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In the market for new markets
November 1st, 2021
To gain a foothold in a new market, InCord recently purchased East Coast Lifting Products, a custom web sling manufacturer. The purchase was a good strategic fit, as both companies specialize in safety-oriented custom textile products. Photo: InCord. The advantages of diversification are well-known. Serving multiple markets can help a business grow, and when one […]
Fabricators pivot, persevere and prosper
April 1st, 2021
24/7 Events helped create a safe outdoor dining space using a clearspan tent with custom lighting, turf, sanitation stations and distanced tables for a casual dining restaurant chain headquartered in Southern California. Photo: 24/7 Events. COVID-19 made an abrupt entrance in 2020, catching almost everyone off guard. It quickly became clear that waiting it out […]
A ‘mixed bag’ for U.S. textile manufacturing
April 1st, 2021
When supply chains from Asia were cut off in the spring of 2020, the coronavirus pandemic revealed the extent to which the U.S. was dependent on imports of personal protective equipment (PPE) including nonwoven surgical masks, according to U.S. trade representative Bill Jackson. Photo: © Kateryna Rykun, Dreamstime.com The year 2020 was not a particularly […]
The specialty textiles market copes with COVID-19
November 1st, 2020
While some industry suppliers and end product manufacturers have found ways to remain afloat, the economic effects of the pandemic have proven devastating to many, and the future can only be described as uncertain. by Pamela Mills-Senn The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the overall economy, and on the specialty textiles industry specifically, is […]
Staying agile in the time of COVID-19
September 1st, 2020
Agility has emerged as the essential defining attribute of organizations able to respond to this crisis and chart a new, resilient course for the future. by Jeff Moravec Agility has always been something of a prerequisite for owning a company, and that skill set is clearly more valuable now than it ever has been. We […]