Photos by Sara Rubinstein Ben Fox expands design capabilities for fabric structures, focusing on innovation and education to solve customer problems. "Our company’s roots are unique in that we started out as a construction service and kind of worked our way backward into manufacturing,” says Ben Fox, owner, president and CEO of Legacy [...]
How to determine if an employee stock ownership plan is right for your company. An exit plan is generally not at the forefront of a company owner’s mind, especially at the height of career success, but it’s no less important than any other business strategy. When the time comes to step down, a comprehensive exit [...]
The flying tent comes in three colors(orange, green and blue), can be ordered online and will ship to anywhere in the world—which is where you’ll find the Startraveller team, according to the start-up’s website. “We are emotion seekers. Due to our passion for nature we create smart outdoor gear to feel independent and free [...]
From research to manufacturing reality through the AFFOA Institute. The AFFOA initiative provides an exciting opportunity to enhance the functionality of the fabrics that all of us interact with every day,” says Dr. Julianna Abel, University of Minnesota mechanical engineering assistant professor. These functional fabrics, or “smart fabrics,” can include “multi-material fabrics for medical and [...]
Every year at this time, we start pulling together our editorial calendars, compiling a list of important products, key markets and vital industry issues. This year’s “issues” roster for the Review includes (but is not limited to): multifunctionality in high-performance fabrics; sustainability, inside and out; smart marketing and managing social media; adding value; the next [...]
“Where others see garbage, I see raw material,” says Javier Goyeneche, president of Ecoalf. The company’s goal is to create the first generation of recycled products with the same quality, design and technical properties as the best non-recycled products. Photo: Ecoalf. Javier Goyeneche, president of Ecoalf Recycled Fabrics S.L., headquartered in Madrid, Spain, [...]
Compromise and collaboration are key to revising standards that improve textile product safety. The road to revised standards can be bumpy, fraught with lively discussions and detailed (some might say “picky”) decisions. The standards, some enforceable and some voluntary, guide material and product manufacturers through the complex world of creating safe and functional products. Hundreds, [...]
3M™ chief design officer Eric Quint revealed during Milan Design Week that 3M will open its first-ever center for design in Minneapolis this July, focusing on innovation in water preservation, energy conservation and innovative applications of materials. Photo: Stefano Boeri Architetti. Milan Design week allows designers and innovators in materials to wow the [...]
At the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in California, Classic Event & Tent Rentals created a lounge with a wood-plank floor for Mercedes-Benz that allowed the carmaker to showcase its history with a display of automobiles. Photo: Classic Event & Tent Rentals. Creating a function—and personable—space for increasingly demanding customers is taking the tent-rental [...]
Iconic baseball venues Fenway Park, Wrigley Field and Yankee Stadium chose Ultra Cross Black Dyneema®, often called “invisible netting” in the industry. “By using Ultra Cross product, the performance and the look will remain unaffected regardless of the natural elements,” says Dan Oliver, president of NET Systems Inc. Photo: DSM Dyneema. Baseball is [...]
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