Archroma has announced the launch of a collaboration with the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG) and its Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies (CARS) department, aiming to further the education of its students in the area of color management expertise. As per the agreement, Archroma will donate its color management tools for their design projects, [...]

Layfield introduces HydraNet geonets/composites, described as cost-effective and environmentally conscious alternatives to aggregate drains. Layfield Group Ltd. has launched HydraNet, a premium line of geonets and geocomposites. HydraNet is constructed from either two strands (biplanar) or three strands (triplanar) of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) extruded into a net-like sheet. Geonets are used to provide channelized flow [...]

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the agency’s Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) program will provide more than $18 million in grant funding for 20 states to construct, renovate and maintain marinas and other boating facilities for outdoor recreation, according to the National Marine Manufacturers Association website. States receiving BIG grants include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, [...]

Secugrid PET uniaxial geogrid being laid down at the crude oil storage facility in Saldanha, South Africa. Photograph courtesy of Naue GmbH & Co. KG The new Oil Tanking MOGS Saldanha crude oil storage facility at the deep-water port of Saldanha, situated on the west coast of South Africa, is geographically well located between the [...]

Schmidt Marine Technology Partners announced that it will offer up to $3.5 million in funding annually to entrepreneurs and others developing new technologies that increase the sustainability of fisheries around the world. The effort is also being funded by two anonymous philanthropic groups. This new initiative is designed to encourage entrepreneurs, engineers, scientists and others [...]

Teijin Limited announced that it will donate $325,000 as humanitarian assistance in support of the many people suffering in Ukraine, in addition to $80,000 it has donated via the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). So far, two group companies in Europe have made direct donations: Teijin [...]

The Reinforced Earth Co. examines the many elements of MSE retaining wall drainage when there are obstructions. Drainage inlet at roadway gutter line. Photograph courtesy of the Reinforced Earth Co. Two common types of obstructions we see behind a retaining wall face are site drainage structures and bridge abutment piles. The presence of—and loading from—these obstructions within [...]

Organizers of the 2023 Marine Fabricators Conference, which will be held Jan. 26-28, 2023, at the Sheraton New Orleans, in New Orleans, La., are looking for conference speakers. Speaker proposals must be free of commercial content, and conference organizers are especially interested in educational sessions that provide hands-on demonstrations covering topics such as patterning, business [...]

Culp, Inc. announced that Jeff Tsacoumangos has been named divisional Chief Operating Officer for Culp Home Fashions, the company’s mattress fabrics division. Tsacoumangos has been serving as the Head of Global Strategic Transformation, Supply Chain, and Service since May 2021.  He will continue to report to Sandy Brown, president of Culp Home Fashions. Commenting on the [...]

L. B. White Company, LLC, a manufacturer of agricultural, horticultural, commercial, and industrial heaters and torches as well as overall climate solutions, is pleased to introduce the Volt family of portable electric heaters. When it’s not desirable or possible to use LP gas, natural gas, or kerosene for fuel to heat non-ventilated areas, L.B. White’s [...]