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HUESKER announces management changes

April 29, 2019 | Company News

After completion of an extensive worldwide investment program, which includes multiple new engineering and production facilities as well as an extended sales network, HUESKER is now strengthening its management structure. Having taken HUESKER’s U.S. subsidiary to a new level, Sven Schröer will re…

Raven Industries installs new advanced 7-layer extrusion line

April 24, 2019 | Company News

Raven Industries announced that its Engineered Films division has completed the installation and qualification of an advanced seven-layer barrier extrusion line, referred to as Line 15. This new production line is located in Raven’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Sioux Falls, S.D. Rave…

MMPA honors IFAI magazines in three categories

November 2, 2018 | Awards, Company News, News

Specialty Fabrics Review has been awarded the first-place Gold Award for Overall Excellence by the Minnesota Media and Publishing Association (MMPA). Galynn Nordstrom, senior editor of Review, accepted the award November 1 at MMPA’s annual gala that recognizes publishing excellence. Todd Berger, s…

John Clark to retire from Top Value Fabrics

July 24, 2018 | Company News, News

John Clark, senior sales consultant for Top Value Fabrics (TVF), Carmel, Ind., has announced his retirement date of August 3, 2018. Clark joined Top Value Fabrics in 1996 and played a vital role in growing the industrial and recreational textile divisions for the past 22 years. Along the way he was …

Losberger DeBoer hires Justin Beckman as its West Coast sales representative

July 23, 2018 | Company News, News

Modular clearspan manufacturer Losberger DeBoer, Frederick, Md., has hired Justin Beckman as the company’s West Coast sales representative. Beckman joins Losberger DeBoer with almost 20 years of event and tent experience. Starting as a stagehand, Beckman migrated to the event rental world in colle…

Tennessee Webbing names McGlothren

January 25, 2018 | Company News, News, People

Tennessee Webbing Products, Knoxville, Tenn., has hired Michael McGlothren as a sales executive. McGlothren will oversee the cultivation of existing relationships and will explore new business opportunities to bolster the growth of the company, a major supplier of surplus seatbelt webbing and surplu…

Berry Global acquires Clopay Plastic Products

December 15, 2017 | Company News, News

Berry Global Group Inc., Evansville, Ind., has acquired Clopay Plastic Products Company Inc., a subsidiary of Griffon Corporation. Clopay is a global supplier of printed breathable films and an innovator in the development of elastic films and laminates. Their product offerings are designed for appl…

Sand Sea and Air accepting supply donations for Puerto Rico

October 4, 2017 | Company News, Industry News, News, People

Terri Madden, the owner of Sand Sea and Air Interiors Inc., located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and a regular contributor to Marine Fabricator magazine, recently contacted IFAI to provide an update of the situation facing her business as well as many others on the hurricane-ravaged island. “I am…

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