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Did you catch the fashion show at the 2011 Expo? Check out these photos!

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NECPA Trade Site

The North East Canvas Products Association — NECPA — is a trade association dedicated to helping outdoor fabric-related companies do business with one another and to generating interest in and demand for outdoor fabric-based products.

Membership in NECPA is open to fabricators, retailers, manufacturers, distributors, and service providers of outdoor fabric-based products. NECPA is a regional association serving businesses in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.

This site is intended for members of the trade. If you are a consumer interested in learning more about products manufactured and sold by NECPA members, or if you want to find a retailer in your area, please visit the retail area of this site.

Thanks for a great 2012 Expo & Conference!

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In October, AmeriCares expressed appreciation to two NECPA members for their donation of disaster relief tarp shelters fabricated from acrylic awning fabric. The thirty tarps were made by Awning Cleaning Industries from cut-off fabric saved by Futureguard. Both companies want to encourage other manufacturers to save fabric and make tarps for this worthwhile cause!

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Check Out "Green" Awnings

Today's awnings offer many benefits including energy savings. Exterior fabric window awnings can reduce interior heat in homes and businesses during periods of direct sunlight by 77 percent according to a study by the American Society of Heating and Air Conditioning Engineers. Click here to download a summary of the report conducted in 2007 by researchers at the University of Minnesota and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. <Download full report>