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Pvilion solar canopies win BLT Built Design Award

March 1st, 2024

Visitors to the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx looking for a brief respite to refuel and recharge have been doing so for the past few years under canopies that now can be called award-winning. Last fall Pvilion received recognition in the BLT Built Design Awards in one of the Landscape Architecture categories for […]

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Watching out for greenwashing in your supply chain

January 1st, 2024

Renegade Plastics’ fabric serves as the background to show pellets made from recycled fabric and loose grommets made from those pellets. Image: Renegade Plastics In a world where consumers are concerned about sustainability, being environmentally conscious and seeking ethically sourced products, textile manufacturers need to ensure that companies throughout their supply chain aren’t engaging in […]

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2023 Specialty Fabrics Showcase, Part 2

June 1st, 2023

Awnings, tents, shade sails, marine upholstery, protective gear, furniture: Regardless of the end product, the fabric needs to perform in harsh conditions while looking good, keeping the planet green and fitting into a client’s budget. For our two-part annual showcase, we asked contributors to send us information about their latest high-performance textiles. We’ve organized the […]

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Textile industry leaders discuss 2023 market challenges

May 1st, 2023

Automation and new equipment is allowing companies to manufacture with fewer employees. Photo: Sewbo The Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) board chair, Amy Bircher, and the ATA first vice chair, Roy Chism, responded to questions about the industry in 2022 and where it may be going in 2023. Amy Bircher, CEO and founder,MMI Textiles Inc. Chairman, […]

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Accelerating Circularity launches textile recycling directory

March 1st, 2023

If they aren’t recycled, discarded textiles are often incinerated or end up in a landfill like this one. Photo: Creative Commons Accelerating Circularity is an action-oriented nonprofit focused on scaling textile-to-textile recycling through a collaborative approach. The mission is to create new supply chains and business models to turn spent textiles into mainstream raw materials […]

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Bio-tech dyes

March 1st, 2023

A technician blends bacterial strains that will create a dye. Upper right: Biological samples are grown in the laboratory and then fermented on a large scale in tanks. Photos: Colorifix Biological samples are grown in the laboratory and then fermented on a large scale in tanks. Fabric dyeing is one of the more polluting industrial […]

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EURATEX and partners launch New Horizon Europe Innovation project

November 1st, 2022

The new Horizon Europe project CISUTAC will support the transition to a circular and sustainable textile sector. As part of a consortium of 27 partners working on the project, EURATEX will work towards facilitating the Circular Economy transition. While the production and consumption of textile products continue to grow, so does the impact on the […]

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Wide format graphics rebound

August 1st, 2022

A Beaver Paper Group banner made from TexStyles® NatureSeries™ was used on the front of the New York Stock Exchange. Photo: Beaver Paper Group To get a handle on how the wide format fabrics graphics industry is faring these days, as the worst of the pandemic fades, a good source to ask is Bill Farquharson, […]

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Vertilux celebrates 40th anniversary

June 10th, 2022

Vertilux celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, including an open house at its new Miami headquarters, conferences, training sessions, meetings and more. Vertilux was founded in 1982 in Miami, dedicated to the business of light protection products for windows. By 1985, in a world that was still not concerned about environmental impact and people’s health, […]

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The greening of outdoor fabrics

June 1st, 2022

Batyline Elios from Serge Ferrari is an outdoor upholstery fabric that holds the Greenguard label, is UV and mold resistant, extremely cleanable and provides abrasion resistance of more than 50,000 cycles. Photo: Serge Ferrari ©Marie Allain Green. Sustainable. Environmentally friendly. These issues are top of mind for manufacturers of all kinds, and outdoor fabric manufacturers […]

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