Jim Reyen (right) will be retiring at the end of December after 35 years in the industry. After 35 years of service, Jim G. Reyen, Business Director at Johnson Outdoors/Eureka! Tents is retiring at the end of December. Following his retirement, Jim plans to focus on the Greater Binghamton community as the first-ever Director of [...]
Registration is now open for the Advanced Textile Association (ATA) Canada Division’s one-day workshop focused on the Canadian textile market. This workshop takes place Feb. 9, 2023, at Lasalle Canvas Inc., in Quebec, Canada. Participants will include business owners in the Canadian provinces involved in shade, architectural structures, marine tops, tarps and more. There will [...]
FHWA has announced seven innovations that will be included in Every Day Counts - Round 7 (EDC-7), including Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for Sustainable Project Delivery. Over the next two years, the Sustainable Pavements Program will host educational opportunities and develop publications to help agencies quantify embodied carbon reductions and support procurement decisions using life cycle [...]
The 17th ITMF Global Textile Industry Survey (GTIS, formerly known as ITMF Corona-Survey) shows that on average the business situation in the global textile industry has deteriorated further in November 2022. At the same time, global business expectations in six months’ time remained in negative territory but did not get gloomier. The indicators for order [...]
Michael Tharpe, national sales manager, Rainier Industries, discusses staking in a TRD boot camp sponsored by ARA of Minnesota and hosted at Ultimate Events in Plymouth, Minn. in April 2019. Michael Tharpe has announced his retirement from the Commercial Tent Division of Rainier Industries. His last day with the company will be January 16, 2023. [...]
The Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) and North Carolina State University (NC State) have announced the creation of the Advanced Textiles Association Extraordinary Opportunity Scholarship Endowment, which will support textiles student development at NC State's Wilson College of Textiles and promote the textiles industry as a rewarding and valuable career path. Funding for this endowment comes [...]
Registration is now open for the Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) Fabricators Conference and Showcase to be held Feb. 20–21, 2023, in Conover, N.C. The event, which will be held at the Manufacturing Solutions Center at Catawba Valley Community College, is for fabricators involved in specialty and industrial textile markets. Education sessions will be focused on [...]
Advanced Textiles Association and North Carolina State University are excited to announce the creation of the Advanced Textiles Association Extraordinary Opportunity Scholarship Endowment, which will support textiles student development at NC State's Wilson College of Textiles and promotion of the textiles industry as a rewarding and valuable career path. Funding for this Endowment comes from [...]
The Advanced Textiles Association (formerly IFAI) announces the launch of Peer Groups on CONNECT by ATA for members of the Professional Awning Manufacturers Association (PAMA) and Marine Fabricators Association (MFA) divisions. This new group offers an opportunity for members to share resources, find answers and network with industry peers.Included features:• Discussions—You’ll have the ability to [...]
Massachusetts has established an Office of Outdoor Recreation, which will be housed in the Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs. Massachusetts joins Maryland and Arkansas as the most recent states to create an Office of Outdoor Recreation since 2020. Eighteen states across the country now have offices dedicated to growing the outdoor recreation economy, [...]
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