Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical EngineeringCongress:Textile Engineering Disision. November 15-21. 2003Washington,D.C. Collection of 11 full-length, peer-reviewedtechnical papers focused on advances in textile engineeringequipment; potential new materials and machines for textilemanufacturing; advances in manufacturing management; coated fabricsand composites. Sampling of table of contents: Weaving LoomIntegration in Textile Enterprise; Advances in Fabric andStructural Analysis of Pressure Inflated Structures; CompactSpinning: A Critical Review; Online Analysis of Textile Card WebDensity; Processing Considerations for Salicylic Acid-BasedPolymers.