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Erik Moesch joins direct sales team at Herculite Products Inc.
August 19th, 2026
Image: Herculite® Herculite® Products Inc. announced that Erik Moesch has joined Herculite as the new Northeastern regional sales manager on the direct sales team. Moesch will oversee the Northeast region of the direct sales team, partnering with customers across the company's engineered solutions, healthcare, agriculture, and tent and structure markets. He has a bachelor's degree […]
Sponsorship opportunities for FSA white paper on sustainability
August 18th, 2026
Fabric Structures Association, a member group of Advanced Textiles Association (ATA), announced it is developing a white paper focused on sustainability, with sponsorship opportunities available. The paper — "Building a Sustainable Future: The Environmental, Economic, and Human Case for Fabric Structures" — will explore how fabric structures can support sustainability initiatives by reducing environmental impact, minimizing […]
Nominations open for 2027 IDEA Achievement Awards
August 17th, 2026
Image: INDA The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA), in collaboration with Nonwovens Industry Magazine, is now accepting nominations for the 2027 IDEA® Achievement Awards. Nominations must be submitted by Nov. 8. The IDEA Achievement Awards recognize outstanding innovations, technical advancements and leadership across the nonwovens and engineered materials industry. Industry professionals are invited to submit their company’s most innovative […]
U.S. imposes new tariffs following Section 301 investigation
August 14th, 2026
Sixty trade partners of the U.S. are subject to new tariffs following the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Section 301 investigation into concerns about forced labor. The investigation began in March, with the USTR determining in June that the acts, policies and practices of the economies were "unreasonable and burden or restrict U.S. commerce." Trading partners […]
2026 International Achievement Award submissions due Aug. 28
August 13th, 2026
Submissions for the 2026 International Achievement Awards (IAA) are due Aug. 28. Project submissions are $25 per entry, and winners are recognized online, in print and at Advanced Textiles Expo®, Nov. 3–5, 2026 in Orlando, Fla. For more than 75 years, the IAAs recognize outstanding and innovative projects representing the latest accomplishments in design and […]
Registration open for ATA webinar: A Complete Security Blueprint
August 12th, 2026
Registration is open for the Complete Security Blueprint webinar, Aug. 26, 1–2 p.m. EDT. Hosted by Advanced Textiles Association (ATA), it is free for ATA members and $39 for nonmembers. A Complete Security Blueprint will provide a practical roadmap for building and maturing an effective cybersecurity program. Whether you're starting from scratch or enhancing an existing […]
Elevate Textiles announces closing of Burlington finishing plant
August 11th, 2026
Elevate Textiles announced that its finishing plant in Burlington, N.C., will close at the end of the year. “This closing is a result of changing market dynamics across several businesses and product lines that the plant supports, which are significantly reducing production volumes. Despite efforts to identify new product lines, the identified volumes remain too […]
But will they wear it?
August 10th, 2026
The world of the most technologically advanced textile products is populated with incredibly smart and talented scientists, researchers, designers and entrepreneurs. Soon after e-textiles specifically, and smart fabrics in general, appeared on the advanced textiles scene, it became evident that textile people alone were not going to be able to take these innovations where they […]
User acceptance in smart fabric products
August 10th, 2026
Summer is a time for rest and renewal, much needed to bring fresh energy and perspective to challenges facing the textile industry. The work of The Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) is particularly inspirational at this time in considering how some persistent user issues around e-textiles and wearables might be addressed. Aalto is […]
E-thread enables a discreet wearable medical monitor
August 10th, 2026
There is generally a stigma attached to wearable technology – even something as ubiquitous as eyeglasses, and moreso if it involves medical monitoring. Now, researchers at Tufts University, a private research institution based in Massachusetts, have created a wearable technology that’s so thin, light, flexible, and unobtrusive that users will barely notice they're wearing it. […]