand for fiber products, especially among China’s citizens, will accelerate the transformation of the textile industry through innovation, technology upgrades and branding. In 2011, urban Chinese spent an estimated $265 [...]

At the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) ninth annual meeting, members elected William L. Jasper, chairman of the board and CEO of Unifi Inc., to a second term as NCTO chairman. James C. Self III, president and COO of Greenwood Mills, will serve his second term as NCTO vice chair. Jasper announced appointments to [...]