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Leaders in nonwovens to participate in NHPA 2018

24 Sep '18

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Courtesy: Technical textiles

Leading nonwoven firms are set to be a part of the 2018 Nonwovens for High Performance Applications (NHPA) conference. The fourth edition of the forum designed to inform delegates about technical developments and opportunities offered from technical nonwovens for high-performance applications, will be held on October 10 and 11, 2018, in Cannes, France.

Ania Krolak, senior consulting manager at Smithers Pira will provide a comprehensive list of the disruptive technologies poised to drive growth over the next few years.

In 2018, new product launches have been announced by the companies of NHPA speakers including Kelheim Fibres, with its new Leonardo flat viscose fibre for wet-laid nonwovens, which provides unique characteristics including enhanced levels of skin friendliness and liquid storage capacity. At NHPA 2018, Kelheim’s commercial director Matthew North will present the case for viscose as a fibre of choice for the next-generation of nonwovens, Adrian Wilson, the conference chair said in a press release.

Oliver Crasser and Thomas Weigert, of Germany’s Voith Paper and Trützschler Nonwovens respectively, as well as Harri Kiiskinen of the VTT in Finland, will explain why wet-laid technology is likely to assume an increasingly important role. Marion Sterner of Gruppo X in Italy will also provide details of a new process, derived from paper production, of imparting natural stretch into such products, without the need for elastanes.

Heinz Meierkord will explain why synthetic fibres will continue to play a pivotal role in a balanced use of resources. His company Advansa, has just expanded its Adva shortcut product portfolio with a new microfibre which is also for wetlaid nonwovens processing.

DuPont Industrial Biosciences has also completed a multi-million dollar expansion project at its Sorona polymer plant in North Carolina, to meet growing demand. Business development manager Christian Lenges will present new enzymatic polymerisation breakthroughs for coating and bio-based materials.

Delegates can discover what fibre extrusion technology is doing with nonwovens based on engineered resins and how EcoTechnilin is advancing in materials based on flax for the automotive sector, Wilson said.

The conference will include discussions on e-mobility challenges and opportunities, needlepunched nonwovens based solely on superabsorbent fibres, nanofibre nonwovens for niche applications, Dry powder impregnated substrates, next generation binders, new universal blood filtration media, printable nonwoven structures for energy generation, and patent protection. (GK)

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