Outdoor Retailer Summer Market is North America’s largest tradeshow in the outdoor industry drawing attendees from around the world. Summer Market is all about face-to-face — it’s where products are shown, orders are written, new accounts are found, connections are made and brands are launched. This show is about buying, sourcing, strategic meetings, trend, education and networking with decision makers, influencers, stakeholders, key buyers and athletes that influence the outdoor market.

Brands and suppliers will discuss how they realized the benefits of moving to a digital color management workflow. Topics covered will include: Pressure from COVID to change from traditional to technology; Walmart’s move to a more fully digital process; CSI’s role as a color standards provider  and now data sharing facilitator; Implementing a digital color management workflow; Advice for a supplier new to digital color management; Focus is on solid color – what about prints, heather, lace, and other non-solid…

Product piracy has long been a staggering problem for the textile industry. DITF & IPA have developed an elegant solution: a fully transparent ink which is invisible to the human eye. The security ink is based on IR-active particles which are fixed on the substrate by textile binders. The patented high-tech transparency security ink can be applied to textile – without altering its look or feel – to ensure authenticity. Join Dr. Reinhold Schneider as he discusses the basics of…

Techtextil North America assembles all vertical aspects of the technical textile industry: from research and development, through raw materials and production processes and finally ending in conversion, further treatment, and recycling.

SPESA’s Advancements in Manufacturing Technologies Conference is a unique opportunity to not only learn about new ideas, solutions, and technology available for the sewn products industry, but to also ask all the questions you’ve ever wanted answered from the people who create the solutions and products you need.

With global warming, climate change and the rise of extreme temperatures, consumers are more interested than ever before in the functionality of fabrics and the idea that our clothes can help keep us cooler. But cool can be deceiving. Many products on the market claim to be cooling, but they really only provide wicking performance. That helps, but technology can do so much more. Join Courtney Cruzan to learn the difference between various fabric technologies and construction, the mechanics of…

The Outlook Conference is the premier leadership event for the specialty textile industry. Co-developed by the IFAI divisions of the United States Industrial Fabrics Institute (USIFI) and Narrow Fabrics Institute (NFI), the conference is a two-day education and networking event for industry executives and key decision makers in the specialty textile industry.