News | March 4, 2008

Atkins & Pearce To Feature Its Innovative "Science-In-Motion" Product Development Concepts And Capabilities At Techtextil North America

Cincinnati, OH - Visitors to the Atkins & Pearce booth at Techtextil North America will get a glimpse of the company's "Science-in-Motion" exhibit – textile-based technologies and capabilities developed by the company's Research and Development Department. These will include out-of-the-box concepts designed to meet a variety of challenging applications for a diverse range of industries.

Through their product development capabilities, A&P can provide key services to strategic partners including; mechanical and manufacturing solutions, braid solutions that incorporate unique yarn geometry and fiber orientation to maximize performance, as well as fiber science and functional coating solutions.

Mechanical solutions include product development projects such as high-strength and light-weight fiber solutions – cables, tether, sewing threads, ballistics, to name a few – high PSI and abrasion resistant applications.

Manufacturing solutions are offered by Atkins & Pearce to companies looking for innovative solutions to product development challenges. A sampling of services includes idea generation and market research, engineering support, process development and commercialization.

Functional coatings are another area of expertise for Atkins and Pearce and include solutions such as customized chemical formulations, flame retardants, abrasion resistant coatings, colors and dye, UV protection, coatings for HMWPE and Vectran.

SOURCE: Atkins & Pearce