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GMA announces biennial Koerner Award and Lecture Series

ROSEVILLE, MN – The Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) has announced a biennial award and lecture series named for Dr. Robert M. Koerner, founding director and now director emeritus of the Geosynthetic Institute. The inaugural award recipient will be announced this summer and will deliver the first Koerner Lecture at Geotechnical Frontiers 2017, to be held [...]

By |2016-06-20T09:23:05-05:00June 20, 2016|

Smart Fabrics Summit is huge success

The future of the American textile industry was on display in Washington, D.C. on Monday, as the first annual Smart Fabrics Summit drew a capacity crowd to the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. The Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) was proud to co-host the event. Also co-hosted by the United States Department of Commerce, [...]

By |2016-04-13T10:47:31-05:00April 13, 2016|

IFAI applauds RFT-MII announcement

Roseville, MN – The Advanced Textiles Association applauded Friday’s Department of Defense announcement that Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) was selected to lead the Revolutionary Fibers and Textiles Manufacturing Innovation Institute (RFT-MII). United States Secretary of Defense Ash Carter made the announcement on Friday in Washington, D.C. The RFT-MII is a collaborative effort between [...]

By |2016-04-05T08:17:10-05:00April 5, 2016|
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