Here is a look at what some exhibitors plan to present at IDEA.
Chase Machine and Engineering, Inc.
Since 1954, Chase Machine and Engineering has been designing and building custom converting equipment for films, foils and woven-nonwoven fabrics for the textile/nonwovens, filtration, medical and packaging industries. The company utilizes three-dimensional modeling to design equipment such as unwinds/rewinds, slitters, embossers and laminators, festooners, blockers and spoolers/traverse winders. Chase Specializes in the integration of technologies such as ultrasonics, glue dispensing, CO2 lasers, band sealing and impulse welding.
At IDEA 2025, Chase will showcase its festooning technology along with ultrasonic sewing equipment. Festooning is the process of precisely folding woven and nonwoven materials into a box or container without tension, twists or tangles. It is superior to winding when handling stretchy or fragile materials or when access to the end of the web is required for splicing. Our ultrasonic sewing equipment is a wonderful tool for joining synthetic materials without the need for consumables (needle, thread, tapes and adhesives). The technology may also be incorporated into continuous equipment such as slitters, laminators, embossers and splicers.
www.chasemachine.com
Flexatec
Flexatec will showcase its KFG Conveyor Belts, which offer an innovative solution for the hygiene industry. For diaper and feminine care product production, the rolls offer superior adhesive repellency, able to repels adhesive three times more than silicone, ensuring cleaner operations with no contamination. Other features include truly endless construction manufactured in one single piece, eliminating splice failures and no cover layers thanks to a multi-layer construction that prevents delamination. Additionally the rolls are optimized for high speed production because they are designed to improve efficiency and reduce downtime in diaper and feminine care manufacturing.www.flexatec.com
Lexsz Group
Lexsz Group is exhibiting polyester staple fibers and PET flakes. Polyester Staple Fibre (PSF) is a type of polyester fiber made from recycled polyester waste and PET bottle scraps. It finds use in a variety of applications including cushion filling, filtration and the manufacturing of nonwoven fabrics. PSF is a washable fibre and has good chemical resistance, high resilience, and quick-drying properties.The group mainly supplies hollow conjugated siliconized fiber (HCS), hollow conjugated fiber (HC). polyester staple fiber is widely used in spinning and weaving nonwovens and it is mainly used for fiber fillings in pillows, sofa, dolls, quilts, down jackets etc.
PET flakes are made from PET plastic bottles (post-consumption) recycling. Packaging foods and beverages and personal care products can be used as an alternative raw material for making PET flakes. PET flakes are widely used in the manufacturing of products used in our day-to-day life. It is used in as packing material of PET sheet and used as PET straps on trucks and ships. Meanwhile, PET flakes are transformed into staple fibers and yarn after producers. They are widely used in furniture and other appliances as well. Lexsz has three colors—blue and white, green and brown.
www.lexsz.com
Shemesh Automation Wet Wipes
Shemesh Automation Wet Wipes will present some of its state-of-the-art packaging solutions, with the latest technologies including:BundIT, an innovative stacker bundler machine for wipes and more, that is a complete solution for fully automatic wrapping of stacks (packs) of baby wipes packages (or other packages). It offers fully automated feeding, stacking and bundling, in a speed of up to 150ppm. The bundles could be 2,3,4 or 5. Due to four (4) alternate Herma made label applicators, two on each side, the state-of-the-art machine allows continuous work without stopping during a shift of roll.
BuckIt-TKS25© line is a complete turnkey packaging line for wet wipes in pails. It offers fully automated feeding for both pails and pails lids with separate continuous denesting machines which include a servo-driven interchangeable vertical carousel cartridges for continuous denesting. This results in ultra-low downtime.
Two unique designs features in particular make the BuckIt-TKS25 line stand out—a fully integrated SAS-J Jumbo Wipes stuffer machine and the Carolus Pail Labeller—includes a proprietary precision orientation system and pails handle lifting mechanism for conical and plain-vanilla pails.
This highly accurate, sustainable low-maintenance line can pack up to 25 jumbo wipes per minute where these are auto stuffed, wet sealed and closed inside automatically-denested pails.
The Citadel Series, operating speeds of up to 25ppm, is a robust, fully automatic, servo driven all-in-one Monoblock packer, tailor made to service the jumbo wet wipes in flexible packs (Citadel J) and refill markets (Citadel R). Citadel offers ultra-low downtime and enhanced productivity.
The all-new Citadel A can fulfil both jumbo bags (Citadel J) and consumer refill bags (Citadel R) in one packaging solution, unlocking major savings for flexible pack wipes manufacturers.
www.shemeshautomation.com
Tentoma Packaging Solutions
Tentoma Packaging Solutions is a trusted specialist in roll packaging within the nonwovens industry. Tentoma has developed the innovative RoRo StretchPack technology, enabling waterproof packaging of nonwoven rolls in a single operation. This technology allows for the automation of packaging lines for nonwoven rolls up to 60 feet (19 meters) wide.
The RoRo StretchPack packaging technology is highly suitable for nonwoven rolls. The rolls are packed horizontally into a tubular stretch hood film, ensuring that the final packaging has only strong, short welds at each end. This eliminates the need for a long weld on the roll side, which can be prone to breaking. The result is 100% waterproof roll packaging that protects the roll material against moisture and dirt during transportation and storage. This is an essential advantage for the hygiene nonwoven industry. The geotextile industry also benefits from RoRo StretchPack, as it automates the entire process of packaging large and heavy nonwoven rolls. This solution not only enhances packaging quality but also offers a fully automated packaging line with high repeatability. It ensures high packaging capacity and uptime, making it ideal for integration into efficient production lines—either inline or as a stand-alone solution. Additionally, an automated core plug insertion at the ends is an option.
By utilizing tubular stretch hood film, RoRo StretchPack ensures tight packaging by stretching the film around the roll. This process minimizes excess material usage and significantly reduces film consumption. Customer cases have demonstrated film reductions of up to 60% compared to conventional packaging methods. This is achieved through the tight single-layer packaging, in contrast to heat shrink packaging, which requires excess film that is later heated to shrink. By eliminating heat shrink from the packaging line, producers can achieve substantial energy savings.
www.tentoma.com
Tex Year Group
Tex Year Group is a renowned manufacturer and trusted provider of innovative adhesive solutions and eco-friendly materials. Products are widely applied across various industries, including mattresses, non-woven hygiene products, filters, packaging, and more.
Starting out the business with "adhesives", Tex Year has been committed to the entire chain of business operations including voluntary research & development, manufacturing processes, and marketing eco-friendly Tex Year® hot melt adhesives and 3 SECONDS®super glue. As of today, Tex Year has stood its ground in the domestic eco-friendly & high-performance adhesive market with a vision to expand its business to overseas markets while becoming a leading domestic manufacturer in producing eco-friendly and high-performance adhesives in Taiwan. In recent years, the company has extended its business to cover medical sterilization equipment. With our branch offices distributed in Taiwan, Guangzhou, Wuxi, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Vietnam, India, and Poland, Tex Year is committed to transforming into a cross-disciplinary globalized enterprise that provides all customers with green, safe, and healthy products and service quality.
www.texyear.com
INDA, Nonwovens Industry Present IDEA Achievement Awards
INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, in partnership with Nonwovens Industry magazine, is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2025 IDEA® Achievement Awards. These awards recognize the most innovative new product introductions in the nonwovens and engineered materials industry since the last IDEA® event in 2022.
The IDEA® Achievement Awards celebrate excellence in product innovation across multiple categories, with nominees evaluated on creativity, novelty of approach, uniqueness, and technical sophistication. The awards will be presented during IDEA®25, the global event for nonwovens and engineered fabrics, taking place April 29-May 1, 2025, in Miami Beach, FL.
The Award Finalists are:
IDEA® Equipment Achievement Award
Dilo Systems GmbH—MicroPunch—The rising energy costs and water shortages have led to a re-evaluation of production methods, with a stronger focus on environmental impact. For DILO, as a manufacturer of needlelooms and a needling specialist, it was therefore a motivation to reconsider the potential of intensive needling in the lightweight sector. With MicroPunch it is possible to reduce energy consumption by approx. 75% compared with other consolidation techniques in the production of lightweight nonwovens. This technology, combined with high needle densities, enhances efficiency and reduces the manufacturing costs for the nonwoven and the environmental footprint of the manufacturing process.
GDM SPA—In Line Laminated Waistband— This solution enables the in-line application of elastic waistbands to diapers, enhancing comfort and fit. It also improves product barriers and prevents back leakage by applying a pocket waistband. Advantages include full process control, reduced system complexity, flexibility in product size changeovers. It ensures 100% use of elastic raw material and offers flexible design options for the final product. The equipment is available both for new lines and existing ones as an upgrade kit.
Oerlikon Neumag—hycuTEC— The Oerlikon Nonwoven hycuTEC unit enhances filter performance by hydrocharging nonwovens, reducing pressure loss by more than 75% compared to conventional methods. It achieves filtration efficiencies of over 99.9% with low energy and water consumption, eliminating additional drying steps. Unlike traditional surface charging, hycuTEC charges each filament for a 10x greater effective area. This future-proof, industrial solution is easy to integrate, maintain, and retrofit, making it ideal for producing high-efficiency filter media.
IDEA® Long-life Achievement Award
Egal Pads, Inc.— Egal™ Pads on a Roll—Egal believes pads should be as common as toilet paper in public bathrooms. Our vision is that “pads on a roll” will be put in every toilet stall—where they are needed most—to ensure privacy and dignity to all who menstruate. Egal pads are manufactured in roll form, 40 individually wrapped on each roll, so they can be mounted on existing toilet paper dispensers or in Egal’s custom-designed dispensers.
Hempitecture Inc.— PlantPanel—PlantPanel is a 100% biobased and recycled fiber continuous insulation material for use in construction. As an exterior insulated rigid board, PlantPanel improves the energy efficiency of new and existing built structures. PlantPanel is produced with 100% renewable electricity, contributing to a best-in-class carbon footprint
Magnera— Sontara® Home Compostable Bag—EcoRE bags are produced entirely from cellulosic fibers, presenting a sustainable alternative to traditional synthetic materials. Made with Sontara fabric certified by OK compost HOME, these bags maintain their durability and strength without the need for added binders, addressing a common concern with compostable goods. With plastic bag bans now in place in many states, Sontara offers a timely and eco-friendly solution for the retail and shopping market.
IDEA® Nonwoven Products Achievement Award
Ahlstrom— BioProtect™— BioProtect is a sustainable nonwoven solution for laundry care to protect laundry from color run during the wash cycle, utilizing the biobased and home compostable OC-Biobinder. BioProtect is biobased, utilizing 100% naturally derived fibers, and biodegradable (ISO14855-1). It is manufactured with wet-laid technology for premium quality. BioProtect™ guarantees high dye catching performance, protecting laundry from color runs. The material benefits from good wet strength and absorption thanks to the 100% biobased and home compostable OC-Biobinder.
Innovatec Microfibre Technology— InnovaWipe Water-Soluble Nonwoven—The biodegradable nonwoven solution for our planet and our future! Our water-soluble nonwoven is completely biodegradable under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. It offers excellent resistance to oils, greases and chemicals. Importantly, it does not leave any microplastics behind, breaking down into carbon dioxide, water and biomass. It also has no ecotoxic effects, is safe for the marine environment and does not cause fatbergs or blockages in wastewater systems – flushable and home compostable.
Periodic Products, Inc.— MetalXtract Filter Media—MetalXtract Filter Media by Periodic Products, Inc. uses patented non-toxic Chelok Polymer Technology to adsorb ionic metals, including lead, selenium, cobalt, iron, and rare earths from water. This technology offers 100-500 times greater adsorption than traditional ion exchange resins. Effective at high flow rates and across a 2 to 14 pH range ensures efficient contamination control, making this ideal for wastewater treatment, mining applications, and environmental remediation. Additionally, this technology is biodegradable, eco-friendly, and sustainable.
IDEA® Raw Materials Achievement Award
BASF SE— SAVIVA B 800—SAVIVA B 800 with its unique droplet polymerization is an innovative superabsorbent polymer offering very high absorption capacity and gel strength as well as soft haptics thanks to its round-shaped particles, which contribute to optimal wearer comfort. Rapid skin dryness and excellent long-term dryness are achieved through optimized acquisition speed. SAVIVA B 800 enables reduced SAP loading, leading to thinner, lower weight diapers, thereby supporting social and ecological sustainability goals, especially in the adult incontinence sector.
OrganoClick AB— OC-Biobinder—OrganoClicks OC-Biobinder represents a series of bio-based and plastic free binders intended for the nonwoven industry. They are produced from renewable raw materials and residual streams from the food industry and replace traditional fossil-based plastic binders and reduce CO2 emissions. OC-Biobinder® is available with many different properties adapted to the production of home compostable nonwoven materials such as premium napkins, tablecloths and wet wipes.
Woolchemy NZ Ltd— neweFibre—Woolchemy’s neweFibre is the world’s first hygiene-grade wool, engineered for high-performance, sustainable hygiene products. This fully traceable, renewable fiber enhances moisture management, thermal comfort, and odor control. Seamlessly integrating into production, neweFibre powers innovations like neweFlex ADL for exceptional fluid distribution and skin dryness. By transforming wool into a hygiene-grade material, Woolchemy unlocks millennia of evolution—bringing wool’s proven benefits from clothing into smart disposable hygiene, enhancing performance, comfort, and sustainability.
IDEA® Short-life Achievement Award
Egal Pads, Inc.— Egal Pads on a Roll—At Egal, the belief is that pads should be as common as toilet paper. Our vision is that “pads on a roll” will be put in every toilet stall—where they are needed most—to ensure privacy and dignity to all who menstruate. Egal pads are manufactured in roll form, 40 individually wrapped on each roll, so they can be mounted on existing toilet paper dispensers or in Egal’s custom-designed dispensers.
Hello Hazel, Inc.— Hazel High & Dry Brief—Hazel is transforming the $14B incontinence market with the first-ever super chic, disposable brief for leaks, disrupting a category dominated by legacy brands. 1 in 2 women experience bladder leaks due to pregnancy, childbirth, and menopause—yet 77% hate the existing bulky, plastic-heavy options. Hazel’s High & Dry Brief is ultra-thin, body-conforming, and built with patented fibers that absorb 200 times their weight—delivering the elevated experience women deserve. 66.5% of Hazel’s customers are new to the category, proving Hazel isn’t just another product—it’s expanding the total addressable market (TAM) by bringing in women who previously had no solution.
Swoobie— Swoobie Bra Liner—Swoobie bra liners adhere to the inside of your bra to keep your skin dry and the bra fresh. Cutting-edge hygienic materials wick away moisture, locking it away for all-day wetness protection. Swoobie’s generous sizing and unique design offers versatile placement to meet the coverage needs of all women. Swoobies are made from soft layers of highly-absorbent materials that conform to a bra's cup for a comfortable and secure fit. With Swoobie bra liners you'll arrive ready, not sweaty.
IDEA® Sustainability Advancement Award
Hiro Technologies— The World’s First Mycodigestible™ Diapers—Introducing the world's first Mycodigestible™ diapers, powered by HIRO’s frontier fungal technology. HIRO’s Mycodigestible™ solution introduces plastic-eating fungi in a safe, user-friendly way that seamlessly integrates into everyday life. The HIRO Diaper combines exceptional absorbency with natural materials like unbleached TruCotton™ and Kraft softwood fluff pulp, offering 12-hour protection while being gentle on both baby and planet.
Kindcloth— Pura Health Insect Repellent Water-Dissolvable Wipes—Kindcloth Insect Repellent Wet Wipe combines water-dissolvable Hydropol technology with a natural formula featuring lemongrass and citronella. Designed for eco-conscious consumers, this innovative wipe provides effective insect protection while leaving no waste behind. Certified biodegradable, flushable, and designed not to create harmful microplastics, it safeguards fragile ecosystems and supports sustainability goals. Born in Africa to tackle malaria and protect biodiversity, this groundbreaking product reflects KINDCLOTH™’s commitment to health, innovation, and environmental stewardship.
OrganoClick AB— OC-Biobinder—OrganoClicks OC-Biobinder represents a series of bio-based and plastic free binders intended for the nonwoven industry. They are produced from renewable raw materials and residual streams from the food industry and replace traditional fossil-based plastic binders and reduce CO2 emissions. OC-Biobinder® is available with many different properties adapted to the production of home compostable nonwoven materials such as premium napkins, tablecloths and wet wipes.
These innovations reflect the industry’s commitment to advancing technology, sustainability, and performance in nonwoven materials. The Finalists will be voted on by industry professionals and the winners will be announced live at IDEA25. To vote, visit: www.nonwovens-industry.com
