The top 2024 IAA winner in the Marine category was Kustom Canvas & Vinyl, Queensland, Australia, for its Grand Banks Transformation project. Advanced Textiles Association® (ATA) has announced the winners of the 2024 International Achievement Awards (IAA). IAA winners represent the best in specialty fabrics and technical textiles from around the world and showcase the [...]

Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) is presenting the webinar "Best Practices for Implementing AI," on October 23, 2024, from 1–2 pm ET. The webinar, which is free for ATA members and $39 for non-members, will explore key strategies for successfully integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into organizations. The webinar speaker will be Dan Hughes, co-founder of ClariteeAI, [...]

Registration is now open for the Advanced Textiles Association Women in Textiles Summit, taking place March 31–April 2, 2025, at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City. This event will feature keynote events with visionary leaders, opportunities to connect with fellow textile professionals, exclusive tours and hands-on workshops designed to inspire, energize [...]

All calendar events are subject to change. Please check websites for updated information. Sept. 24–26, 2024Advanced Textiles Expo 2024 Anaheim Convention CenterAnaheim, Calif.advancedtextilesexpo.com Oct. 17–18, 2024MFA Southeast Regional Workshop Great Lakes Boat TopsVonore, Tenn.textiles.org/marineworkshops Nov. 15–16, 2024MFA Great Lakes Regional Workshop Marine Tops UnlimitedOmro, Wis.textiles.org/marineworkshops Jan. 9–11, 2025Marine Fabricators Conference Omni Corpus Christi HotelCorpus Christi, Texastextiles.org/marineconference

The upcoming Marine Fabricators Association (MFA) Southeast Regional Workshop taking place Oct. 17–18 at Great Lakes Boat Top in Vonore, Tenn., offers exclusive educational opportunities as well as hands-on training in a shop setting. It also provides opportunities to enhance fabricator networks with like–minded business owners and exhibitors. Session highlights include: Boat Support Systems: Explore [...]

The Advanced Textiles Association’s® (ATA) first-ever Annual Meeting webinar will take place on Wednesday, September 11, 1:00-1:30 pm EDT. In the past, the ATA Annual Meeting has been held during Advanced Textiles Expo®. However, that limits the audience only to those at Expo and not the ATA membership at large. With that in mind, the [...]

For more than a century, Advanced Textiles Expo® has been the textile industry's flagship show. As the premier textiles event, Advanced Textiles Expo is the place where industry stakeholders and leaders connect, learn and grow businesses. A free preview webinar will be held August 21, 2024, from 1–2 pm EDT with discussions that include: An [...]

The schedule for the Marine Fabricators Association (MFA) Southeast Regional Workshop taking place at Great Lakes Boat Top in Vonore, Tenn., on Oct. 17–18, 2024, is now available. The workshop offers hands-on marine fabrication education in a shop setting and opportunities to enhance fabricator networks with like–minded business owners and exhibitors. Workshop education sessions include: [...]

Registration is now open for the annual Marine Fabricators Conference being held Jan. 9–11, 2025, at the Omni Corpus Christi Hotel in Corpus Christi, Texas. Registration is now open for the annual Marine Fabricators Conference being held Jan. 9–11, 2025, at the Omni Corpus Christi Hotel in Corpus Christi, Texas. The conference features three full [...]

Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) will present the State of the Industry webinar on July 24, 2024, free to ATA members and nonmembers from 1–2 pm ET. The webinar will discuss the results from its annual industry survey looking at industry trends, markets that are poised for growth and other data. A panel of industry experts [...]