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EDANA's Turkish nonwovens expo ends on a successful note

18 Nov '15

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EDANA, the global association serving the nonwovens and related industries, recently concluded its Turkish Nonwovens Symposium on a successful note.

With 250 participants and 30 exhibitors, representing 121 companies and 24 countries, the nonwovens expo delivered on its promise to gather the whole nonwovens supply chain from Turkey and its key trading partners in EMEA, around a range of topics and issues from the general economic background and trade and regulatory context, to the nonwoven markets, from their raw materials to the machinery and processes.

Pierre Wiertz, general manager of EDANA said, “The expo reinforced trading links in nonwovens between regions which need each other, thereby supporting the development of new markets for our industry's products that bring value and benefits to society in a variety of applications from personal to healthcare and filtration to transportation and construction.”

Jacques Prigneaux, market analysis and economic affairs director at EDANA said, “EDANA is proud of its 15 Turkish member companies, and will continue to support them as part of our mission in favour of the sustainable growth of the whole supply chain of the nonwovens industry primarily in EMEA.”

Presentations of Mrs. Arzu Karatekin, Hayat Kimay and Mrs. Selda Akbasli, H.B. Fuller gave a clear picture of the players on the Turkish market and the latest technological developments. Durable nonwovens were an integral part of the agenda of the conference, too, from the automotive sector to nonwovens as filter media. The session on machinery and processes sparked many questions from the audience, reflecting the importance of technology in producing nonwovens for niche and main stream markets, according to a press release.

Mike Bird, applications development manager – specialities, IMERYS Carbonates, United Kingdom said, “The quality of the presentations, along with the organisation, was outstanding. The breaks enabled great networking opportunities, meeting old friends and, more importantly, making new contacts.”

Juan Roldan, business development manager - hygienic department, Nitto NBB, Turkey said, “The symposium was a valuable learning experience. I have really appreciated all presentations and activities. All presenters were knowledgeable and effective in their presentation. This allowed acquiring new market and technical information with the appropriate format and a good level of interactivity and even emotional interventions.” (GK)

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