No barriers

October 8, 2015  |  Industry News

Keynote speaker Erik Weihenmayer, the only blind climber ever to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, inspired a full house of attendees Thursday morning at IFAI Expo 2015. After losing his sight at the age of 13, Erik Weihenmayer has become one of the world’s most famous and inspiring athletes. He ha…
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A MUST do list

October 8, 2015  |  Industry News

It’s not just being close to Washington, D.C., and its plethora of lobbyists that might make the vice president of operations for AdvanTech Inc. of Annapolis, Md., believe in the power of numbers. And if there is power in numbers, there must be power in databases. That explains, in part, why Rober…
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Introduction to ASTM

October 7, 2015  |  Industry News

ASTM International is a globally recognized leader in the development and delivery of voluntary consensus standards. More than 12,000 ASTM standards are used around the world to improve product quality, enhance health and safety, strengthen market access and trade, and build consumer confidence. AST…
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IFAI announces 2015 Advanced Textiles Student Design Challenge Winner

October 7, 2015  |  Industry News

The Advanced Textile Products Division and Narrow Fabrics Institute, divisions of IFAI, announced the winners of the 2015 Advanced Textile Student Design Challenge Oct. 6, 2015 at IFAI Expo 2015 in Anaheim, Calif. Students were challenged to use textiles as a major component for a product designed f…
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Houston calling

October 7, 2015  |  Industry News

The folks working at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston shared engaging insights during the IFAI Expo Advanced Textiles Conference reception on Tuesday. Here’s a sampling: “You don’t have to be an aerospace engineer to work for NASA,” said Mallory Jennings, a Johnson Space Center mate…
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Seeing is believing

October 7, 2015  |  Industry News

Everybody wants to get noticed, but it’s more than just an ego thing. It’s a safety issue, as Shari Franklin Smith vividly demonstrated during an interactive IFAI Expo session on “The Science Behind Conspicuous Designs.” The technical service manager for the Personal Safety Division at 3M le…
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One thing leads to another

October 7, 2015  |  Industry News

After the tsunami-triggered Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown in 2011, a Japanese aerospace company that had met representatives from California’s AR Tech during a trade mission to that country asked for help in a better technology to protect the hundreds of miles of cable running through the…
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The chain link

October 6, 2015  |  Industry News

Attending IFAI Expo, as well as serving as a moderator in the Advanced Textiles Program, Cheryl Gomes, project manager for the Core Research Facility at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, is working on a consortium under the label Fibers and Textiles Revolution. The goal is to create a sustaina…
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Impressive growth predicted for flexible, wearable electronics

October 6, 2015  |  Industry News

Dr. Guillaume Chansin told attendees at IFAI Advanced Textiles Conference in Anaheim, Calif., today that almost half of the wearable technology market is in North America and over half of that market is in the health and fitness segment. Dr. Chansin, a researcher with the British market research and…
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Keeping it tight

October 6, 2015  |  Industry News

Expo attendees could hardly be misled by the lengthy descriptor title “Influence of Inherently Super-Nonwetting Fiber and Fabric Designs Repellency and Resistance to Liquid Penetration.” So attendees at Dr. Quoc Troung’s presentation clearly held expertise and specific interest in the fine…
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