These standards, almost half of which are specifications, establish property requirements for roofing and waterproofing materials such as: asphalt roof coatings, single ply membranes, underlayments, roll, and sheeting. Others detail EPDM roofing seams and analysis of roofing membrane materials. Accompanying the specifications are tests and practices, which fix standard procedures for measuring the properties of roofing and waterproofing materials. Learn more here.;

Geomemranes Guide de Choix is a newly released book authored by André L. Rollin, Patrick Pierson & Stéphane Lambert. Published in French this book is 312 pages with 150 figures and photos, and 90 tables. To purchase the book published by International Press, Ecole Polytechnique please contact Europe - Lavoisier edition@Lavoisier.fr - other countries: pip@polymtl.ca

GEOfabrics New Composite Line Comes on Stream - This significant investment provides GEOfabrics with the capacity to manufacture 6m wide combinations of geotextile filters/separators/protectors, impermeable membranes, drainage cores and grid enforcement. Learn more here.;

Bureau of Reclamation publishing 10 Year Report - The Bureau of Reclamation is scheduled to publish the conclusion report to their 10 year Canal Lining Demonstration Project at the end of September - beginning of October. Jay Swihart & Jack Haynes will be publishing the report. Its predecessor Canal Lining Demonstration project - year 7 is available in the technical documents segment of this web site.

ECTC's web site helps facilitate erosion-control design - Rolled erosion-control products are typically used in slope or channel applications. The design elements needed for both applications are provided in detail at the ECTC's Web site, http://www.ectc.org. At the site, click to enter the section entitled "Product Selection and Design." Once there, you will have to choose between slope or channel design. The user chooses the desired application. Once you have made your selections, the site will then direct you to the products appropriate for your project design. Feel free to contact any of the members listed on the Web site for additional information or to answer any questions you may have. Learn more here.;

Four award were presented at INDEX 02 to companies who have contributed to advances in the nonwovens industry. The award winners were featured at the Euopean Disposables and Nonwoven Association (EDANA) stand, and their awards consisted of a diploma and a specially commissioned gold and bronze work of art by Jacques Moseschal, the renowned European sculptor. The INDEX awards are considered to be the most improtant in the nonwovens industry, awarded only once every three years by a team of experts from EDANA, according to the trade association. In the durable finished porduct category Benyoussef Bisbis of DuPont Nonwovens de Nemours, Luxembourg, received an award for DuPont Xavan Pond Liner, a smart landscaping fabric for ponds. The pond liner is a multi-layer composite for water ponds consisting of DuPont's olefin polymers, extruded in layers on DuPont Xavan spunbonded polypropylene.

Fibertex Assumes New Ownership: Geotextile manufacturer, Fibertex A/S, Aalborg Ost, Denmark has been purchased by Aktieselskabet Schouw & Co. The company was formerly owned by the East Asiatic Company (EAC), which established Fibertex as a wholly owned subsidiary in 1968. The current management of Fibertex including CEO Knud Waede Hansen, will continue to head the company.

The amount of nonwoven roll goods exported from the U.S. increased last year by 6.8% compared to 2000. While this is good news, it needs to be tempered by the fact that U.S. imports increased by a whopping 13.5% last year too. Over a five year period, in fact, the gap between U.S. imports and exports of nonwoven roll goods has narrowed considerably.

Summary of Nuremberg 2002: The Nuremberg GCL conference sessions finished on 17 April with a summary of the sessions by the five session chairmen. It was clearly apparent that to get the optimum service from a GCL it is necessary to use a specifically designed product, as for example when a GCL is to be laid in a canal, underwater, then with ballast dropped on top of it (Heibaum). The lack of damage to such a GCL compares to the significant damage reported by Peggs when smaller stones, but still relatively large, were placed on top of a "standard" commodity GCL. Thus, as there are differences between and within geomembrane materials there are differences in GCLs.

ECTC Announces Election of New Directing Members to the Council: They are as follows: John Byun, Green & Bio Tech, Inc.; Mark Kimberline, Greenfix America; Lars Lueders, Tenax Corporation; and Mark Myrowich, ErosionControlBlanket.com. "ECTC has been active in developing standardized testing specific to rolled erosion control products and writing specifications ensuring that erosion products are used in the appropriate applications and conditions," commented ECTC Chariman Marc S. Theisen.