B&R Innovations/Block and Roll is honored to congratulate founder, owner and CEO, Nick Deninno, on being selected as the winner of the 2025 ARA Industry Impact Award from the American Rental Association (ARA). The ARA Industry Impact Award recognizes a manufacturer supplier and/or independent manufacturer representative rental industry professional who made a significant impact on [...]

U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed a 10% tariff on all countries, effective Feb. 24. This follows the Supreme Court's Feb. 20 ruling that the country-specific tariffs imposed by the president under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) in 2025 were illegal. The day of the court's ruling, the president issued a proclamation imposing [...]

U.S. President Donald Trump signed reciprocal trade agreements with India, Guatemala and El Salvador in late January and early February. India After a discussion with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Trump has agreed to lower reciprocal tariffs on India from 50% to 18%. The White House has not yet issued a fact sheet with [...]

Eugene (Gene) F. Rahll, 97, Dalhart, Texas, died Jan. 7, 2026. Rahll launched rental operations on the East Coast and in Texas and is a member of the ARA Rental Hall of Fame. Rahll began his rental industry career in 1968 when he lived in the Baltimore area. He got started by opening an A to Z Rental Center franchise; by the early 1970s, he decided [...]

Registration is now open for USINFI Advocacy Days 2026, March 17–18, in Washington, D.C. The event is exclusive to members of USINFI, a member group of Advanced Textile Association (ATA). To learn more about membership, visit textiles.org/membership. Members will discuss issues impacting the U.S. textile industry—such as the Berry Amendment, PFAS and trade—with Congress and [...]

Several U.S. state laws related to the use of PFAS in products, such as bans and warning label mandates, went into effect Jan. 1. These states include Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota and Vermont. Visit Advanced Textile Association’s PFAS Resource Center for information and updates about other state PFAS laws and regulations. Connecticut Most products (including [...]

Photo courtesy of Stamford Tent & Event Services. During the second ICC Committee Action Hearing, in Cleveland, OH, the TRD code committee reviewed a revised proposal S-179-25, which originally was intended to ban temporary structures in floodways and high hazard coastal areas. The proponent provided a revision that would allow conditional temporary structure installations in such areas.  This was [...]

Beginning July 1, 2026, Connecticut requires that certain types of products containing intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) be labeled. Textile-related products include apparel, carpets and rugs, fabric treatments, juvenile products, textile furnishings, and upholstered furniture. According to the order, acceptable label phrasing includes: “‘Contains PFAS,’  ‘Made with PFAS,’  ‘Made with PFAS chemicals,’ ‘Made with [...]

Nick Deninno, founder of B&R Innovations/Block And Roll, Bethpage, N.Y., has been selected to receive the 2025 American Rental Association (ARA) Industry Impact Award. The Industry Impact Award recognizes a manufacturer supplier and/or independent manufacturer representative rental industry professional who made a significant impact on the association and/or industry during the past two years. As a [...]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) have developed a handbook to provide small business employers with workplace safety and health information. The handbook — available in English and Spanish — summarizes the benefits of an effective safety and health program, provides self-inspection checklists for [...]