US Manufacturing Pushes Up in September

India and China also register upward PMI figures for the month The global trend is relentlessly familiar as supply chain issues continue to plague manufacturers while demand remains strong. For September, progress diverged as European countries saw lower PMI readings, while the US, China and India registered improvement. For China and India, the positive readings […]

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StaticFaction: New State of the Art Website

The new StaticFaction website is your one-stop shop for static control solutions. The website features Thunderon®, a conductive fiber, with unmatched static control in any electronic environment and over 300 ESD, anti-static and conductive brushes in addition to Thunderon® fiber. StaticFaction, LLC, was founded in 1994 as the exclusive authorized North American distributor of Thunderon®, a conductive fiber that has an excellent corona […]

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IHA’s Derek Miller: The Inspired Home Show 2022

The Inspired Home Show opens on March 5, 2022, with the halls once again filled with new products and innovations. It will be the opportunity for the home + housewares community to come together for product discovery and networking, two activities sorely missed over the past 18 months. With five months before opening, space sales […]

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Hillbrush Partners With ATPGroup To Supply Color-Coded Cleaning Tools

Hillbrush has announced a new collaboration with ATPGroup in the USA to provide specialist color-coded cleaning tools for producers of wine, beer, juice, and other beverages, as well as food and pharmaceutical production facilities.

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July 2021 Pulse: Paintbrush & Paint Products

With the COVID-19 pandemic kicking off a DIY trend that some are projecting to extend through 2021, we took the time to catch up with product manager Nadja Essler of ZAHN Pinsel GmbH in our July/August issue to get an update on the paintbrush and paint products sector. How would you characterize your current volume […]

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New Hillbrush Initiative Utilizes Recycled Bottle Fiber

As part of its Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibilities (CSER), Hillbrush, the UK’s largest manufacturer of brushes and specialist cleaning tools has replaced the coco fiber used in several of its traditional brushes, with a new fiber material made from recycled plastic bottles.

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ABMA Announces Dave Parr Retirement Plan

ABMA President Greg Miller announced on Tuesday the retirement and recruitment strategy to replace David Parr with a new ABMA Executive Director in 2022. Miller says, “Dave Parr has been ABMA Executive Director since 2002 and had told the ABMA board at that time he would serve for 20 years, retiring in 2022. I can […]

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Zahn’s New One-stroke Brush Series

One-stroke technique is a special painting technique using two or more different colors at the same time. This technique has been popular for several years for nail design, but it can be easily transferred to artist and hobby painting.

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May 2021 Pulse: Industrial Brush Sector

In our May/June issue of Brushware we took the opportunity to catch up with three key players in the industrial brush industry to get their insights on the sector. Michelle Swiniarski: Schaefer Brush / Gornell Brush What has been your best-performing product over the past 12 months? Product category sales heightened as they related to […]

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ABMA Emerging Leaders Happy Hour Event

The ABMA Emerging Leaders group is set to host a Zoom Happy Hour Event on June 15, 2021, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern time. For this event, attendees need to come prepared with the following:

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