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The Advanced Textiles Conference featured a keynote luncheon titled "Unexpected Paths Of Diversification." John Neely (left), director of Marketing and Product Management Building and Construction, Berry Global, was one of the panel members.

Meredith Boyd (right), corporate business development manager, Unifi Manufacturing Inc., was the third featured panelist at the luncheon discussion.

(left to right): Shartel "Skip" Smith, CEO; James Griffith, executive vice president; Tim Hutchens, account manager; and Scott Hartzell, sales manager, Brawer Brothers Inc.

(left to right): Olivia Saccameno, William Corso, Todd Johnston, Robert Saunders, Michael Emery, Roger Kahler, Jason D. Ward, and Neil Toomey, Covestro LLC

Joey Smith (left), director of purchasing, and Hank Hoshall, product manager, Highland Industries Inc.

(left to right): Dr. Jan Beringer, head of development, Function & Care, Hohenstein Institute; and Malinda Salter, account executive, and Ben Mead, managing director USA, Hohenstein Institute of America Inc.

Ed Keller (left), senior project manager; and Mark J. Blasman, vice president, marketing and software development, Jomar Softcorp International Inc.

(left to right): Robert Reimann, CEO, Jakob Müller Group; Hector Centeno, general manager, Jakob Müller de Mexico; and Hans J. Riser, executive vice president, Jakob Müller of America Inc.

(left to right): Dave Nelson, director of industry engagement; Amy Minton, analytical lab manager; and Dr. Behnam Pourdeyhimi, director, The Nonwovens Institute

(left to right): Tom de Avila, western regional sales manager, Spunfab Adhesive Fabrics; Doris Runa, director, SuperFabric®; Julie Kim, social consultant, Simply Social; and Leo McSherry, account manager, SuperFabric

Roland JP Zimmer (left), vice president, sales, North America, Zimmer Austria Inc.; and Horst Ros, managing director, Zimmer Maschinenbau GmbH