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Milliken & Co. partners with MMI Textiles
January 17th, 2023
MMI Textiles and Milliken & Company announced a commercial market partnership that allows MMI to supply Milliken Tegris® Thermoplastic Composite fabric. MMI will be able to offer Tegris® at less than case quantities, effective immediately. Milliken Tegris® Thermoplastic Composite fabric is designed for heavy-duty, often dangerous work. A breakthrough material that provides excellent protection against fragment, […]
Nashville Boat Show attracts strong attendance
January 17th, 2023
The 2023 Discover Boating® Nashville Boat Show, in partnership with Progressive® Insurance, attracted more than 10,000 attendees after a two-year hiatus. Exhibitors reported encouraging sales and leads with show-goers eager to shop for new boats in Nashville, Tenn., after a two-year hiatus. Reinforcing consumer demand, more than 8,000 people used Nashville’s new Discover Boating Boat […]
FEMA Dune Enhancement Project includes buried seawalls with geotextile tubes
January 17th, 2023
While crews finish final details of a widespread St. Johns County beach repair project in St. Augustine Beach, Fla., county officials are considering work next year to undo erosion from tropical storms Ian and Nicole. “In five to six months, we could see construction happening,” said Stephen Hammond, a coastal environmental project manager for the county, although he stressed that key […]
USIFI, NFI to merge
January 16th, 2023
The U.S. Industrial Fabrics Institute and the Narrow Fabrics Institute, both divisions of the Advanced Textiles Association, are merging into one larger group. The new divisions will be known as the U.S. Industrial and Narrow Fabrics Institute (USINFI). NFI and USIFI have partnered in advocacy work and the Outlook Conference for more than 20 years, […]
Lightweight, recyclable pattern material
January 16th, 2023
Bainbridge’s Pattern X-2 is lightweight, recyclable polyurethane fabric that works well as pattern material. Bainbridge’s Pattern X-2 is lightweight, recyclable polyurethane fabric that works great as pattern material. It is a high-density PE scrim that is coated on both sides with a low-density PE clear coating. It is extra strong and provides added resistance to […]
Penalties for OSHA violations increase
January 16th, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor is increasing Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) penalties for violations based on cost-of-living adjustments for 2023. OSHA’s maximum fines for serious and other-than-serious violations will increase from $14,502 per violation to $15,625 per violation. The maximum penalty for willful or repeated violations will increase from $145,027 per violation to $156,259 per […]
Dewatering bags – How do they work?
January 16th, 2023
Made of a durable, porous geotextile fabric, dewatering bags are a type of filtration bag that allows water to pass through while trapping debris, sediment, and other particles. Primarily used for Best Management Practice (BMP) purposes to prevent the runoff and flow of contaminants and sediment into local bodies of water, dewatering bags are also […]
Register now for EDC-7 Virtual Summit
January 13th, 2023
The EDC-7 Virtual Summit registration link is now live! The summit, taking place from February 14-16, 2023, brings together transportation leaders and frontline professionals responsible for developing and delivering highway projects. We welcome participation from all of our partners—state transportation departments, local agencies, federal land management agencies, tribes, and industry. In this cycle of EDC, […]
Goff Tents & Events achieves Inc. 5000 status
January 12th, 2023
Goff Tents & Events, Nicholasville, Ky., achieved a prestigious first — inclusion on the annual Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies from Inc. magazine. “This is the first time we have received this recognition, which is based on revenue growth by percentage over previous years,” says Ian Goff, CERP, owner. “I have followed the Inc. […]
SAi appoints Philippe Meyer as enroute product manager
January 12th, 2023
SA International (SAi), a provider of software solutions for the signmaking, digital printing, textile and CNC machining industries, has announced that Philippe Meyer has been appointed as EnRoute Product Manager. Based at SAi’s European headquarters near Brussels, Belgium, Meyer will take responsibility for SAi’s EnRoute CAD/CAM design software, widely acknowledged as the go-to CNC software […]