INDA Now Accepting Nominations for 2012 Visionary Award
June 18, 2011 - United States Of America
The nomination process for the 2012 Visionary Award is now open to the global nonwovens and consumer products industries.
INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, which sponsors the annual award, will be accepting nominations through September 1. First presented in 2002 at the inaugural VISION Consumer Products Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, the annual award recognizes consumer end products that utilize nonwoven fabrics or employ nonwoven technology during their manufacturing process.
The 2012 Visionary Award will be presented at the VISION 2012 Consumer Products Conference, which returns to New Orleans from January 24-26, 2012 at the Hotel InterContinental. The annual VISION Conference is organized by INDA and each year it brings together hundreds of executives from nonwovens and consumer products companies around the world for three days of education and networking.
The process and criteria for the 2012 Visionary Award are simple:
1. The finished consumer end product must contain a nonwoven fabric or utilize a nonwoven technology during its manufacturing process.
2. The consumer product has to have been introduced to the trade or to consumers in 2010-11.
3. The product cannot have been selected as a finalist in any previous Visionary Award competition.
4. Companies can nominate their own products. While any number of products can be nominated, only one product per company will be selected as a finalist.
Products will be judged on their novel use of nonwoven technology, as well as on their consumer and trade acceptance. Eligible consumer product categories include disposable diapers, feminine hygiene product, adult incontinence products, household wipes and home filters, among others.
The nominees will be reviewed by an INDA selection committee and finalists will be selected to make presentations at the VISION 2012 Consumer Products Conference. Conference attendees will then vote on the recipient of the award and the recipient is announced on the final day of the VISION 2012 Consumer Products Conference.
Earlier this year the Readi Mask from Global Safety First, Manasquan, N.J., was selected over four other finalists – including Procter &?Gamble and Kimberly-Clark – by the attendees at the tenth annual VISION Conference in Carlsbad, California.
Previous recipients of the Visionary Award were Rockline’s Regenerated Cotton Wipe (2010), Ahlstrom’s Disruptor Filter Media (2009); Kimberly-Clark’s Spa Sensials personal care treatment (2008); Tyco Healthcare Retail Group’s Swim Pants (2007); Chicopee’s Disaster Relief Blanket (2006); Fiberweb’s Resolution Print Media (2005); Church & Dwight’s Brillo Scrub ‘n’ Toss (2004); FMJ ChemBio’s Civilian Quick Escape Mask (2003); and Procter & Gamble's Swiffer (2002).
Industry members may nominate a product at the INDA website – www.inda.org – and following the links to the nomination form on the site. Products can also be nominated by emailing an explanation of the product to Regina Spitzer, Visionary Awards coordinator, at rspitzer@inda.org. Samples of the product should also be sent to Regina Spitzer, INDA, Suite 115, 1100 Crescent Green, Cary, NC 27518; Phone: (919) 233-1210 ext. 128, rspitzer@inda.org.
INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, which sponsors the annual award, will be accepting nominations through September 1. First presented in 2002 at the inaugural VISION Consumer Products Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, the annual award recognizes consumer end products that utilize nonwoven fabrics or employ nonwoven technology during their manufacturing process.
The 2012 Visionary Award will be presented at the VISION 2012 Consumer Products Conference, which returns to New Orleans from January 24-26, 2012 at the Hotel InterContinental. The annual VISION Conference is organized by INDA and each year it brings together hundreds of executives from nonwovens and consumer products companies around the world for three days of education and networking.
The process and criteria for the 2012 Visionary Award are simple:
1. The finished consumer end product must contain a nonwoven fabric or utilize a nonwoven technology during its manufacturing process.
2. The consumer product has to have been introduced to the trade or to consumers in 2010-11.
3. The product cannot have been selected as a finalist in any previous Visionary Award competition.
4. Companies can nominate their own products. While any number of products can be nominated, only one product per company will be selected as a finalist.
Products will be judged on their novel use of nonwoven technology, as well as on their consumer and trade acceptance. Eligible consumer product categories include disposable diapers, feminine hygiene product, adult incontinence products, household wipes and home filters, among others.
The nominees will be reviewed by an INDA selection committee and finalists will be selected to make presentations at the VISION 2012 Consumer Products Conference. Conference attendees will then vote on the recipient of the award and the recipient is announced on the final day of the VISION 2012 Consumer Products Conference.
Earlier this year the Readi Mask from Global Safety First, Manasquan, N.J., was selected over four other finalists – including Procter &?Gamble and Kimberly-Clark – by the attendees at the tenth annual VISION Conference in Carlsbad, California.
Previous recipients of the Visionary Award were Rockline’s Regenerated Cotton Wipe (2010), Ahlstrom’s Disruptor Filter Media (2009); Kimberly-Clark’s Spa Sensials personal care treatment (2008); Tyco Healthcare Retail Group’s Swim Pants (2007); Chicopee’s Disaster Relief Blanket (2006); Fiberweb’s Resolution Print Media (2005); Church & Dwight’s Brillo Scrub ‘n’ Toss (2004); FMJ ChemBio’s Civilian Quick Escape Mask (2003); and Procter & Gamble's Swiffer (2002).
Industry members may nominate a product at the INDA website – www.inda.org – and following the links to the nomination form on the site. Products can also be nominated by emailing an explanation of the product to Regina Spitzer, Visionary Awards coordinator, at rspitzer@inda.org. Samples of the product should also be sent to Regina Spitzer, INDA, Suite 115, 1100 Crescent Green, Cary, NC 27518; Phone: (919) 233-1210 ext. 128, rspitzer@inda.org.