H. Kenneth Greeson of Cotton Incorporated and Adam R. Varley of Vartest Laboratories Inc. were honored by the AATCC Technical Committee on Research (TCR) with the TCR Service Award in recognition of their achievements and service to AATCC. The award was presented at the 2014 AATCC International Conference in Asheville, N.C., on April 3, 2014. [...]

To be held May 12-16, 2014. Aspiring entrepreneurs, small business owners and others are invited to attend the U.S. Small Business Administration’s National Small Business Week events held May 12-16, 2014. Every year since 1963, the U.S. Small Business Administration takes the opportunity to highlight the impact of outstanding entrepreneurs, small business owners and others [...]

Honoring development of custom triangle baffles installed at ESIF. pinta acoustic inc.,Minneapolis, Minn., has been presented with the bronze 2013 Construction Excellence Award in the acoustical solutions category. The Ceilings and Interior Systems Construction Association (CISCA) recognized pinta acoustic for the custom willtec® triangle baffles that are installed at the Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF). [...]

Three wallcoverings are unanimously voted into the collection in New York City. Leading textile manufacturer Carnegie Fabrics, Rockville Centre, N.Y., has announced that three of their wallcoverings have been selected into the museum‘s permanent collection. The Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum‘s Collections Committee voted unanimously to acquire three samples of Carnegie wallcoverings into the Museum‘s [...]

To present the largest Supply Chain USA Pavilion at Texprocess Americas in May Supply Chain USA will feature more than 35 individual company exhibits featuring the complete range of Made in USA supply chain manufacturing, components and services for the diverse fashion and sewn products industries. More than 200 industry professionals will attend the evening [...]

Responding to the needs of the global textile industry, SDL Atlas is now offering an expansion in the choice of user language interfaces on its most popular instruments. Spanish and Turkish have been added to the current English and Chinese Mandarin options on the Martindale Abrasion and Pilling Tester, Rotawash Colorfastness Tester, PnuBurst Pneumatic Burst [...]

Teijin Group, Tokyo, Japan, has announced that China-based Nantong Teijin Co. Ltd., the Teijin Group’s polyester textile manufacturing and processing company handling the weaving and dyeing of recyclable polyester textiles and the manufacture and processing of polyester textiles in China, celebrated its 20th anniversary on April 18. Nantong Teijin was established in March 1994 to [...]

Dr. Pourdeyhimi receives TAPPI Nonwovens Division Leadership & Service Award Dr. Behnam Pourdeyhimi, Professor of Materials in the College of Textiles at North Carolina State University, has been named recipient of the Leadership and Service Award and Dow Chemical Company Prize awarded by TAPPI’s Nonwovens Engineers and Technologists (NET) Division. The award recognizes an individual [...]

Online nominations must be received by May 2, 2014. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is seeking nominations for its annual Tibbetts and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Hall of Fame Awards. Nominations can be submitted online. The deadline is 11:59 p.m. EDT, May 2, 2014. The Tibbetts Awards are presented to small businesses and [...]

Exchange information and ideas to improve understanding of S&T programs. Textile Industry Day describes the textile technology programs and focus areas and specific/unique expertise, facilities, and capabilities of the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center (NSRDEC). The intent is to provide a forum to exchange information and ideas on how academia and [...]