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TRI Environmental opens registration for geosynthetics short courses in Texas

On March 7, 2018, TRI Environmental opened registration for Training Week, May 7–11, 2018, in Austin, Texas. The company simultaneously announced it had added a new course to the week’s geosynthetics training and certification line-up, “Slope Stability of Containment Systems: Understanding Issues Related to Design and Interface Friction Testing.” The company said the short courses [...]

By |2018-03-09T00:00:29-06:00March 9, 2018|

CEOs demo their companies’ bobsled suits

HeiQ and KJUS sponsored tailor-made bob suits for a special event at the Olympia Bob Run St.Moritz–Celerina in the Engadine Valley, Switzerland. Skintight and aerodynamic suits are essential to reduce drag on the way into the bobsled and down the run. The gear includes a proprietary HeiQ finishing technology intended to minimize air resistance and [...]

By |2018-03-09T00:00:01-06:00March 9, 2018|

U.S. textile, fiber trade associations announce merger

National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) and the American Fiber Manufacturers (AFMA) have announced a merger of their organizations effective April 1, 2018. NCTO Chairman William V. “Bill” McCrary Jr., Chairman and CEO, William Barnet & Son, Spartanburg, S.C., says, “The NCTO merger with AFMA strengthens the U.S. textile industry’s ability to influence federal policy. [...]

By |2018-03-08T21:06:13-06:00March 8, 2018|

AGRU wins Austria’s economic award

On March 5, 2018, AGRU announced the Foreign Trade Center in Los Angeles of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber has declared the company the winner out of 17 companies from Austria to for top economic performance in the United States in the category of investment. The center honors outstanding achievements of Austrian companies in the [...]

By |2018-03-08T14:27:25-06:00March 8, 2018|

GMA announces Waste Containment System Design technical seminar in Syracuse in April

On March 7, 2018, the Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) announced the opening of registration for a technical seminar on “Waste Containment System Design” at the Crowne Plaza in Syracuse, New York, April 17–18, 2018. The technical seminar will identify how vertical expansions of landfills can raise a number of engineering concerns that must be evaluated [...]

By |2018-03-08T14:26:06-06:00March 8, 2018|

Signature Systems Group celebrates its 20th anniversary

Signature Systems Group, supplier of high performance composite matting and specialty flooring systems, is celebrating 20 years of growth and innovation. The company started in 1998 as a small office in Manhattan, N.Y., with SportPanel® and Signature Fencing, which made its mark as quality manufactured modular fencing panels. Five years later, Signature added EventDeck® portable [...]

By |2018-03-08T08:20:00-06:00March 8, 2018|

VF Corp. partners with NC State

VF Corporation and North Carolina State University have entered into a strategic partnership that will support student development at the school and advance apparel and textiles innovation within VF Corp. The shared expertise in research and consumer insights from this collaboration is expected to stimulate apparel innovation and develop leaders for the company. The multi-year [...]

By |2018-03-05T00:00:52-06:00March 5, 2018|

AASHTO releases video of keynote address on infrastructure by Secretary of Transportation Chao

On Feb. 28, 2018, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) released the keynote address on YouTube of U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao delivering the keynote luncheon address at the AASHTO annual Washington Briefing. Chao delivered the keynote address February 28. Chao discusses the Trump administration’s infrastructure proposal. The video [...]

By |2018-03-02T15:33:54-06:00March 2, 2018|

ANDRITZ to build new production line for geotextiles for Manifattura Fontana/Sioen

On March 1, 2018, ANDRITZ Group of Graz, Austria, announced it will build a neXline needlepunch eXcelle line for the production of geotextiles for Manifattura Fontana of Valstagna, Italy, part of the Belgian technical textile company Sioen Industries. Start-up of the line is scheduled for October 2018. The scope of supply includes all of the [...]

By |2018-03-02T15:31:06-06:00March 2, 2018|

Think Big expands high resolution capabilities

Think Big Digital Printing has expanded its production capabilities for reproducing large custom images commonly used by interior designers, architects, advertisers and artists. The company’s super-wide HP digital production equipment offers improved capability of image clarity and quality. Capable of 1200 dpi quality, the new system produces crisp digital output on a wide range of [...]

By |2018-03-02T00:00:40-06:00March 2, 2018|
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