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INDA names finalists for World of Wipes Innovation Award

25 May '15

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INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, has announced the names of three finalists to compete for the prestigious World of Wipes Innovation Award, at the World of Wipes (WOW) International Conference, to be held from June 16 to 19, 2015 at the Hotel InterContinental Buckhead, Atlanta, GA.

The annual award recognises the product that most expands the use of nonwovens and demonstrates creativity, novelty, uniqueness, and technical sophistication within the entire nonwoven wipes value chain. All finalists will present their products and the award winner will be announced during at the conference, INDA informs in a press release.

The INDA technical advisory board, INDA’s president, director of education and technical affairs, and industry members from the wipes market segment selected these product finalists among a dozen international product nominations.

One of the finalists is the all-in-one Clorox ScrubSingles Kitchen pads. Loaded with Clorox cleaner, the ScrubSingles Kitchen pad is a hybrid of what a wipe and a sponge can provide to consumers. The ScrubSingles formulation and nonwoven has been optimized for generating foam, allowing users to clean while minimizing fear of damaging surfaces.

The second finalist is Brawny Industrial Flax Cloths which are high performance cloth-like, biodegradable nonwoven wiper made from hydroentangled flax fibres that have been chemically refined in a proprietary process.

The third finalist is DuraDry by Polymer Group, Inc., that is a multi-use, hygienic microfiber wipe certified for Food Contact Clearance and manufactured from 100 per cent splittable microfibers. The product combines antibacterial properties with 99.998 per cent microbe removal. Durable and re-usable, DuraDry can be washed more than 365 times. (GK)

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