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 2025 MFA Fabrication Excellence Awards program is now open for entries. The deadline to submit projects is October 17, 2024. From design excellence to quality workmanship, the MFA Fabrication Excellence Awards program showcases projects that represent the breadth of the industry—from tops and covers to interior and exterior upholstery. Categories include: •Hybrid Enclosures: Sailboat [...]

The Marine Fabricators Association (MFA) Board met recently to review nominations for this year's MFA Advisory Board election and recommended that Michael Charpentier, Paul's Custom Canvas Inc., serve a second three-year term as Director of the MFA Advisory Board. The MFA Board reviewed potential candidates and recommended Charpentier based on a desire to provide a [...]

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: [...]

The 2025 MFA Fabrication Excellence Awards program is now open for entries. The deadline to submit projects is October 17, 2024. From design excellence to quality workmanship, the MFA Fabrication Excellence Awards program showcases projects that represent the breadth of the industry—from tops and covers to interior and exterior upholstery. Categories include: •Hybrid Enclosures: Sailboat [...]

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 [...]

Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) members and staff rely on engaged advisory boards and councils to help guide programming and initiatives. Here are the current openings for ATA's divisions and groups, all for three-year terms:  ATA Canada--3 openings Fabric Structures Association (FSA)--4 openings Emerging Technologies Council (ETC)--1 opening Marine Fabricators Association (MFA)--1 opening Military Division--1 opening [...]