January 2022

  • Published On: January 31, 2022

    Swiss cutting system manufacturer Zünd Systemtechnik and Dutch composite automation company Airborne have expanded their collaboration. As a result of a new distribution agreement, customers will be able to benefit from state-of-the-art digital production solutions for automated processing of composite materials. Zünd and Airborne will jointly promote these production solutions through their sales and support [...]

  • Published On: January 31, 2022

    The Sonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel in Austin, Texas, will be the site of GeoU 2022. Photograph courtesy of TRI/Environmental Inc. TRI/Environmental Inc. is sponsoring GeoU, a series of five high-level geosynthetics short courses and four certification opportunities over three days of learning and networking. GeoU, which runs from April 5 to 8, 2022, will [...]

  • Published On: January 28, 2022

    After 18 years in the event rental industry, John Campanelli, CEO, InProduction, Chicago, and former leader of California-based Classic Party Rentals, has decided it is time to retire. Industry leader John Campanelli is retiring. Campanelli’s last day at InProduction was Jan. 1, 2022. Jason Tedrow, InProduction’s president and chief operating officer, has now assumed the CEO [...]

  • Published On: January 28, 2022

    ISCC PLUS manages and ensures sustainable raw materials in the supply chain. Asahi Kasei has announced that Tong-suh Petrochemical Corp. Ltd. (TSPC), a wholly owned subsidiary in South Korea, acquired the widely recognized international certification ISCC PLUS for its acrylonitrile (AN) as a sustainable product. AN is used as a raw material to make ABS [...]

  • Published On: January 28, 2022

    The Marine Industry Certified Dealership program, run by the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas (MRAA), has released its 2022 Continuous Certification curriculum. The program requires dealers to complete this education, plus five other annual requirements to maintain their Certified Dealer status in the years following their initial Certification. For 2022, Certified Dealers will be [...]

  • Published On: January 28, 2022

    Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sheet piling. Photograph courtesy CeTeau B.V. ASTM International’s Committee D35 on Geosynthetics has approved a new standard that will help engineers, designers and specifiers who work with vinyl sheet piling. Applications for such piling include the construction of seawalls, retaining walls and chemical cut-off walls.   “The new specification will standardize the materials [...]

  • Published On: January 27, 2022

    Hyundai Transys, the global auto parts manufacturer and Hyundai Motor Group affiliate, announced that the company will debut its innovative future mobility seat concept at Lineapelle International Leather Fair, from Feb. 22-24. Hyundai's new seat was produced through the re-use of tanning waste from the automotive sector.  In partnership with Lineapelle, the biggest international leather trade [...]

  • Published On: January 27, 2022

    Du Cirque à l'industrie du tissu, découvrez comment l'entreprise canadienne de textile architectural, Sollertia, s’est établi. Sollertia a déjà pris en charge et réalisé certains des projets de structure textile les plus ambitieux au pays. Dans cet épisode, Claude Le Bel nous raconte en toute franchise comment entreprendre de nouveaux projets, ses débuts dans l'industrie, [...]

  • Published On: January 27, 2022

    The U.S. Department of the Interior announced this week Western cities vulnerable to drought will receive $1 billion over the next five years through funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed into law in November 2021. The funding was earmarked by Congress for water projects and will provide $550 million for water reclamation [...]

  • Published On: January 27, 2022

    Photograph courtesy of NAUE GmbH & Co. KG The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) will sponsor a webinar, “Geosynthetic Applications Used in Heap Leach Mining,” on Feb. 9, 2022, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST. Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) member companies and their employees receive discounted rates on all GSI webinar and short course registrations. The [...]