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ATA launches Leadership Academy
September 11th, 2023
Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) has launched the ATA Leadership Academy, an initiative set to reshape leadership excellence within the textile industry. This comprehensive leadership development program is designed to offer advanced training to professionals across all levels, with training options for ATA member companies of all sizes. The ATA Leadership Academy exemplifies the Association’s commitment […]
New fabric roof improves energy efficiency
September 1st, 2023
Sports arenas, especially college sports arenas, have a challenging mandate to keep up with new technologies and active public usage. Case in point is Syracuse University’s sports dome that, since its debut in 1980, was heavily used by the university to accommodate football, women’s and men’s basketball, and lacrosse. An aerial shot of the Syracuse […]
Playground shade sails protect patients
September 1st, 2023
Awning Works Inc. replaced one big drooping shade sail with three overlapping ones above the playground and seating area at the Children’s Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla. Photos: Awning Works Inc. Could there be a more feel-good project than one that gives a little bit of joy to children being treated (or having completed treatment) […]
Multistory tents
September 1st, 2023
For sporting events, it’s ultimately all about the view. This multistory structure at the Formula One Miami Grand Prix Paddock in Miami, Fla., was designed and constructed by Event Structures in Medley, Fla. Photo courtesy of Eventstar Structures. Shawn Smith is sitting in a tent on the 17th green at TPC Sawgrass, a celebrated golf […]
Advanced Textiles Expo Exhibitor Product Preview
September 1st, 2023
Your first look at the new products and value-added services waiting for you on the show floor at Advanced Textiles Expo 2023 in Orlando, Fla., Nov 1–3. Celebrate textile innovation at Advanced Textiles Expo, where hundreds of exhibitors will bring you the latest products and information from the entire supply chain, from fibers and fabrics […]
Cellulose film could lower buildings’ energy use
September 1st, 2023
Researchers hope the cooling cellulose film can one day be applied to buildings and cars, to require less energy to keep them comfortable. Photo: Qingchen Shen Keeping buildings cool typically means releasing greenhouse gases. Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England recently unveiled a bio-based cellulose film that gets cooler when exposed to sunlight […]
The future landscape of the workforce
September 1st, 2023
Organizations need to be thinking about tomorrow and, more specifically, how the future of work, the workforce and the workplace will be dramatically different from what we know today. And more important, from what it has been in the past. Warp-speed changes ahead Let’s start by thinking about today and taking a pulse of the […]