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Advanced Textiles Expo 2023 Show Stoppers
November 1st, 2023
Here are the 2023 Show Stopper Awards recently announced at the Advanced Textiles Expo in Orlando, Fla. The Show Stopper program is designed to recognize the most popular new products each year from Advanced Textiles Expo (formerly IFAI Expo) exhibitors. The awards acknowledge the newest, most innovative, useful and exciting, effective, efficient and economical entries, […]
ATA announces VISTA online sourcing directory
October 9th, 2023
Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) announces an exciting new platform specifically designed to provide information on sourcing products in the textile industry year-round. VISTA by ATA is a groundbreaking online sourcing directory platform that promises to revolutionize how professionals in the textile sector source products, services and suppliers. “Sourcing is an important benefit for our membership […]
Advanced Textiles Association joins with more than 500 organizations to help build tomorrow’s workforce
August 3rd, 2023
Advanced Textiles Association has joined with more than 500 trade associations, professional societies, businesses and employers to form the Tomorrow’s Workforce Coalition, established to build support for the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act (S. 722 / H.R. 1477). The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and the Professional Certification Coalition (PCC) lead the […]
Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) launches redesigned website
May 3rd, 2023
Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) recently launched a newly redesigned website that went live on Apr. 18, 2023, giving visitors a more dynamic user experience. In addition to providing users a website with an intuitive and inviting layout, ATA has increased the overall speed and responsiveness of networking, and resources.“We are excited to launch the newly redesigned website […]
In memoriam: Kevin Yonce
May 1st, 2023
Former Industrial Fabrics Association International (now ATA) Chairman Kevin Yonce passed away peacefully in the comfort of his home on April 29, 2023. Yonce was born January 24, 1970, in Urbana, Ill. He was a lifelong resident of Champaign-Urbana and a 1988 graduate of Urbana High School. Yonce is survived by his mother, Wanda, brother […]
In Memoriam: Kevin Yonce
May 1st, 2023
Former IFAI (now ATA) Chairman Kevin Yonce passed away on April 29, 2023. He had been active in the specialty fabrics industry since 1988. He worked with his family at TCT&A and was named CEO of the company in 1995. Then, in 2018, he and two other individuals began Shade Solutions. Kevin Yonce Yonce was […]
ATA restructures several divisions
April 26th, 2023
After much thought and discussion with its board of directors, division advisory board leadership and other stakeholders, the Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) will be restructuring some of its divisions to create greater member engagement, improve staff and volunteer efficiency and allow for a focus on broader initiatives that impact more of its members. These […]
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, […]