The Tiltex installation team recently completed a major water infiltration barrier and erosion control ROM Wall Crusher project at Ironbridge Mine in Pilbara, Western Australia. The team installed Tiltex 12B anti-cracking 11,000 psi compressive strength geosynthetic cementitious composite mats (GCCM) over 164-foot-long steep batters at 1V:1.6H, secured with its soil anchor grid system designed to endure 164ft/sec winds. Ironbridge Mine in Pilbara, Western Austrlia. [...]

Photo: U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol and photographer John Gibson US U.S. cotton producers intend to plant 11.4 million cotton acres this spring, down 17.0 percent from 2022, according to the National Cotton Council’s 42nd Annual Early Season Planting Intentions Survey. Upland cotton intentions are 11.2 million acres, down 17.3 percent from 2022, while extra-long staple [...]

Marine Mat’s European factory in the centrally located country of Slovakia is now fully operational and open for business. As an introductory program, the brand, which manufactures marine decking, is offering sheets to European customers at the lowest price available regardless of the order size. Sheet pricing that is typically reserved for orders of 250+ [...]

During the 19th century, early settlers to Cincinnati, Ohio, followed the Lick Run valley and stream to settle in the developing city along the Ohio River. To control flooding in the area, the stream was enclosed in a 20-foot-diameter storm sewer in 1893. Soon after, during the advent of indoor plumbing, homes were tied into [...]

Unifi Inc. (NYSE: UFI), makers of REPREVE and one of the world’s leading innovators in recycled and synthetic yarns, today released its Sustainability Report for fiscal 2022. The report provides expanded insight into UNIFI’s industry leading sustainability strategy and the company’s responsible approach to creating long-term value for its stakeholders. In tandem with the report's [...]

The 2023 Discover Boating® Miami International Boat Show®'s five-day run over Presidents Day weekend drew more than 100,000 visitors from 35 countries to its six venues, with exhibitors reporting strong sales, leads and attendance, according to the National Marine Manufacturers Association. The show is the largest boat and yacht event in the world. With the [...]

Pete Buttigieg, secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, says his agency and the nation’s mobility community are currently involved in “one of the most exciting, productive, and challenging times in U.S. transportation history” – driven in no small part by “historic” levels of funding provided by the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act [...]

Lenzing has teamed up with NFW (Natural Fiber Welding Inc.) to offer TENCEL™ branded fibers as another backer option for NFW’s patented plant-based technology, MIRUM®. The MIRUM® x TENCEL™ collaboration was showcased for the first time in Milan, Italy during the international leather fair, LINEAPELLE, which took place in February 2023 in Milan, Italy. MIRUM® [...]

GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, highlights the 200 MHz (200 HS) antenna, part of the GS Series, GSSI’s next-generation family of high-performance antennas targeting applications that require deeper penetration depths. The GS Series is ideal for geophysical, geotechnical, or environmental applications that require high reliability under challenging survey conditions, [...]

If they aren’t recycled, discarded textiles are often incinerated or end up in a landfill like this one. Photo: Creative Commons  Retold Recycling - a convenient and sustainable textile recycling start-up - has received a $300,000 deal in exchange for a 25% stake in their company from famed Shark, Mark Cuban. Retold Recycling empowers consumers by making it easy [...]