Clyde Grambsch, pop-up manufacturing pioneer and founder of Canvas Replacements, Loyal, Wis., has passed away. In 1957 Grambsch started EZ-Kamper after developing one of the first modern pop-up camping trailers in America. His impact on the RV industry led to his induction into the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Ind., where his original prototype [...]
Mimaki USA, a Suwanee, Ga.-based wide-format inkjet printer and cutter manufacturer, now provides consultative financing solutions for Mimaki customers. Mimaki Financial Services enables customers to protect their cash, overcome budget limitations and acquire the right printing equipment for existing jobs as well as future growth. Monthly payment plans can be customized to meet almost any [...]
IFAI’s Advanced Textile Products (ATP) Division will host the second of six IFAI member-exclusive webinars in its flame retardancy series Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. ET.
Shaw Industries Group Inc., a Dalton, Ga.-based carpet manufacturer and supplier of floorcoverings and synthetic turf, has significantly increased its investment in Watershed Geosynthetics LLC of Alpharetta, Ga. The additional investment will be used to build a sales and marketing team capable of driving growth, while increasing the company’s commitment to being a leading technical [...]
ATA’s Advanced Textile Products (ATP) Division will host the second of six ATA member-exclusive webinars in its flame retardancy series Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. ET. Titled “Flame retardants on the hot seat: Controversy over health impacts and update on State and Federal Regulations,” the webinar will provide an overview of environmental, toxicity and exposure [...]
FiberTite Roofing Systems, manufactured by Seaman Corp., Wooster, Ohio, has launched its new website, redesigned to allow for increased functionality and capability. Focused more on the needs of customers, the redesign is part of a grander plan of improving engagement with the company’s online audience, says Michelle Miller, Seaman’s marketing manager. Seaman selected SyncShow Interactive, [...]
Bayer CropScience has opened a new Seed Innovation Center on the Texas Tech University campus in Lubbock. The 100,000-square-foot center will host the company’s global cotton business, growth rooms for plant cells, molecular biology laboratories and a greenhouse to support research in cotton, soybeans and wheat. The greenhouse can hold 30,000 midsize cotton plants and [...]
OMNOVA Solutions Inc., a Beachwood, Ohio-based provider of emulsion polymers, specialty chemicals and functional and decorative surfaces, has hired Steven Falloon as general manager, performance materials. Performance materials include OMNOVA's traditional core chemical markets of paper, carpet, antioxidants, reinforced rubber, tire cord and specialty rubber. Falloon and his team will focus on stabilizing these core [...]
W.L. Gore & Associates plans to invest more than $15 million in developing "new approaches" to durable water repellent (DWR) solutions in the next five years.
As part of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) effort to partner with the private sector and academia to help the United States increase innovative manufacturing, the Obama administration recently announced a Manufacturing Innovation Institute for flexible hybrid electronics to a group of 162 companies, universities and nonprofits led by the FlexTech Alliance. Part of [...]
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