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WORLD NEWS
VOTE 1: Eric Blond for IGS President
Investment Company Acquires 49% Stake in Dutch Geosynthetics Company
GENAP designs and delivers customised lining structures and water storage systems for horticulture, agriculture and civil engineering.
How Megaplast Delivered 7-Layer Geomembrane to a 40,000 Sqm Secured Landfill in 60 Days
Geosynthetic Professors in Your Pocket with New Expert Apps
–JP Giroud
–Kerry Rowe
Split-based Company will Renovate Kosica Peninsula in Slovakia for 4.9 million Euros with SandMat™ consists of a non-woven geotextile layers and a quartz sand embedded inside
SandMat™ has been used successfully in scour protection, filtration and drainage.
China is Covering Glaciers with Giant Geotextile Blankets and Managing to Slow Melting
A melting reduction rate of 34% was achieved
MP Geotex, a Geotextile Company Presents at the Innovation Fair in Las Vegas
Specializing in the manufacture of geotextiles, the company has developed a method to capture and treat pollutants in the soil without having to move the earth
Gabion Technologies Shares List at Nearly 10% Premium on BSE SME
Secugrid® – Keeping Malaysia’s Busiest Corridor Moving with Strength that Lasts
NEW DEVELOPMENTS
Solmax Patent Composite Geosynthetic Fabric with Increased Peel Strength [PDF]
Using X-rays to ‘See’ Directly Geogrid-Aggregate Interaction [PDF]
NEW 2026 WEBINARS
IGS-UK WEBINAR: Smart Materials, Smarter Mindset: Sustainability & Geosynthetics
University of Illinois-FGI Online 2026 – CQA Course & Certification Exam
GEOMEMBRANES
GEOTEXTILES
Influence of Metal Ions on the Oxidation Resistance of Polypropylene Geotextiles
This work examines how metal ion solutions (cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, nickel and zinc nitrates) influence the oxidation resistance of two polypropylene geotextiles
Spectral Modelling of Creep of Geotextile Nonwoven Materials
Spectral modelling of creep in nonwoven geotextiles used in road construction gives the shape of the creep delay spectrum which is shown to be graphically determined by the value of a single parameter, i.e., the creep intensity
GCLs
GEOBAGS
GEOGRIDS
Novel 3D Grid for Reinforcing Asphalt Pothole Repairs: Design, Experiments, and Numerical Analysis
Intelligent Compaction for Quality Assurance of Geogrid-Reinforced Soil
CALL FOR AUTHORS
Geo-based Materials for Sustainability: Exploring Potential, Environmental Impact and Development
Participating journal: DISCOVER GEOSCIENCE
Submission deadline: 12 October 2026
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NAUE Seeking Sales Manager in Geosynthetics
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