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16th Oct 2020

Edana, the leading global association serving the nonwovens and related industries, has announced that with over 100 delegates from across the nonwovens industries in attendance, the first edition of Edana’s new Circular Nonwovens Forum successfully created a new platform for discussion on sustainability and circularity within nonwovens sector.

9th Sep 2020

The Index20 Innovation Awards are presented only once every three years for “Excellence in the nonwovens and related industries”. Originally due to be presented at the Index20 exhibition in April, since postponed until September 7-10, 2021, Edana has decided to present these coveted industry Awards live in an online ceremony on October 6, 2020.

4th Jul 2020

Edana, the leading global association serving the nonwovens and related industries, has elected new governors and a new team of officers for 2020 - 2021. Mikael Staal Axelsen (Fibertex) remains as chair, supported by vice-chairs Åsa Johansson (Essity, Sweden) and David Lamb (Nonwovenn, UK). Giorgio Mantovani (Corman, Italy) is elected as Treasurer.

24th Jun 2020

EU production of face masks, essential for tackling coronavirus, is set to rise 20-fold by November this year compared to pre-crisis times. This means that EU-based producers will be able to make the equivalent of 1.5 billion three-layer masks a month, according to figures released by Edana, a global association serving nonwovens and related industries.

12th May 2020

Palexpo and Edana have rescheduled INDEX 20 exhibition to be held from September 7-10, 2021, as a result of the ongoing uncertainty facing the world in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the continuing ban on gatherings of large numbers of people in Switzerland. Held every three years, INDEX is the largest global meeting place for the nonwovens...

11th May 2020

Rolf Frischknecht has bagged the 2020 Edana LCA Lifetime Achievement Award. The award, which recognises the outstanding contributions in promoting life cycle thinking and improving LCA approaches, was presented at the 30th annual conference of SETAC, the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, which was held online from May 3-7, 2020.

2nd Apr 2020

According to figures compiled by European Disposables and Nonwovens Association (EDANA), production of nonwovens in Europe has reached 2,782,917 tonnes. This compares with 2,774,194 tonnes in 2018 when annual growth was 1.5 per cent. Despite these two low growth years, European production has recorded an average growth rate of 4.4 per cent over last...

9th Mar 2020

EDANA, the voice of the nonwovens and related industries, has supported EU's Plastic Strategy to reduce the plastic waste and increase its recycling, and expressed concern over plastic definition in a study published by Eunomia. EDANA has said that the study overlooks the evidence which establishes biodegradability and flushability of Lyocell and...

20th Feb 2020

The world’s leading triennial nonwoven event INDEX 20 is scheduled from March 31 – April 3, 2020 at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland. More than 660 exhibitors and 12,700 trade visitors from 100 countries are likely to participate in the 13th edition of INDEX—the melting pot for requirements related to nonwoven technologies and latest innovations in the...

8th Jul 2019

EDANA, the leading global association serving the nonwovens and related industries, has elected new governors and a new team of officers for 2019-2020. Mikael Staal Axelsen (Fibertex) accepted the nomination of chairman and will be supported in the role by vice-chairs Omar Hoek (Ahlstrom-Munksjö, France) and David Lamb (Nonwovenn Ltd, UK).