Freudenberg Performance Materials, Germany's leading manufacturer of technical textiles, has started an open innovation competition named “Next-Generation Nonwovens”, as part of its ideaTrophy programme, where external developers, scientists, students, organisations, and other interested parties can submit their ideas for nonwovens properties and fibres.
The topics for the competition are how can nonwovens be developed from polyester, which will then be biodegradable within defined time period, and secondly, how can highly transparent fibres be developed that are suitable for the production of polyester nonwovens.Freudenberg Performance Materials, Germany's leading manufacturer of technical textiles, has started an open innovation competition named “Next-Generation Nonwovens”, as part of its ideaTrophy programme, where external developers, scientists, students, organisations, and other interested parties can submit their ideas for nonwovens properties and fibres.#
Freudenberg Performance Materials will choose the best ideas from the competition by the end of 2016. Winners will then be invited to a pitch at the company's headquarters in Weinheim. This will give them the opportunity to present their ideas to researchers, developers, and managers at Freudenberg Performance Materials. In addition, they will have the chance to discuss next steps on the path to product maturity. Participants whose ideas are picked up by the company will be able to get involved in the development work, from the earliest stages right up to series production and market launch.
Dr. Frank Heislitz, chief technology officer of Freudenberg Performance Materials said, “Many questions today are so complex that very different disciplines need to work together to solve them. With our 'Next-Generation Nonwovens' competition, we want to encourage all experts – not just our internal teams – to get involved at the very earliest idea-development stage.” (GK)
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