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Improve scheduling in your shop with a digital job board

Torey Heinz, the founder of Shopflow productivity software for marine, canvas and upholstery shops, discussed the importance of shop scheduling during his presentation at the ATA Fabricators Conference & Showcase on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Heinz introduced the idea of using a digital job board to organize and display jobs so that shop owners can [...]

By |2021-02-22T14:14:49-06:00February 23, 2021|

MFA Virtual Series continues with awards, networking, shop tours and business smarts

The second session of the three-part Marine Fabricators Association (MFA) Virtual Series took place Feb. 18 with attendees from across the U.S. and around the world. The central presentation, by Charlene Clark, Signature CanvasMakers, was called, “Scaling Your Business: Keys to Achieving Sustainable Growth.” Clark touched on the key elements needed to help effectively scale [...]

By |2021-02-19T09:16:10-06:00February 22, 2021|

MFA Virtual Series kicks off with awards, networking and survival lessons

The first session of the three-part Marine Fabricators Association (MFA) Virtual Series took place Jan. 28 with more than 70 attendees from around the U.S. as well as international visitors from Australia, England and other countries. Discussion topics included an Emergency Preparedness Panel Discussion with Rob Kotwoski, Lake Shore Boat Top Co., Ron Paratore, Trivantage [...]

By |2021-02-01T09:29:37-06:00February 2, 2021|

Women in Textiles Summit going virtual

Due to continuing concerns regarding the coronavirus and feedback from conference participants, ATA has decided to transform the Women in Textiles Summit into a virtual event taking place the afternoon of Thursday, March 4, and the morning of Friday, March 5. The timing will mimic an in-person show, immersing attendees for several hours, allowing time [...]

By |2021-02-01T09:16:34-06:00February 1, 2021|

Schedule announced for January 28 session of MFA Virtual Series

The schedule is now available for the January 28 session of the free three-part Marine Fabricators Association (MFA) Virtual Series online event occurring Jan. 28, Feb. 18 and March 18. Each two-hour session is focused on bringing the industry together through face-to-face video networking, insightful educational sessions, vendor spotlights, video shop tours, MFA awards presentations, [...]

By |2021-01-04T07:48:22-06:00January 7, 2021|

Call for IFAI Expo 2021 speakers, topic ideas

IFAI Expo 2021 organizers are looking for presentation topic ideas and interested speakers for Expo 2021, which will be held Nov. 1–4, 2021, at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tenn. Expo organizers are looking for speakers and topic ideas for 50-minute classroom education sessions and 25-minute campfire education sessions. Submissions are being accepted for [...]

By |2021-01-04T07:44:16-06:00January 5, 2021|

Preview the schedule for Geosynthetics Conference 2021

Geosynthetics Conference 2021 features 6 half-day short courses, 4 panel discussions, 8 special sessions and 17 technical paper sessions. Preview the list of them below and look forward to registering this September.  Panel Discussions Geosynthetic Specifications: The Pros and Cons of Existing Geosynthetic Specifications Measuring the Performance of Geosynthetic Roads–Bench Top to Full-Scale Testing and Monitoring Methods [...]

By |2020-08-18T08:15:50-05:00August 18, 2020|

Call for Papers: World Congress on Textile Coating, Nov. 19-20

The organizers of the successful and long-running conference series Textile Coating and Laminating (TCL) have announced its expansion and refocus as the World Congress on Textile Coating (WCTC20). The event will debut in Berlin on November 19-20, 2020. The venue hotel is the Novotel Berlin Am Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany, which has excellent conference facilities. Tegel [...]

By |2020-04-02T08:31:08-05:00April 2, 2020|

Geosynthetics Conference 2021 Call for Proposals and Abstracts Now Open

ROSEVILLE, MN – Proposals and abstracts are now being accepted for Geosynthetics Conference 2021. Submissions include short course, workshop, training lecture, technical session and panel discussion proposals, as well as abstract submissions for technical papers of all types. Submissions will be accepted through May 1, 2020.  The 2021 Geosynthetics Conference takes place Feb. 21–24, 2021 in Kansas [...]

By |2020-03-31T11:52:02-05:00March 31, 2020|

Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas to be postponed

A message from Texprocess Americas co-producer Messe Frankfurt: In light of the worldwide spread of COVID-19 and after heavy analysis in collaboration with event stakeholders, including our partners at ATME-I and co-producers at SPESA, we have collectively decided to postpone Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas. Up until this point, we were optimistic that May [...]

By |2020-03-13T16:52:03-05:00March 13, 2020|
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