IFAI Expo 2015 bounces back, hosting successful event in Ahaheim.
By Stephen M. Warner, Contributing Editor
一系列战略举动 - 包括针对游客的有针对性的营销，良好的地理位置，让供应商参与营销工作，主题演讲的回报以及市场应用程序包含的扩展 - 帮助总部位于明尼苏达州罗斯维尔的工业面料协会国际（IFAI）帮助最近在加利福尼亚州阿纳海姆（Anaheim）举办了一家成功的IFAI Expo 2015。
In 2015, IFAI continued to define several distinct markets within its show — Specialty Fabrics Expo, Advanced Textiles Expo and the newly added Shade & Weather Expo — but combined them under one event banner called IFAI Expo. Each section had its own education track and separate physical space on the show floor.
特种织物和阴影和天气区域的过道都被填满，直到开幕日结束，并在第二天继续强劲。根据Show Management，有5500多人注册了该节目，该节目比去年在明尼阿波利斯举行的活动中约为30％。对于参展商来说，同样令人兴奋的是，预注册的游客一半以上表示他们是第一次参加者。参展商的数量也略有增长到376。
IOSSO Products副总裁Marianne Iosso说：“在过去三年中，该节目的流量已经超过了过去三年。”“我们已经与许多真正需要优质产品的合格买家进行了交谈，这对我们来说同样有益。”
A Stingray tree tent, a portable tree house that can be erected in just a few minutes above a flooded or inhospitable terrain, manufactured by London-based Tentsile Ltd.
Exhibitor Highlights
Big news on the show floor included Glen Raven, N.C.-based Glen Raven’s introduction of Sunbrella®Contour，一种为阴影行业设计的轻质针织面料。实际上，这种面料是如此新，该公司努力努力提供足够的摊位装饰和样品。该产品是Glen Raven针对技术纺织品行业的首款针织面料，它应该与南非生产的针织色布竞争，该布在美国南部和中部地区主导了商业阴影和冰雹保护市场。佛罗里达州劳德代尔堡的Serge Ferrari北美北美展示了其新的502预防性®Satin. The base fabric is a high-tenacity polyester yarn with a satin feel that is vinyl-coated for extra durability. New Haven, Mo.-based Marlen Textiles displayed a new acrylic-coated woven polyester fabric in its TrueTimber®隐藏棕色的伪装印花。MMI纺织品 - 位于俄亥俄州西湖的织物转换器和分销商 - 引入了不平等的®line of protective materials marketed for use in military and law enforcement products.
On the equipment side, Navarre, Ohio-based Miller Weldmaster introduced T-300 Extreme Waterproof Plus, a synchronized taping application system that enables a fabricator to waterproof seams that have been sewn previously. Sweden-based Forsstrom High Frequency AB showed its new Forsstrom MG-Flex — a compact high frequency welding machine with a welding head that can rotate 180 degrees.
In Anaheim, the expo featured a display of products used for disaster mitigation and response. Some 29 products were showcased, including equipment used for biohazards, paramedic use, fire protection, chemical and oil spill response, heat and flood protection, emergency shelter, and potable water.
董事会主席戴夫·克拉克（Dave Clarke）和IFAI董事长奖的奖项获得者鲍勃·科尔（Bob Cole）。
教育系列
The Advanced Textiles segment featured a two-day series of educational seminars. Leading off the session was a keynote address by Evelyn Ordnuff, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Her talk focused on the comparison of past and present needs from the textile industry to aid space exploration. Other Advanced Textiles presentations were far-ranging in topics with speakers from the United States Army Soldier Systems Center, Applied DNA Sciences Inc., ArcWear, RX Fibers LLC, First Line Technology LLC, DuPont, Nanoscience Instruments Inc., ASTM International, 3M Corp., AR-Tech International Inc. and Quick-Med Technologies Inc.
Three Advanced Textiles non-technical talks — IFAI Market Research Manager Jeff Rasmussen’s “Current Developments in the Smart and Interactive Fabrics Market,” OTEXA Senior International Trade Specialist Mary-Lynn Landgraf’s “New Approaches to Selling to the Military,” and Dr. Maureen MacGillvray and Robert Bona’s “MUST Program” — were very informative. The latter talk was about the Military Uniform System Technology (MUST), a program sponsored by the Defense Logistics Agency in an effort to improve the research and development and procurement process through this supply chain segment.
Raj Patel (left), Docril Fabrics, and Eduard Costals (center), and Antoni Puig, Docril/Citrel.
At the reception held for those in the Advanced Textiles education track, IFAI announced the 2015 Advanced Textiles Student Design Challenge Winner. Students Maria Fernanda, Isabel Lugo Prado and Wendy Rosales Martel from the Universidad Ricardo Palma in Peru were awarded first place for their project titled “CHUWA: Pure Water.” The winning project was a tensile structure engineered to filter out acid rain using permeable textile membranes and moss to make drinkable water for the benefit of the population in Cerro de Pasco, Peru.
新的阴影和天气区主要针对遮阳篷和阴影产品市场，这是该组织中已经很强的基础。由于阿纳海姆（Anaheim）靠近农业市场及其最终产品应用程序，包括灌溉，农作物保护和卡车封面，因此这一独特的部分的营销有助于吸引比平均数量的访客来到博览会。该节目的加利福尼亚地点还吸引了墨西哥的典型公司高。
今年IFAI带回了主题演讲，显然是对整个活动的讨论。冒险家Erik Weihenmayer从13岁起就为盲人发表了一个鼓舞人心的演讲，题为“无障碍”，向宴会厅的能力观众发表了一场演讲。Weihenmayer爬上了珠穆朗玛峰，尽管逆境，他的演讲都集中在追求生活和成就上。“我认为这是历史上最好的时光，是历史上最宝贵的时刻，成为先驱，伸出援手，抓住我们面临的逆境和挑战，不仅要改变自己的生活，而且要提升能量我们周围的世界。” Weihenmayer说。
Hal Hunnicutt，Glen Raven和Kisha Moldovan，国会大厦遮阳篷
Other IFAI Activities During The Show
除了IFAI博览会外，非营利行业贸易协会IFAI还举行了年度会议。这是第104届年会。在会议上，凯蒂·布拉德福德（Katie B. Bradford）成为董事会第51董事长，取代了腾讯的戴维·克拉克（David Clarke），后者结束了两年的任期。布拉德福德是第一个领导IFAI的女人。She is the owner of Custom Marine Canvas in Noank, Conn. Steve Ellington, president of Trivantage Corp., Glen Raven, N.C., became the first vice chairman/chairman-elect.
A highlight of the Annual Meeting was the announcement that the Chairman’s Award, IFAI’s highest honor, had been bestowed upon Robert “Bob” Cole, owner of Goodwin-Cole Co., Sacramento, Calif. Cole has been active in the industry since 1936, interrupted only by his service in World War II. Goodwin-Cole is a fabricator of awnings and other custom products made from technical textiles.
同样在展会上，宣布了年度IFAI国际成就奖29类的61个获奖者。比赛获得了来自11个国家 /地区的292个参赛作品。
IFAI announced the dates and locations of its next three events. IFAI Expo 2016 will be held in Charlotte, N.C., October 18-21, 2016; IFAI Expo 2017 will be held in New Orleans, September 25-29, 2017; and IFAI Expo 2018 will be held in Dallas, October 4-6, 2017, and collocated with CAMX, a composite industry trade show.
总体而言，2015年IFAI博览会代表了IFAI和行业的出色反弹。
November/December 2015
