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Jake Ritchie joins Herculite

Herculite Products Inc., a manufacturer of high-performance and custom fabrics, has hired Jake Ritchie as Midwest Regional Manager for the Direct Sales team. Ritchie joins the Herculite sales team with more than four years of B2B sales support. He received a degree in Business Management from Lincoln Land Community College. As a collegiate basketball player [...]

By |2022-07-25T11:22:57-05:00July 28, 2022|

Raven Engineered Films becomes Viaflex

Raven Engineered Films is moving forward as Viaflex. The new name and corporate identity follow the April 2022 acquisition by Industrial Opportunity Partners (IOP) from Raven Industries and positions the company as an independent, stand-alone business. Viaflex, as an independent company, can now focus on product and installation execution, supporting internal R&D and engineering teams, [...]

By |2022-07-28T01:51:00-05:00July 28, 2022|

Insempra announces Solena Materials investment

Insempra, a biology-powered company enabling businesses to make superior products in partnership with nature, announces a strategic investment in Solena Materials Ltd. (‘Solena’), a synthetic biology company. Solena, a spin-out from Imperial College London, develops synthetic proteins for high-performance clothing fibers. The investment will allow Insempra, formerly Origin.Bio, to accelerate its strategy of harnessing new [...]

By |2022-07-27T15:50:31-05:00July 27, 2022|

ATA offers sea logistics supply chain webinar

With Covid-19 came a change in consumer spending patterns that drove an increase of 25% to 35% in the volume of world trade in products. This surge in cargo overwhelmed global sea logistics assets and caused significant supply chain disruptions around the world. The Advanced Textiles Association (ATA, formerly IFAI) will present the webinar “Global [...]

By |2022-07-25T11:15:14-05:00July 27, 2022|

Polyfabrics introduces mastaTEX Concrete

Polyfabrics’ mastaTEX® Concrete is an alternative to placing wet shotcrete using an impregnated geotextile and on-site wetting of the fabric to create a concrete fabric that hardens as it dries. Shotcrete involves pumping ready-mixed concrete from a hopper through a hose and into a nozzle. Compressed air is injected through the nozzle as the worker sprays [...]

By |2022-07-27T01:57:00-05:00July 27, 2022|

Jake Ritchie joins Herculite Products

Herculite Products Inc., an innovator and manufacturer of high performance and custom fabrics is pleased to announce that Jake Ritchie has been hired as Midwest Regional Manager for the Direct Sales team. Jake Ritchie joins the Herculite sales team with over four years of B2B sales support. Jake received a degree in Business Management from [...]

By |2022-07-26T15:45:19-05:00July 26, 2022|

White House revives outdoor rec council

The Biden Administration announced the re-establishment of the Federal Interagency Council on Outdoor Recreation (FICOR), an interagency effort that will work to create more safe, affordable, and equitable opportunities for Americans to get outdoors. FICOR includes leaders from the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and Defense and will focus on improving access to nature, [...]

By |2022-07-25T11:08:37-05:00July 26, 2022|

Presto Geosystems unveils ATRA Wall Key for GEOWEB Retaining Wall System

Presto Geosystems, the original inventor and global leader in geocell technology, introduces the ATRA® Wall Key for their GEOWEB® Retaining Wall System. The ATRA Wall Key is a device used to connect adjacent GEOWEB Retaining Wall sections through the GEOWEB material slots (I-slots). Photo courtesy of Presto Geosystems. Made of non-reactive, chemically inert high-density polyethylene, [...]

By |2022-07-26T01:36:00-05:00July 26, 2022|

Glamorous upholstery collection

The Enduratex upholstery collection Satin Desire has the soft, metallic glimmer evoking Hollywood glamour. The Enduratex performance upholstery collection Satin Desire has the soft, metallic glimmer and fine print evoking Hollywood glamour, with durable performance attributes. The collection is a new addition to the Puretex fabric collection and comes with the proprietary topcoat Forbid SRT. [...]

By |2022-07-25T12:41:38-05:00July 25, 2022|

Core & Main Acquiring Inland Water Works Supply Co.

Core & Main, Inc., has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of Inland Water Works Supply Co., a full-service distributor of water and wastewater products, based in Southern California. “With a focus on personal service and attention to detail, Inland Water Works Supply has proven itself to be a supplier [...]

By |2022-07-25T01:09:00-05:00July 25, 2022|
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