? Textile Coatings: Product development & sales of specialty, protective coatings for technical fabrics with an emphasis on military fabrics for the U.S. and Canadian governments. Recent trends in this industry move towards lighter weight, flame retardant fabric coatings. Research and development of new products start in the laboratory leading to full plant production with the intent of commercial success for my customers. The chemistry used here is based on water-based acrylics, urethanes and other polymers as alternatives to solvent based chemistries. ? Textile Printing: Product development & sales of specialty printing chemicals with an emphasis on pigment and dyestuff print systems, as well as "novelty" effects like blockout, puff, metallic, resist, discharge, etc. With over 35 year