Two new fabrics from Recasens U.S.A. highlight design flexibility, aesthetics and environmental appeal: Solrec® mesh permits greater air flow and UV protection for use in awnings and window shades. It comes 118 inches wide in 32-yard lengths to minimize waste and reduce seaming. Nine colors are currently available. RecScreen® PVC/polyester shade screen fabric filters UV [...]
Problem: Incomplete hot air welds split, damaging tents and awnings. Solution: The seven-pound JTE Ultrasonic Hand Held Welder welds any thermoplastic, including PE and PP, and uses only single-phase 110-volt power and no air. The generator is less than six pounds. Its light weight and ease of handling allows for tent and awning repair on [...]
Sam Armijos creates connections with clients—in person, in cyberspace and in the pages of a book. By Sigrid Tornquist “There is no alternative to meeting face-to-face. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter whether I showed potential clients something I designed or not. It is whether they feel they can work with me,” [...]
Samuel J. Armijos, vice president of sales for FabriTec Structures, Costa Mesa, Calif., has coordinated the design and construction of fabric structures throughout the world. He’s gathered ideas, materials, structure types, samples of fabrics and more than 400 full-color photos in Fabric Architecture: Creative Resources for Shade, Signage and Shelter, a new book published in [...]
An Australian-born product line of sustainable, self-retractable shade products made its debut at a new facility in Carlsbad, Calif., in August with an Aussie-style grand opening barbecue. SeaShell Awnings USA™ hopes to create 300 jobs by 2010 making the energy efficient awnings. The products shade outdoor living areas from intense California sun, reducing heat costs, [...]
By Barbara Ernster The Professional Awning Manufacturers Association and the European Solar Shading Organization have different challenges but the same shady goals. In Europe, where the buildings sector accounts for 41 percent of the EU’s energy requirements, it also offers the largest single potential for energy efficiency. The EU’s directive on energy performance of buildings, [...]
Problem: When cutting knitted shade fabric, it is difficult to know how to compensate for the stretch factor. Solution: Gale Pacific calculated how best to cut and sew the company’s Commercial 95 patterns and prepared a Web site FAQ to provide directions. Patterns should be cut approximately 2.5 percent less in the width and 5 [...]
Awning makers use digital printers to adapt to changing industry By Janice Kleinschmidt In the natural world, the strength of a species lies in its diversity. In the business world, the strength of a company lies in its ability to serve customers. Like living organisms, diverse companies adapt to a changing environment in order to [...]
The DecoFlex™ wireless wall switch, the latest in Somfy’s Radio Technology Somfy® controls, can be personalized for intuitive control of automated window coverings. Each button on the wall switch can be customized with printed text, with approximately 40 options available. Unit provides maximum control flexibility, with from one to five channel versions available. DecoFlex may [...]
Cooley Weathertyte® is now being installed on KeyBank locations worldwide; the technically advanced, completely waterproof awning material offers the look and feel of a woven fabric, with all the benefits of a high-performance composite vinyl. Daniel Mocny, art director for awning fabricator Brilliant Electric Sign Company Ltd., says: “We worked along with KeyBank in specifying [...]
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Roseville, MN 55113-4052, USA
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