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Seaman Corporation recognized for favorable work culture

Established in 1949, Seaman Corporation is a world leader in the production of innovative, high-performance coated fabrics. Headquartered in Wooster, Ohio, with additional manufacturing in Bristol, Tenn., Seaman was recently named one of the top companies to work for in Ohio by Comparably. Comparably is a platform that provides culture and compensation data for public [...]

By |2020-03-23T15:35:24-05:00March 23, 2020|

Milliken & Company: one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® for 14th Year

A capstone recognition for the diversified global manufacturer, Milliken & Company now celebrates its 14th year among the World’s Most Ethical Companies. Selected by the Ethisphere Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, the esteemed designation honors companies with purpose-driven strategies that strive to create positive change throughout [...]

By |2020-02-25T13:52:28-06:00February 25, 2020|

IFAI’s 2019 Outstanding Volunteer Awards

At this year’s annual meeting during IFAI Expo 2019, ATA presented the Outstanding Volunteer Awards, recognizing members who generously gave of their time to serve on different boards, task forces and committees, judged competitions and provided education and leadership to others in the industry. This year’s winners: Amy Bircher, president, MMI Textiles Inc. Jonathan Chakales, [...]

By |2019-10-08T11:37:04-05:00October 8, 2019|

2019 Fabric Structures Student Design Competition winner announced

Vertex Pavilion won a first-place award in the 2019 Fabric Structures Student Design Competition. The project was created by Omar Fabrisio, Avellandea Lopez and Ramon Sastre, students the Manufacturing Laboratory of the School of Architecture, Art, and Design at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, in Barcelona Spain. ​The Fabric Structures Association, a division of ATA, recently [...]

By |2019-11-26T11:05:27-06:00October 3, 2019|

2019 Show Stoppers at IFAI Expo

All the best from Florida: Thursday morning, Oct. 3, at IFAI Expo led off with lists of winners for the year, including the most popular products on the show floor. The eighth annual Show Stopper competition was designed to showcase the best of the best in the industry, from fabrics, equipment and chemicals to services [...]

By |2019-10-03T10:04:15-05:00October 3, 2019|

2019 Advanced Textiles Student Design Competition Winners Announced

The Advanced Textile Products and Narrow Fabrics Institute, divisions of ATA, recently selected recipients of the 2019 Advanced Textiles Student Design Competition. Association representatives announced the winners at IFAI Expo 2019, held Oct. 1-4 in Orlando, Florida.  First Place First place: Emergency Avalanche Transceiver Garment created by University of Minnesota–Twin Cities students Ian Harris, Warda [...]

By |2019-10-04T07:45:05-05:00October 3, 2019|

2019 International Achievement Award winners announced

Transformit, Gorham, Maine, won a Best in Category 2019 IAA Award for Serpentine. Photo: Tranformit. The Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) has awarded this year’s International Achievement Awards (IAA) for design excellence in specialty fabrics applications, announced at the awards breakfast on Thursday, Oct. 3 at IFAI Expo 2019. IFAI Expo is the largest specialty fabrics [...]

By |2019-10-04T07:43:29-05:00October 3, 2019|

IFF Innovation Award winners announced at IFAI Expo 2019

The Industrial Fabrics Foundation (IFF) has awarded Propex GeoSolutions, Chattanooga, Tenn., first prize in the 2019 IFF Innovation Award competition. The company’s PETROMAT® Enviro engineered paving fabric won in the category of End Products. Propex GeoSolutions was awarded a prize of $5,000, presented at IFAI Expo in Orlando, Fla. Propex GeoSolutions took first prize in the 2019 [...]

By |2019-10-07T07:52:57-05:00October 3, 2019|

GSI awards 2019–20 academic fellowships

The Geosynthetic Institute’s (GSI’s) fellowship program for the 2019–20 academic year includes candidates pursuing a master’s degree, as well as a doctoral degree. With the help of the GSI board of advisors (BOA), the following eighteen winners of the GSI Fellowship awards were selected. The amount awarded to each fellow is $5,000, bringing the total [...]

By |2019-09-26T14:12:49-05:00September 27, 2019|

FGI presents engineering innovation for outstanding project award to Hull & Associates

The Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign presented two Fabricated Geomembrane Engineering Innovation Awards during its biennial membership meeting in Houston, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2019, at the 2019 Geosynthetics Conference. The second award, the 2019 Engineering Innovation Award for Outstanding Fabricated Geomembrane Project, was presented to Hull & Associates [...]

By |2019-04-12T08:40:42-05:00April 12, 2019|
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