January/February 2008

Australian Wool Innovation’s website, www.merinoinnovation.com, has received the 2007 World Summit Award for world’s best practice in e-business.

G3 Technology Innovations LLC, Pittsford, N.Y., has launched www.greenshieldfinish.com, a website that highlights its GreenShield™ textile fabric finish. The site offers information about GreenShield products and technology, answers to common questions and contact information.

The Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) now offers Spanish- and Chinese-language versions of certain articles published in the online AATCC Review. The articles are accessible through the Membership Services section located at www.aatcc.org.

Cognex Corp., Natick, Mass., has introduced an extremely compact DataMan 100 fixed-mount, image-based ID reader to enable Six Sigma read rates at up to 45 parts per second.

Brussels-based EDANA has made available on CD-ROM the complete set of papers from its 2007 Outlook Personal Care Products Conference. It has also published its second “Sustainability Report: Absorbent Hygiene Products,” available at the Sustainability section of its website, www.edana.org.

Organic Exchange, Berkeley, Calif., has released the “Organic Exchange Organic Cotton Market Report 2007.”

Germany-based DyStar Textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG has redesigned its website, www.dystar.com, to offer information on the textile supply chain and DyStar’s textile solutions.

Laser Research Optics Inc., Providence, R.I., has made available a full line of carbon dioxide laser optics for use with low-power lasers used in cutting polyester, belting, sailcloth and other man-made fiber products.

Warp Knits of Delaware, Wilmington, Del., has published “Warp Knit Fabrics Technology” by Dr. Bharat J. Gajjar.

January/February 2008