EDANA announces winners of the INDEX™ 14 Awards
Posted April 14, 2014
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – EDANA announced winners of the INDEX™ 14 Awards during its INDEX™ exhibition here last week.
INDEX™ 14 Awards are the highest accolade for excellence in the industry and highlight some of the innovations from businesses of all sizes, and from all parts of the nonwovens supply chain.
“If you’re looking for clues about how our industry will change and develop, look no further than the products and services of those winners and runners-up recognized here,” said Pierre Wiertz, general manager of EDANA. “It is products such as these that are helping to drive our industry forward, and create a stronger industry, with solutions in so many different product categories and sectors.”
Winners for each section, together with summary comments from the judging panel were:
Nonwoven Roll Goods: Sandler’s Fibercomfort® tread- and waterproof roof insulation
This product expands the market for nonwovens in the construction sector, effectively and efficiently replaces wood by enabling a single solution for roof insulation based only on nonwovens, and is a product which is lighter than alternatives and potentially recyclable.
Finished products made from, or incorporating nonwovens: Imeco Nocemi® MED wipes
A virucidal, bactericidal, alcohol free and disinfectant which offers a timely answer to help prevent healthcare-associated Infections, and which will help reduce healthcare costs through more efficient cleaning of potentially contaminated areas.
Most original marketing campaign for a product made from, or incorporating nonwovens: Lenzing – TENCEL ®Skin promotion campaign
This is a highly aesthetic and artistic video that lends life to the fiber and connects it to people, and effectively conveys the main properties of the fiber.
Innovation in a raw material of special relevance to the nonwovens industry: Eastman Cyphrex™ microfibers
A useful way to provide custom microfiber blends, which enables a new level of flexibility in wetlaid nonwovens.
Innovation in machinery of special relevance to the nonwovens industry: ITW Dynatec - VectorTM Surge Applicator
This simple and compact piece of hardware enables the customized application of adhesives while minimizing waste. Highly versatile, the device can be integrated into any line.
Sustainable Product: Ahlstrom Flow2Save™ filter media
An innovative filter media that saves energy (compared to conventional microglass media), and offers a low pressure drop at all efficiency levels, providing significant cost savings over the life time of the filter.
Sustainable process or management practice: TJ Beall – True Cotton Greige Cotton Nonwoven for Wound Healing and Hygienic Product Applications
This is a paradigm shift compared to cotton currently available for nonwovens, which efficiently exploits the natural properties of cotton fiber, and is an effective alternative to bleached cotton – a smart way to use ‘waste’ cotton.