EDANA's International Nonwovens Symposium: program at-a-glance.An International Nonwovens Symposium sponsored by EDANA EDANA European Disposables and Nonwovens Association (European Disposables and Nonwovens Association), Brussels, Belgium will be held at the Sheraton Roma Hotel in Rome, Italy June 4 and 5. The symposium will be conducted in English and will cover a variety of lectures within the following subject blocks: nonwovens strategy, nonwovens markets, nonwoyeas value, nonwovens environmental benefits and nonwovens machinery developments. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4-1:30-7:45 p.m. Nonwovens Strategy Moderator: Etienne Ficht, director of business development of Fibertex A/S, Aalborg, Denmark "A Survey Of The European Nonwovens Industry;" Tom van Gyseghem, manager of Arthur D. Little Arthur D. Little, Inc. is the world's first management consulting firm. Founded in 1886 by Arthur Dehon Little, an MIT chemist who discovered acetate, and co-worker Roger Griffin, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Arthur D. Little pioneered the concept of contracted technology research. Benelux NV, Brussels, Belgium "Innovations In Nonwovens--Tools For Success," Richard Chapas, principal of Chapas & Associates, Pittsburgh, PA Nonwovens Value Moderator: Dr. Howard Kirsch, industry consultant, Germany "Softness And Touch--Important Aspects Of Nonwovens," Catherine Renault-Hartmann, sales manager of BBA BBA abbr. Bachelor of Business Administration Nonwovens Fiberweb France S.A.S., Biesheim, France "The Value Proposal Of Binders For Nonwovens," Holger Poths, section manager of nonwoven non·wo·ven adj. Made by a process not involving weaving. Used of textiles. n. Material or a fabric made by a process not involving weaving. textiles of Air Products Polymers GmbH & Co. KG, Burghausen, Germany "PES pes (pes) pl. pe´des [L.] 1. foot. 2. any footlike part. pes n. pl. pe·des 1. The foot. 2. Fibers With Durable Hydrophilic hydrophilic /hy·dro·phil·ic/ (-fil´ik) readily absorbing moisture; hygroscopic; having strongly polar groups that readily interact with water. hy·dro·phil·ic adj. Properties," Michael Witschase, research and development manager of fibers for nonwovens and product safety steward of DuPont Sabanci Polyester GmbH, Hamm, Germany Nonwovens Machinery Developments Moderator: Alessandro Celli, managing director of A. Celli Nonwovens, Porcari, Lucca, Italy "The Italian Nonwovens Machinery Industry," Alessandro Celli "A Disposable Production Line Revolution? The New Generation Is Ready," Thilo Konig, sales and marketing director of GDM (Global DOS Memory) The first megabyte of memory that DOS supports. It consists of conventional memory (0-640K), the UMA (640-1,024K) and the HMA (1,024-1,088K). S.p.A., Offanengo, Italy "New Air Nonwoven Machinery Technology;" Akiva Pinto, consulting engineer at Bettarini & Serafini SRL-Bematic, Prato, Italy "New Aquajet Spunlace Nonwovens With Airlaid, Spunlaid And Carded Sandwich Composite Structures," Ulrich Munstermann, research and development director of Fleissner GmbH & Co. Maschinenfabrik, Egelsbach, Germany THURSDAY, JUNE 5-8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Nonwovens Environmental Benefits Moderator: Howard Kirsch, Consultant, Germany "The Use Of Nonwovens In Industrial Maintenance, Repair, Operations and Leak and Spill Across Europe," Robert van Langeveld, joint managing director of New Pig PV, Breda, The Netherlands "Environment Prevention And Protection--How PP Nonwoven Oil Sorbents Beat Granules Granules Small packets of reactive chemicals stored within cells. Mentioned in: Allergic Rhinitis, Allergies ," Martin Buchsel, managing director of Schoeller & Hoesch Sarl, Wisches, France "Assessment Of Environmental Application Properties of Functional Nonwoven Geotextiles," Han-Yong Jeon, professor and faculty member of applied chemical engineering at Chonnam National University Academics Undergraduate offerings are divided among 15 departments: Business Administration, Engineering, Agriculture & Life Sciences, Law, Education, Social Sciences, Human Ecology, Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy, Arts, Medicine, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Dentistry, and the , Kwangju, Korea Nonwovens New Materials Moderator: Hakan Holmer, vice president of operations, Europe and managing director of BBA Nonwovens Sweden AB, Norrkoping, Sweden "New Comfortable Ventilated ven·ti·late tr.v. ven·ti·lat·ed, ven·ti·lat·ing, ven·ti·lates 1. To admit fresh air into (a mine, for example) to replace stale or noxious air. 2. Backsheet," Lino Lulianetti, technology manager and Antonietta Splendiani, product development manager of Tredegar Film Products Italia, Chieti, Italy "Development Of Absorbent Biodegradable Cotton-Surfaced Nonwovens," Larry Wadsworth, professor of textile science at the University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system in the American state of Tennessee. , Knoxville, TN "An Improved Hydroentangled Material For Pre-Moistened Wipes," Nina Salonoja, product and process development and development engineer for Suominen Nonwovens, Helsinki, Finland Nonwovens Markets Moderator: Hyo-Young Kim, marketing manager of Jacob Holm Industries "China's Nonwovens Industry. Applications And Markets Now And In The Future," Wang Yanxi, president/CEO of CNTA CNTA China National Tourism Administration CNTA Central Nevada Test Area Science & Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China "Japan's Nonwoven Business Under A Deflationary Market Trend," Teruo Yoshimura, secretary general of ANFAIANNA, Tokyo, Japan "Nonwovens In Furniture," Max Castellani, managing director at Atex Srl, Settala, Italy "Barrier Performance Of PP-SMA Surgical Gowns," Clemens Tuente, senior technologist at Cognis Deutschland GmbH and Co. KG, Dusseldorf Germany "A Tale Of Two Markets. A Survey Of Disposable Versus Reusables In Hospitals," Maria Cabeco Silva, professor in the department of textile engineering at Universidade do Minho, Minho, Portugal |
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