Fox Head Inc. announced that Pete Fox will rejoin the company in the newly created role of chief creative officer. Fox will report directly to Interim CEO Scott Olivet with his appointment being effective immediately. Formerly the ...
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Rogers Corporation has launched the XRD Impact Institute,an in-house testing and design support center where sporting goods brands can develop and test helmets,body armor and insoles and other impact protection products made with the ...
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POC has partnered with Volvo Car Group to explore new ideas for protecting road cyclists. Engineers and product designers from both Swedish brands will work together and plan to apply the findings to upcoming products. "With POC's ...
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EPA using guns, body armor to enforce Clean Water Act? The greatest pollination show on Earth is a mix of staggering stats and figures. Sure, numbers tend to bore and overwhelm — but not when it comes to honey bees and the almond ...
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A division of the Netherlands-based Royal Ten Cate NV — has introduced the TenCate Multi-light? CX Plus series of ultra-lightweight ballistic inserts for soldiers and law enforcement personnel. The technology combines advanced ...
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EPA agents are wearing body armor and carrying guns to check on Clean Water Act violations? In late August, agents of the Alaska Environmental Crimes Task Force descended on several mines around the town of Chicken, and may have been there ...
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TCU's brand of football is as tough as the school's mascot, the fierce desert-dwelling horned frog. Legendary TCU Coach Dutch Meyer revolutionized football during a run to the 1935 national championship - employing the "Meyer Spread," a ...
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Newark, Ohio-based TenCate Advanced Armor North America — a division of the Netherlands-based Royal Ten Cate NV — has introduced a full line of personal protection products that offer improved protection for law enforcement and ...
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Creating a truly comfortable, high-performing shirt to help officers do their jobs better was the goal for Fechheimer in expanding its Flying Cross brand of public safety uniforms. With the addition of Power Stretch shirts – available ...
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Burlington Industries LLC, a division of Greensboro, N.C.-based International Textile Group Inc. (ITG), has been awarded two contracts from the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) totaling a maximum of $160 million to provide wool-blend ...
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KDH Defense Systems, Inc. (KDH), a leading manufacturer of American-made custom body armor solutions for military, law enforcement, federal agencies and corrections, announced that its distribution partner, Galls, LLC (Galls), a world ...
People are in awe when Rice University scientist Ned Thomas holds up a polyurethane disc with three bullets perfectly suspended inside. The material has not only stopped the bullets but also remains clear; there are no cracks and the ...
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FirstSpear, a warfighter tactical equipment designer and manufacturer, and the NFM Group, an international group of companies developing and marketing unique tactical textile and body armor solutions, have announced the launch of a ...
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The UK garment maker Armadillo Merino has won an award at the ‘Startups Awards 2012’ for its high quality woolen innerwears manufactured for professional risk takers such as military personnel, fire fighters and police. ...
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Sadly my plans for actually testing this Bulletproof Clipboard from ThinkGeek fell through, as there was no gun range that would let me test it and record video of it. I still couldn't pass up the chance to write about bulletproof office ...
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