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2012 IFF Innovation Award Competition Announced for Specialty Fabrics Industry

17 Feb '12

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The Industrial Fabrics Foundation (IFF) today announced the beginning of the competition for the 2012 IFF Innovation Award.

The specialty fabrics industry encompasses some of the most innovative companies in the world, and the IFF Innovation Award honors the achievements of the manufacturers whose innovative ideas have made or will make a difference in today's competitive marketplace.

According to IFF Director Ruth Stephens, "Innovation is at the heart of a dynamic specialty fabrics industry, and the IFF Innovation Award encourages invention." Stephens says that the IFF Innovation Award was designed to inspire and reward companies from all over the world, large and small, to create great ideas and bring them to life.

TenCate Geosynthetics of Pendergrass, Georgia, was presented with the 2011 IFF Innovation Award for a product called Mirafi®H2i--the most highly engineered geotextile on the market--which offers a unique combination of high particle retention and exceptional coefficient of interaction.

As Congress and the president focus on restoring the national transportation infrastructure, this super textile significantly minimizes costs of highway repairs, especially in locations of moisture management concern.

The award competition is open to any company which has developed and manufactured an innovative product or process related to the specialty fabrics industry. The IFF Innovation Award and $5,000 prize will be presented at IFAI Expo Americas 2012 (Nov. 7-9, Boston Convention Center).

Entries must meet several criteria: Innovation distinctive from other products currently manufactured or processes currently in use; benefit to the specialty fabrics industry or consumer; practicality and cost-effectiveness.

To qualify entries much be a product or process that is available for the market; the final development of the product or process must have been after 2010; and the product or process must not have been entered in any previous IFF Innovation Award contest or any other competition.

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