Orange County SCORE named Chapter of the Year SCORE, a free mentoring service for small businesses, named Orange County, Calif., its Chapter of the Year during National Small Business Week 2014, May 12–16, in recognition of the chapter’s commitment to innovative and outstanding service in assisting entrepreneurs to start and grow their enterprises in Fiscal [...]
Market your products in Japan and Asia at the ATA Japan Forum. UPDATE (6/16/2014): ATA Japan Product Showcase has been changed to July 18, 2014 at ShinOsaka Washington Hotel Plaza in Osaka, Japan. Posted on (5/21/2014): Market your products related to the specialty fabrics industry at the ATA Japan Forum on July 17 in Tokyo, [...]
Free webinar to be hosted by SBA and Agility Recovery, June 17 Emergency responders are trained to make quick decisions that will protect people and save lives when a natural or manmade disaster occurs-and this is a skill that comes in handy for anyone running a small business. When an emergency hits, the safety of [...]
Safe Reflections, St. Paul, Minn., a global technology leader in providing reflective solutions to the occupational safety, consumer active wear apparel and military training markets, has been awarded two contracts totaling $3.5 million to provide reflective material for United States Air Force training apparel. The multi-year contracts are the latest in a series of military [...]
Hansen Protection, a leader in protective clothing and life jackets for seafarers, has chosen Gerber Technology’s YuniquePLM® product lifecycle management solution to manage the design, development and manufacturing of its product lines. Hansen Protection is based in Moss, Norway, and is a major supplier for the North Sea Oil Industry and the Norwegian Defense Forces. [...]
Global Imaging, the leading integrator of wide and grand-format printing systems, has been named the North American distributor of Monti Antonio calenders. Global CEO Greg Lamb says this is a strategic move to provide a more efficient and versatile calender that better fits customer needs and market demand. Manufactured in Italy, the Monti is a [...]
Since STeP certification for Sustainable Textile Production was introduced in June 2013, the International OEKO-TEX® Association has trained a total of 57 auditors in Europe and Asia. During this time and in addition to 8 pilot projects at various stages, 8 certifications for the rotating transition from OEKO-TEX Standard 1000 to STeP have been carried [...]
For students in St. Paul, Minn., getting on the right track to a career in growing local industries starts early. Thanks to a $3.6 million Youth CareerConnect grant, the city's existing Right Track summer youth employment program is partnering with St. Paul public schools and St. Paul College to create two new career academies in [...]
IFAI Day on Capitol Hill and federal lobbying event was held in Washington, D.C., April 28–29. The focus of this event was to introduce members of Congress to the specialty fabrics industry and to highlight the need for trained workers in the textiles industry.
IFAI sponsors several awards programs to recognize achievement in the specialty fabrics industry. These programs are open for submissions at this time:
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