The Fabric Structures Association (FSA), a division of ATA, announced the recipients of the 2015 Fabric Structures Student Design Challenge today at IFAI Expo 2015, which runs through Oct. 9 in Anaheim, Calif. Nicholas Musilli won first place for his project, titled “Sail Stage,” and received a prize package worth $6,000, which included a trip [...]
New officers and directors announced at IFAI Expo 2015. At ATA’s Annual Meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 7, Immediate Past Chairman Kevin Yonce, MFC, IFM, CPP, and CEO of TCT&A Industries of Urbana, Ill., announced that the following individuals have been chosen to serve on the ATA board of directors: Gifford Del Grande, a director at [...]
Industrial Fabric Manager (IFM) and Master Fabric Craftsman (MFC) certifications announced, as well as four Certified for Life designations. ATA’s Professional Certification Program recognizes individuals for superior knowledge, skills, experience and dedication to excellence in a variety of specialty fabric product and management categories. Currently, ATA offers Industrial Fabric Manager (IFM) and Master Fabric Craftsman [...]
HEYtrax is a three-dimensionally woven structure with two base fabrics interlinked with spacer threads. The emerging hollow body between the base fabrics can be filled with media such as water or sand. The filling guarantees the obtainment and keeping of the desired shape of the hollow body—a dimensionally stable surface. Image: BondCote Corp. [...]
Robert Cole, ATA Honored Life Member (HLM) and owner of Goodwin-Cole, Sacramento, Calif., was presented with ATA’s Lifetime Achievement Award yesterday at IFAI Expo 2015 in Anaheim, Calif. Not presented regularly, the award recognizes members who have had a tremendous, long-term effect on both the specialty fabrics industry and ATA. Goodwin-Cole has been producing textile [...]
The folks working at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston shared engaging insights during the IFAI Expo Advanced Textiles Conference reception on Tuesday. Here’s a sampling: “You don't have to be an aerospace engineer to work for NASA,” said Mallory Jennings, a Johnson Space Center materials engineer working on spacesuit assembly. She added that there’s “nothing [...]
ATA announced the recipients of its 2015 Outstanding Volunteer Awards yesterday at IFAI Expo 2015. Volunteers build the organization’s strength and contribute knowledge that benefits both ATA’s divisions and its overall mission to contribute to the prosperity of its members in the specialty fabrics industry. In return, volunteers gain added ownership of their association and [...]
Everybody wants to get noticed, but it’s more than just an ego thing. It’s a safety issue, as Shari Franklin Smith vividly demonstrated during an interactive IFAI Expo session on “The Science Behind Conspicuous Designs.” The technical service manager for the Personal Safety Division at 3M led attendees through a series of “tests” to disclose [...]
After the tsunami-triggered Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown in 2011, a Japanese aerospace company that had met representatives from California’s AR Tech during a trade mission to that country asked for help in a better technology to protect the hundreds of miles of cable running through the plant. Amir Massoudi, director of quality and engineering [...]
The Advanced Textile Products Division and Narrow Fabrics Institute, divisions of ATA, announced the winners of the 2015 Advanced Textile Student Design Challenge today at IFAI Expo 2015, which runs through Oct. 9 in Anaheim, Calif. Universidad Ricardo Palma students Maria Fernanda, Isabel Lugo Prado and Wendy Rosales Martel were awarded first place for their [...]
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