INDEX Awards Presented In Five Categories

Awards were presented for innovation in five categories during INDEX 08, the nonwovens exhibition sponsored by Brussels-based EDANA, the International Association Serving the Nonwovens and Related Industries, and held last week at Geneva Palexpo, Geneva.

In the category of nonwoven roll goods, Finland-based Ahlstrom Corp. took the award for its Ahlstrom Disruptor™ Technology for nanofiber-based filter media acting through the combination of electrokinetics and mechanical entrapment. The award for finished products made from or incorporating nonwovens went to Germany-based Johnson & Johnson GmbH for Johnson’s Baby Extracare cleansing and moisturizing wipes. The award for marketing achievement for the most original marketing campaign for a product made from or incorporating nonwovens was presented to Germany-based J.H. Ziegler GmbH & Co. KG for the Zinno campaign, which included an animated short movie that combined the company logo with product features and also presented the company philosophy. Houston-based ExxonMobil Chemical won the award in the category of raw materials or component innovations for its Vistamaxx™ 2125 melt-spinnable elastomer, which exhibits high elasticity and can be processed using conventional polymer-to-web machinery. Germany-based Andritz Küsters GmbH received the award for innovation in machinery of special relevance to the nonwovens industry for its neXdetect measuring system for detecting invisible chemical applications on nonwovens.

April 22, 2008