When I first started working at IFAI in 1999, one major impression in that year-long crash course on specialty textiles was the supposed schism between the 'traditional' markets like awnings, canopies and marine fabrication and the 'high-tech' markets in aerospace, medical products, safety and protective equipment and fabric structures. In our pub- lications and our trade shows, it was one more way we tried to keep our coverage balanced to engage all of our audience. Maybe that division did exist, or maybe it was mostly perception; but now, I think, there really aren't any specialty fabrics markets that can't benefit from the ongoing technological advances in fabrics and equipment.
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