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Trident Industrial Products Corp. launches new website
August 1, 2010 | Industry News
Trident Industrial Products Corp., fabric supplier for military and commercial products including tents, has launched a new website.
Economy Tent launches redesigned website
August 1, 2010 | Industry News
Economy Tent International, Miami, Fla., has launched a redesigned website with instructional and product videos, downloadable assembly instructions and a link to Economy’s disaster shelter website.
MarChem CFI launches new website
August 1, 2010 | Industry News
MarChem CFI has launched a new website filled with “how-to” demonstrations and fabric specs.
Skyline Tent Co. installation featured on Martha Stewart website
August 1, 2010 | Industry News
A wedding featured on the Martha Stewart Weddings website included an installation by Skyline Tent Co., Charlottesville, Va. See a picture of fireworks illuminating the reception tent here.
Aztec blog covers installation crew safety
August 1, 2010 | Industry News
The team at Aztec Tents, Torrance, Calif., collaborated on a blog post about installation crew safety.
Bob Mutton has a passion for parties
August 1, 2010 | Industry News
Like many party rental operations, Bob Mutton Party and Tent Rental, Fort Wayne, Ind., began as a tool and equipment rental business. With a passion for entertaining and throwing parties, Bob and his wife Linda added a few tents, tables and chairs to the inventory. In 12 years, party rental grew to …
In memoriam: Roger Gant Jr.
July 27, 2010 | News
Former Glen Raven president Roger Gant Jr. has died at the age of 86. Gant served Glen Raven Inc. for 55 years in a variety of management positions and as president and board member. He also led the Glen Raven team that created Glen Raven’s Sunbrella® brand of performance fabrics in the ea…
Tent collapse injures six
July 16, 2010 | Industry News
A tent and stage being prepared for a concert that was to feature Peter Frampton and the group Yes collapsed on July 7 when a storm produced a sudden downburst with winds over 50 miles per hour, according the National Weather Service. About 15 crew members preparing for the show at the Lucky Star Ca…
Suit filed over boy’s death in tent blowdown
June 29, 2010 | Industry News
Parents of a boy killed while under a tent at an Alabama air show have filed civil suit against the tent rental company that provided the tents and organizers of the air show. Five–year–old Josiah Miller was killed at the June 2008 air show when an air conditioning unit connected to a te…
City built for oil spill responders
June 14, 2010 | Industry News
A “city” built for cleanup workers responding to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico includes large tents for dining and recreation. A 32–acre site on Louisiana Highway 23 was cleared, drained, raised four feet and equipped with both tents and trailers to accommodate some 2,000 wor…