Advanced Textiles Conference addresses textile industry’s future

October 9, 2015  |  Industry News

IFAI Expo 2015 events opened October 6 in Anaheim, Calif., with the Advanced Textiles Conference, offering a full slate of presentations, organized in three tracks, covering a range of topics including testing, business and market issues, “super fabrics,” wearables, stretchable electronics, 3D p…
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Sandler to open plant in Georgia

October 9, 2015  |  Industry News

German nonwoven textiles developer Sandler AG has announced it will open a production plant in Perry, Ga., in 2016. It will be the company’s first production facility outside Germany. “Establishing a new nonwovens manufacturing plant in the U.S. is an important decision from a strategic point of…
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Customized testing of advanced textiles products

October 9, 2015  |  Industry News

Advanced textiles are available to consumers with an impressive and ever-increasing array of performance attributes. Examples include wicking, compression, heat-reflecting and energy-harvesting properties. While standard tests exist to confirm and demonstrate the nature and magnitude of some propert…
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The foreign exchange

October 9, 2015  |  Industry News

If IFAI decided to give out a Most PowerPoint Slides Award, there’s no doubt the association would bestow it upon Mary Lynn Landgraf, senior international trade specialist at the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Textiles and Apparel. Her IFAI Expo Advanced Textiles presentation titled “New …
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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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