Propex Fabrics Inc. announces 2004 financial results…continued at the link below. Learn more here.;

A geomembrane fabricator/installer is trying to find a source of reinforced metallocene-catalysed PE geomembrane. Are there any, now that Serrot no longer exists and their equipment has been sold to a roofing membrane manufacturer? Flag in Italy? Please contact lara@geosynthetica.net.

TRI and I-CORP have come together again as T-CLIC to present the third in the series of Leak Integrity Survey (LIS) courses, held 22-23 April 2005.

D35 Members, if you have not already preregistered, the Meeting and Registration Information for the ASTM June Committee Week (June 12-17, 2005) in Reno, NV is available on the ASTM web site at the link below. Learn more here.;

Deadline to submit entries for the 2005 International Achievement Awards Competition is July 15, 2005. Geosynthetics: Projects that use textiles or textile-related products in civil engineering applications, including geotextiles, drainage media, geomembranes, geogrids and erosion-control products. Contact Christine Malgrem or view the brochure at the link below for more information.

Hancor Inc. will be bought by Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. (ADS). This aquisition will result in the largest HDPE drainage pipe maker and plastic pipe extruder.

geosynthetica.net is very pleased to announce that this year to date we have hosted 64,728 visitors to the site, achieving an all time high in March with 17,837 visitors. With steady growth and the existing numbers, geosynthetica.net is on course to exceed a 200,000 annual visitor mark in 2005.

Whenever you are in the Phoenix area, do not miss eating at Tarbell's at 3213 East Camelback Road. Reservations are essential (phone 602-955-8100), and ensure you get one of Nader's tables. Send any other good eating tips to lara@geosynthetica.net. Learn more here.;

The Geosynthetic Institute has made all five White Papers (#1 - Need for Monitoring Wells?, #2 - Soil-Only Landfill Covers?, #3 - Flexibility in Destructive Seam Sampling, #4 - Reduction Factors in GS Design, #5 - Separation of GCL Panels) available to the public on the Specifications and Guides page of their web site. Learn more here.;

In-Situ Separation of GCL Panels Beneath Exposed Geomembrane, written by Robert M. Koerner and George R. Koerner, Geosynthetic Institute, now available on geosynthetica.net.