Eastman Machine Co., a U.S.-based manufacturing company specializing in cutting equipment, has appointed RH Schneidtechnik (Solingen), Germany, to represent its line of automated cutting systems, material handling equipment and design software. RH Schneidtechnik specializes in cutting technologies, applications and engineering consultation for the composites, technical textile and apparel industries. Its central European location will enhance [...]

The Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) announced the winners of the 2010 International Achievement Awards (IAA) for design excellence in specialty fabrics applications. The award ceremony took place at IFAI Expo Americas 2010 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., where the annual trade event ran from Oct. 27-29. For more than six decades, [...]

Todd Davis of Super Sign Mart, Ruston, La., placed the winning bid on Miller Weldmaster’s unique pink T-300 Extreme™ welding machine at IFAI Expo Americas 2010 in Orlando, Fla. All of the proceeds from the bid will benefit breast cancer research. “We’re super excited with our winning bid,” Davis says. “The pink color is cool [...]

Fibertect®, a decontamination technology developed by researchers at Texas Tech University, was one of seven new innovations selected by Cotton Incorporated to show the versatility of the fiber. To view Fibertect and the other innovations highlighted by Cotton Incorporated, click here. In 2005, Seshadri Ramkumar and his team at the Institute of Environmental and Human [...]

As wind turbines spring up across the world, the search is underway to make sustainable wind power sources more efficient. Owens Corning, Toledo, Ohio, launches a high-performance fabric for wind turbine blades in January 2011 that will allow designers to remove a metric ton of weight from a 2.0 megawatt wind turbine that normally would [...]

Atlas® Material Testing Technology LLC, Chicago, Ill., and Underwriters Laboratories (UL), Camas, Wash., will host a technical conference in Shanghai, China, on December 7-8 on new development in the use of photovoltaic (PV) cells for solar power. PV Durability Asia will focus attention on environmental durability, performance and service life of materials, components and PV [...]

The Trützschler GmbH & Co. KG, Mönchengladbach, Germany, has restructured the management team for Trützschler Nonwovens, blending new and established leaders in a move to offer successful technologies to producers of nonwoven and technical textiles worldwide. The new CEO, Leen Osterloh, assumed the lead role in September 2010 after serving as chief financial officer at [...]