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INDA's RISE 2015 & N3M forum ends on a successful note

09 Mar '15

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INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, recently concluded the Research, Innovation & Science for Engineered Fabrics Conference (RISE 2015) and Nanofibers for the Third Millennium (N3M), from February 9 to 12, 2015, at Miami, on a successful note.

Leaders in materials research and innovative science who participated in the conference talked about the future technologies in engineered fabrics.

Dave Rousse, INDA president, said “RISE continues to bring together Technical Scouts in the engineered fabrics sector with fascinating new technologies to add features and value to their fabrics. We are delighted with its continued growth, even with the change in the calendar. And this year we added the N3M component for added value.”

Kaan Gunes, Ph.D., market development manager, corporate innovation-polymers technology, Eastman Chemical Company said, “The 2015 INDA RISE Conference brought nonwoven industry leaders together over three days for a nicely balanced program with talks from both Industrial and Academic experts.”

The speaker presentations at the conference included Soft Active Materials for Soft and Wearable Robotics, by Rebecca Kramer, Ph.D., assistant professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Nonwoven Materials with Extraordinary Functions: From Tough Hydrogels to Graphene Supercapacitors, presented by Xuanhe Zhao, Ph.D., Assistant professor of mechanical engineering and d’Arbeloff Career Development Chair, MIT, Retrofitting: Breathable New Life into Old Machines, by Timothy Robson, business development manager, Hills, Inc., The Future of Spunlaid and Spunmelt Fabrics Based on Reicofil Technology, by Hans Georg Geus, Ph.D., technical director, Reifenhauser REICOFIL GmbH & Co. KG.

INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, serves hundreds of member companies in the nonwovens/engineered fabrics industry in global commerce. INDA events have helped members connect, learn, innovate, and develop their businesses. (GK)

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