Category Archives: Industry

Filtration Challenges: Too Many Circles in my Venn Diagram

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

When we are working with a customer to design a new porous material, the first two criteria we often look at are (1) the efficiency (how much of the particulate are we going to capture, usually expressed as a % … Continue reading →

Posted in Industry, Innovation, Materials Science, Textile

3D Printing: Not Past the Hype Until 2025

Posted on January 3, 2013 by

Tech News Today host Tom Merritt brought up the outlook for 3D printing in their year end Forecast Show – the technology continued go get a lot of press in 2012 and Mr. Merritt’s outlook for 2013 was optimistic but … Continue reading →

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The Textile Supply Chain

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

Like most mature industries, the textile supply chain is large and complex. Materials which the lay person might view as substitutes can have dramatically different end applications. The savvy industry participant can sell the same good to different end users … Continue reading →

Posted in Industry, Materials Science, Textile

The Prisoner’s Dilemma of Textile Trade Shows

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

Techtextil North America wrapped up last week in Atlanta, GA.  It was the largest textile show I’ve ever been to in the US.  Technical textiles are a big industry; some $126 Bn in 2011 sales according to IFAI. The industry … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Industry, Textile