The fourth edition of Filtrex India, recently organised by Edana and BCH, ended successfully, with 150 participants from across the filtration supply chain coming together for the event. There was a keen awareness from players at both a local and global level of their role in addressing the societal challenges of air pollution and indoor air quality.
“After the outstanding experience of Filtrex Asia in Shanghai last year, focussing on the world’s largest potential filtration market, this conference has emphasised similar issues and the same urgent needs to be met in terms of air pollution and indoor air quality. Two Indian cities for example, feature among the ten most polluted mega-cities in the world according to WHO”, Pierre Wiertz, general manager of Edana said in a press release.The fourth edition of Filtrex India, recently organised by Edana and BCH, ended successfully, with 150 participants from across the filtration supply chain coming together for the event. There was a keen awareness from players at both a local and global level of their role in addressing the societal challenges of air pollution and indoor air quality.#
The first keynote speaker, Christine Sun, president, Filtration Technologies, reminded the audience that approximately 80 per cent of filter media globally are made of nonwovens and highlighted industrial megatrends, observing that the filtration industry is growing at a rate of approximately twice that of global GDP. She also provided insights into the ‘next big things’; opportunities in hybrid nonwoven media, nano-and fine fibre composites, and in general terms, the optimisation of media in terms of higher efficiency, size, and lower resistance, or in other words, energy efficiency.
The latter theme was developed by the second keynote speaker, André Boni, global marketing director, Hollingsworth & Vose, who elaborated on air filters for general ventilation, evolution in media design and energy efficiency. Throughout the conference, a number of recurrent and convergent topics such as composite pleatable filters, and enhanced melt-blown media – including the challenges of sub-micron versions- illustrated the latest technology trends, whilst the extremely important new standard ISO16890 and its potential benefits in improved air filter media selection was explained by several speakers. Engine and transportation filtration, as well as respirator masks for personal protection, complemented the broad range of topics presented.
“Like its previous editions, Filtrex India 2019 has attracted expert attendees from producers of all types of filter media, filter makers, raw material suppliers, test and research institutes, making this conference the only filtration event of its kind in India”, Samir Gupta, managing director, BCH said.
Filtrex also included a successful table-top display providing producers, converters of filter media and equipment suppliers with the opportunity to showcase their offer and network with other participants, and this area was kept extremely busy throughout the long breaks designed for such interactions.
In his closing remarks, Christian Hassmann, global business director, F&S, Johns Manville, reminded the audience that this is an initiative of Edana’s Filtration Working Group & BCH, and that these two days have proven the dynamism of the industry, which requires such a forum to continue to build-up business connections between filter media suppliers and filter makers across all markets. (GK)
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