The National Women’s Business Council will hold an online public meeting Dec. 8 from 2-4 p.m. EST to discuss strategies for reaching the government-wide prime-contracting goal of 5 percent for spending with women-owned small business. The meeting will include a panel discussion, updates and highlights on recent efforts and a sneak peak into their not-yet-released [...]
Global Imaging, integrator of wide- and grand-format printing systems and supplies, promoted Leslie Herrmann to manager of its Workflow Studio. For two years, Hermann has been the Workflow Studio production and applications specialist where she was responsible for the maintenance of all equipment, production of samples and assisting on-site selling efforts. Her new position will [...]
The Agility Recovery and the U.S. Small Business Administration will host a webinar on Dec. 8 from 2 to 2:30 p.m. ET that will focus on the top 10 most common mistakes business owners make when dealing with a crisis. With businesses everywhere operating on limited resources, the survival of a company—especially when faced with [...]
Sensient Imaging Technologies S.A. announced the launch of the Ultra Black version of Sensient® Xennia® Amethyst™, a digital textile printing ink for cotton and viscose. The Sensient Xennia Amethyst range of digital textile inks is designed for high performance production of cotton and viscose apparel and homeware textiles. It is compatible with high production digital [...]
Wasatch Computer Technology, a RIP and print management software company, took home SGIA’s 2015 Product of the Year Award in the category “Roll- to-Roll Dye Sublimation on Textile for RIP Software” for its SoftRIP TX. Wasatch’s SoftRIP TX has all the functionality of the SoftRIP and is specifically designed for digital textile printing. The 16-bit [...]
American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) petitioned the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on Oct. 30 to adopt the upholstered furniture performance standards and flammability test methods prescribed by California’s Technical Bulletin 117-2013. The petition, filed on behalf of a Joint Industry Coalition, proposes that the standards and test methods in TB 117-2013 be adopted [...]
UPDATE: Date has been changed. The Smart Fabrics Summit will be on April 11, 2016. The U.S. Department of Commerce announced it will partner with the Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) to host the first-ever Smart Fabrics Summit on April 11, 2016 in Washington, D.C. The Summit will provide a forum for public and private sector [...]
Mutoh America, Inc., producer of wide-format printers, won the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association’s (SGIA) Product of the Year award for its ValueJet 2638 – 104 inch gran-format printer in the Test Print Shoot Out Poster Size, Solvent or Latex Ink over 96 inches category, and for its ValueJet 1617H – 64 inch hybrid printer in [...]
Durst U.S. has added textile/soft-signage printing expert Bob Rychel and expanded the role for large-format digital sales manager Tom Green, who will serve the Southeast region in addition to his general responsibilities. Rychel has more than 25 years of experience in the large-format digital graphics marketplace – including the last eight focused on the textile/soft-signage [...]
The United States recently concluded the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement with 11 other Pacific rim nations including Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. Advanced Textiles Association’s United States Industrial Fabrics Institute (USIFI) and Narrow Fabrics Institute (NFI) advocated for a yarn-forward rule of origin and extended [...]
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