by Kristi Tucker | Nov 6, 2025 | News
While 32 oz. Vinyl Coated Polyester (VCP) and 40 oz. Vinyl Coated Polyester are most well-known for dock seals, these industrial stalwarts are also known for multiple outdoor uses like shelters and tarps, and in fields such as automotive and airline. Customers have...
by Kristi Tucker | Oct 30, 2025 | News
Since 2010, TVF has been 100% employee owned. The transition transformed our company and instilled a more personal connection to our mission to deliver the highest degree of service for our customers and our business. It also means we know how to celebrate and honor...
by Kristi Tucker | Oct 13, 2025 | News
Trade show, conference, and exhibition season feels like it extends further and further every year. In reality, it only takes up a few months on the calendar, but preparations and planning to stand out – or if you’re a manufacturer, help your customers stay on the...
by Dan McGowan | Oct 13, 2025 | News
Sometimes a job or project doesn’t quite go as we drew it up, and we escape to tell the tale. Fashion professor and influencer Zoe Hong (of ZoeHong.com fame) and two veterans of the TVF Print Media Sales Team, Danny Jimenez and Leif Kristensen,...
by Kristi Tucker | Oct 10, 2025 | News
While many other large format print media applications are constantly changing their inks, substrates, and printer technologies, screen printing remains the most common, tried-and-true method for printing vinyl outdoor signage that lasts. Tradeshow season will likely...
by Kristi Tucker | Oct 9, 2025 | News
For customization, consistency, color clarity, and speed, dye sublimation paper transfer (dye-sub) for print media jobs is hard to top. As customers continue to expect tighter and tighter turnaround times, we wanted to offer up a few thoughts on trends to keep your...
by Dan McGowan | Sep 30, 2025 | News
Some 5 million tons of medical fabric waste is created globally every year. That number sounds daunting, but brilliant minds in health care and textiles are focusing every day on solutions. Lori and Dan will welcome back Dr. Holly Morris to the Textile Nerd Podcast, a...
by Kristi Tucker | Sep 29, 2025 | News
TVF Inc., a 100% employee-owned fabric supplier, has launched an award-winning gray back fabric for print service providers and manufacturers. PureNight Pro 8668SDWGFS is a 100% recycled polyester blockout designed for sustainability and engineered for direct or...
by Kristi Tucker | Sep 27, 2025 | News
Our cotton customers have let their fingers (and mouse clicks) do the talking. TVFinc.com analytics have zeroed in on the Top 10 apparel and home décor cotton fabrics according to interaction on our site. What makes these fabrics jump to the head of the line? Let’s...
by Dan McGowan | Sep 15, 2025 | News
Some people have a knack for building industry connections, and in textiles, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone working harder to bring the community together more than Devin Steele. On this edition of the Textile Nerd Podcast, Lori and Dan talk with Devin,...
by Kristi Tucker | Sep 12, 2025 | News
Contract medical device manufacturers have a knack for balancing scale, compliance, and safety to provide complex solutions. Their products often require components from an array of sources that need to match their level of precision and specification. If these...
by Dan McGowan | Sep 2, 2025 | News
Fabric in pop culture and the entertainment we consume is all around us in both the physical and storytelling senses. This edition of the Textile Nerd Podcast will go off the beaten path and cover a few of Lori and Dan’s favorite moments in TV and movies...
by Dan McGowan | Aug 19, 2025 | News
Waterproof breathable fabrics are a bit of an oxymoron, aren’t they? They keep the wearer dry but not suffocated, but there’s nothing nebulous about their performance and innovation. On the latest edition of the Textile Nerd Podcast, Lori and Dan wanted to bring in...
by Dan McGowan | Aug 5, 2025 | News
The season of trade shows is whipping into a frenzy, and we’re in the middle of all the action. On this edition of the Textile Nerd Podcast, Lori and Dan will talk with two stars of the TVF Print Media Sales Team, Danny Jimenez and Leif Kristensen, about what they’re...
by Dan McGowan | Jul 22, 2025 | News
The cutting-edge combination of modern medicine and modern textiles includes technology like bioscaffolds, which require researchers with an almost unheard of medical, medicinal, and technical knowledge base. On this edition of the Textile Nerd Podcast, Lori and Dan...
by Kristi Tucker | Jul 21, 2025 | News
It’s no secret that TVF’s in-stock textile selection is immense. So immense, we need our ever-improving warehouse and fulfillment centers near Los Angeles and Indianapolis to manage it all. Whichever textiles you need for your next industrial, home décor, apparel, or...
by Kristi Tucker | Jul 18, 2025 | News
Sustainability efforts are all around us. If you’re in the print media textile world, you’ve seen everything from the print technology to inks to the supply chain to your equipment’s water usage adapt over time in the name of sustainability. On top of that – and...
by Kristi Tucker | Jul 13, 2025 | News
Whether it’s your full focus or one leg of your business, contract sewing manufacturers are some of the hardest-working, most resourceful and innovative professionals out there. Your work could serve the automotive, tent and tarp, marine, medical device industries, or...
