July 2015
- Published On: July 20, 2015
The Industrial Fabrics Foundation (IFF) will host its annual fundraising event Oct. 6, 2015, kicking off IFAI Expo with a golf tournament in memory of Don Williams, a former ATA board chairman and Honored Life Member who passed away in June. The tournament will be held at the Black Gold Golf Club in Yorba Linda, [...]
- Published On: July 17, 2015
Miller Weldmaster, Navarre, Ohio, has added Lance deJong to its sales team, tasking him with increasing sales and maintaining customer relationships in the Midwestern U.S. and Ontario and Quebec, Canada. Offering more than a decade of experience in sales and marketing in the large format graphics industry, deJong was central region sales manager and distribution [...]
- Published On: July 17, 2015
The National Association for the U.S. Sewn Products Industry (SEAMS) recently established a new Government Committee to inform and support its members on doing business with federal, state and local governments. “Our committee aims to expand SEAMS members’ knowledge in identifying, securing and maintaining government contracts; thereby expanding production opportunities and capabilities for our members,” [...]
- Published On: July 16, 2015
Wood is widely considered the “green gold” of Finland, and a research project to use this plentiful and renewable natural resource focuses on finding new applications for cellulose.
- Published On: July 16, 2015
Wood is widely considered the “green gold” of Finland, and a research project to use this plentiful and renewable natural resource focuses on finding new applications for cellulose. These new uses may include serving as a raw material for textiles, home decoration and car interior materials. In the first phase of the Design Driven Value [...]
- Published On: July 16, 2015
Scott Rosenzweig has been appointed president of Sanitized (USA) Inc., Charlotte, N.C., the newly established U.S. headquarters for Swiss-based Sanitized AG, a producer of antimicrobial hygiene function and material protection for textiles and plastics. The company will now sell directly to customers in the consumer housewares and building materials industries as well as to those [...]
- Published On: July 15, 2015
Deakin University Australia researchers Dr. Nolene Byrne and Ph.D. candidate Rasike De Silva have developed a simple process to separate polyester-cotton fabric blends into their individual components, a major breakthrough for textile recycling.
- Published On: July 15, 2015
The Xeros machine washes laundry using polymer beads with a molecular structure that allows them to absorb stains, reducing the need for large quantities of detergents. Photo: Xeros Bead Cleaning Hotels, hospitals, fitness centers and other organizations with rapidly changing clientele can count on vats of towels, sheets, napkins, uniforms and a host [...]
- Published On: July 15, 2015
Deakin University Australia researchers Dr. Nolene Byrne and Ph.D. candidate Rasike De Silva have developed a simple process to separate polyester-cotton fabric blends into their individual components, a major breakthrough for textile recycling. While it is easy to recycle cotton or polyester individually, fibers are tightly bonded in blends, so mechanical separation doesn’t work and [...]
- Published On: July 14, 2015
Bayer MaterialScience LLC, Pittsburgh, Pa., is introducing new formulations for its Softcel™ VE-1100 polyol to answer consumer demands for comfortable, high quality foam mattresses that recover faster and dissipate heat better. This polyol is capable of making a wide range of TDI-based viscoelastic foam grades at relatively high index. Viscoelastic polyurethane flexible foams have are [...]
