INDEX Award Winners to Be Announced This Morning

04.04.17

Competition honors companies in six categories

EDANA will use INDEX 17 as an opportunity to honor some of the latest innovations in nonwovens. After announcing finalists in six categories—roll goods, composites, raw materials, machinery, sustainable products and sustainable process or management practice—EDANA wil unveil the six winners during a special ceremony at 10 a.m. today.

Calling the awards the highest accolade for the best examples of excellence in the industry, highlighting creativity and innovations from businesses of all sizes, and from all parts of the nonwovens supply chain, EDANA selected the finalists and winners with the help of the INDEX 17 awards jury, comprised of nonwovens experts, to select the nominees, if any, in a variety of awards categories, and to choose, from this group, the winner.
 
The nominees are:

Nonwoven Roll Goods          
•   Atex - 3D Scrubbing Spunbond
•   Berry Plastics - NuviSoft
•   Jacob Holm & Sons - SoftFlush 

Finished or composite products made from, or incorporating nonwovens
•   Glatfelter - Dreamweaver Gold 20 microns
•   Nonwovens Innovation & Research Institute - Surfaceskins
•   TWE Group - Amphibia

Raw materials or components (e.g. fiber, binder, polymer, tape), of special relevance to the nonwovens industry and related converted products
•   H.B. Fuller - Conforma
•   Henkel - Technomelt
•   Magic - Spongel

Innovation in machinery of special relevance to the nonwovens industry
•   Autefa Solutions - V- Jet Injector  
•   GDM - Rear Wing Zero Waste

Sustainable Product
•   Hassan Group - Self Sufficient Relief Tents

Sustainable process or management practice
•   Mobi-Air - Mobi-Chill
•   Suominen Corporation - Blind Hiring recruitment process