INDA names 3 finalists for 2024 RISE Innovation Award

Finalists will present their innovations to RISE participants on October 1. The winner will be revealed on October 2.

The award finalists include Dual-Layer Filtration Media by Ahlstrom Italia SpA, ENDURA rPP Spunbond & SMS by Berry Global and PlantPanel X by Hempitecture Inc.

Ahlstrom’s new dual-layer filter media technology enhances engine air intake filtration performances, offering up to double the dust holding capacity and extending filter lifetime by over 50 per cent compared to single-layer media. It also enables smaller, lighter filter designs, meeting current and future engine specifications, including fuel cells. Dual-layer filter media can be offered with flame-retardant functionality for various transportation and industrial applications, ensuring safety, improved performances and reduced environmental impact.

ENDURA rPP Spunbond & SMS is a pre-consumer recycled Spunbond and SMS product, recognised by SCS Recycled Content Certification. With Spunbond products containing up to 90 per cent recycled content and SMS products containing up to 40 per cent recycled content, customers/consumers are provided a product with greenhouse gas emissions benefits, validated with life cycle assessment tools assumptions based on the actual production.  ENDURA Spunbond products have the opportunity to reduce CO2 emissions per kilogram of production by 70 per cent, versus previous generations of product.

PlantPanel X is a rigid continuous insulation material used in exterior above-ground applications. With an R Value of R3.25 per inch, PlantPanel adds to thermal and acoustic comfort and performance. Engineered with a density to resist compression and deflection, PlantPanel is used in split-insulation wall and roof assemblies with either a rain screen cladding or roofing material, depending on the application. With 100 per cent bio-based and recycled content, PlantPanel is a sustainable, low carbon continuous insulation solution that’s easy to install and safe to handle.

TiHive won the 2023 RISE Innovation Award for their SAPMonit technology. TiHive’s innovation, SAPMonit – a technology breakthrough, inspects millions of diapers weekly. SAPMonit delivers lightning-speed inline inspection of superabsorbents’ weight and distribution, optimizes resources, detects flaws, and accelerates R&D.

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