Victor Group, Saint-Georges, Quebec, Canada, has attained Facts sustainability certification for its Crypton® performance fabrics. To qualify, products must meet the rigorous requirements of the NSF/ANSI 336 standard. Facts certification, owned by the Association for Contract Textiles, applies to contract fabrics used in office, hospitality, health care, education, government and institutional market segments. Victor Group [...]

Q-Lab Corp., Westlake, Ohio, now offers contract testing services for automotive corrosion tests requiring relative humidity control. The testing is being conducted at the company’s laboratories in Homestead, Fla., and Saarbrucken, Germany. Tests include GMW 14872, SAE J2334 and many others from Ford, ISO GB/T, VW, Volvo, Chrysler and Renault. Earlier this year, Q-Lab released [...]

TenCate Advanced Armor USA, Newmark, Ohio, has acquired Smart Body Armor® from Newport Sensors Inc., Irvine, Calif. The groundbreaking sensor technology provides body armor users the ability to inspect, in real time, the ballistic integrity of hard body armor inserts. Through extensive testing in cooperation with the U.S. Army, TenCate Smart Body Armor technology has [...]

Owens Corning, the Toledo, Ohio-based global producer of glass fiber reinforcements for composite systems, has made available its “U.S. Technical Fabrics Guide” as a free app for Apple® and Android™ mobile devices. The electronic guide helps specifiers, fabricators, designers and engineers access product characteristics, benefits and resin compatibilities for more than 50 featured fabric products [...]

HP printer and ink added to warranty offerings. 3M Commercial Solutions has announced the HP Latex 831 Inks used with the HP Latex 360 Printer will be eligible for coverage under the for 3M MCS Warranty when created by a 3M-certified graphics provider using qualified 3M products. The ink will be labeled as a 3M [...]

“Fiber Forward” supply chain protection authenticates ELS cotton. Applied DNA Sciences Inc. (APDN), a provider of DNA-based anti-counterfeiting technology and product authentication solutions, has signed a commercial agreement with a textile manufacturer to purchase a SigNature T(R) DNA mark, in order to protect and authenticate extra long staple (ELS) Pima cotton. The SigNature T commercial [...]

“Hot Technology for Cool Days” theme challenges students to create outerwear collection. The Association of Textile, Apparel & Materials Professionals (AATCC) has announced its 2015 Concept 2 Consumer® student design competition. The “Hot Technology for Cool Days” theme will challenge students to create a cohesive outerwear collection for an 18- to 30-year-old target consumer group, [...]

Awards include five gold, two silver and two bronze. ATA magazines won a total of nine awards at the 18th annual Minnesota Magazine & Publishing Association Excellence Awards ceremony held Nov. 13 in Minneapolis, Minn. The Excellence Awards competition was created to recognize and foster outstanding publishing achievement. Winners were chosen by a panel of [...]

ValueJet 2638 honored in solvent/latex over 96 inches category. The ValueJet 2638 from Mutoh America Inc. won its second Product of the Year award from the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) in the “Test Print Shoot Out Poster Size, Solvent or Latex Ink over 96 inches” category at the SGIA Expo, held Oct. 22-24 at [...]