Image: Herculite® Herculite® Products announced that Lyle Shipley is joining Herculite as the company's new director of innovation. In this role, Lyle will focus on advancing Herculite’s innovation strategy, developing new products and solutions, and supporting growth across the organization. With over 25 years of experience in the plastics industry, Shipley has a background in [...]

Image: DyStar Group DyStar Group announced the appointment of Ruan Cunfan to its board of directors. Ruan graduated from Claremont McKenna College with dual bachelor’s degrees in economics and accounting and chemistry. He serves as a director and assistant to the chairman of Zhejiang Longsheng Group Co. Ltd., and as assistant to the chairman of [...]

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) recently launched the 2026 National Recreational Boating Safety Survey (NRBSS). This nationwide survey collects comprehensive recreational boating data in the U.S., which helps inform safety standards, security efforts, law enforcement programs and boating policies on waterways. The survey is conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, a nonpartisan [...]

Image: INDA The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA) has opened registration for FiltXPO™ 2026, a conference and exhibition dedicated to filtration technologies. The event will take place Oct. 28–29, 2026, at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. FiltXPO will bring together innovators from across the filtration supply chain to showcase next-generation solutions, [...]

Image: World Emblem World Emblem, an emblem and patch manufacturer, announced the opening of a new 72,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas. The company relocated its regional operations from approximately 35,000 square feet in northwest Houston into the larger space, which will initially produce up to 500,000 emblems and patches per week. More than 150 [...]

Herculite Products announces that Lyle Shipley is joining Herculite as the new Director of Innovation. In this role, Shipley will focus on advancing Herculite’s innovation strategy, developing new products and solutions, and supporting growth across the organization. With over 25 years of experience in the plastics industry, Shipley has a strong background in film formulation, [...]

Point of Rental Software has introduced Rental Intelligence Suite, a set of AI-powered tools that help rental businesses turn complex data into clear, useful insights. Rental Intelligence Suite is built for the rental industry. It combines artificial intelligence and machine learning with more than 40 years of rental expertise and the depth and breadth of [...]

Hydrofend® Soft is available in Bold Black, Desert Beige, Meteor Grey and Iron Grey. Photo: Trivantage Hydrofend® Soft is a cover fabric designed to protect delicate surfaces in marine and outdoor environments. Expanding on the existing Hydrofend line, this addition combines weather and water defense with a soft knit backing for scratch resistance. The fabric [...]

B&R Innovations/Block and Roll is honored to congratulate founder, owner and CEO, Nick Deninno, on being selected as the winner of the 2025 ARA Industry Impact Award from the American Rental Association (ARA). The ARA Industry Impact Award recognizes a manufacturer supplier and/or independent manufacturer representative rental industry professional who made a significant impact on [...]