When building solar farms, it is not only important to construct the site to manage surface water to prevent erosion, but also to safeguard that nothing detrimental comes off the surface, enters the runoff water and is carried off the site. Watershed Geo’s two-component system consisting of a ClosureTurf® foundation and PowerCap™ solar system keeps [...]

Lisa Myers and her son, Jordan, at the counter of their business that closed Feb. 28. Tuesday, Feb. 28, was a challenging day for Lisa and Brent Myers, second-generation owners of their family’s Mount Pleasant Rental Center & Party’s Plus in Mount Pleasant, Mich. That was the last day their business — which was started [...]

Mezger Inc. announced that they are now the official distributor for Reiners + Fűrst rings and travellers in North America. R+F is a family-owned German company, now in its third generation. This allows them to plan for the long-term while enabling them to make important decisions in the short term. Nearly 100 experienced employees meticulously [...]

HBF Textiles has added Matriarch to its In Your Skin upholstery collection by Erin Ruby. HBF Textiles has added a sixth textile to the In Your Skin collection by Erin Ruby; sensorial textiles with unique patterns. Matriarch, the newest addition, is a twill weave with strong, bold color combinations that blend complementary colored yarns to [...]

Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTI) is proud of making good on its sustainability commitments around the world. Recently, its Dongming, China facility ranked number one amongst 28 companies in the Liaoning Province Green Mine Selection Program. Green Mine is a policy set by the China Ministry of Natural Resources to drive green mining development. The program [...]

Polyester fabric under an electron micrograph 500. Photo: BASF Group. Under the leadership of the French company Fairbrics SAS, 17 project partners from 7 European countries are coming together. The common goal is to produce end products from polyester in a closed cycle using industrial CO2 emissions and to bring them to market maturity. The DITF [...]

From fashion designer to trend forecaster to opportunity maker, Dr. Andre West does it all. Dr. West speaks to Talking Textiles about his latest venture, the Flex Factory, a rapid prototyping, flexible space for textile manufacturing, housed within the North Carolina State University. Learn how students and entrepreneurs alike are using the innovation and ideation [...]

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced the award of $35,250,951 in construction grants to 10 drinking water and wastewater systems. These construction projects are funded from American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds that Governor Brad Little directed to DEQ in 2022. The city of New Plymouth in Payette County, Idaho was awarded $498,739 [...]

Nassimi – a textile manufacturer and pioneer in sustainable performance upholstery materials – continues to lead the industry toward higher product standards with a move to eradicate Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) from all new production. As the first textile company to produce phthalate-free faux leather in the early 2010s and remove flame-retardant chemicals from [...]

California State Parks’ Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW) has announced its plans for this year’s Aquatic Invasive Plant Control Program in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and its southern tributaries. Starting March 1, DBW will begin herbicide treatments to control water hyacinth, South American spongeplant, Uruguay water primrose, Alligator weed, Brazilian waterweed, curlyleaf pondweed, Eurasian [...]