EDANA launches the INDEX 08 Awards

EDANA’s INDEX 08 Awards are the showcase for the best examples of excellence in nonwovens industry and highlight some of the innovations from businesses of all sizes, from all parts of the nonwovens supply chain. There are six awards in total covering everything from product and process innovations to marketing brilliance. There is also a brand new award to recognise a solution or product involving nonwovens which has provided a significant humanitarian or environmental contribution.

INDEX 08, the world’s largest nonwovens exhibition, is taking place at Geneva Palexpo from 15-18 April 2008. Over four days the exhibition will bring together all the players in the nonwovens industry from raw material producers to manufacturers, finishers to converters, to environmental protection, measuring and testing equipment manufacturers, to trade associations and journals. Over 13,000 visitors come to INDEX to look into the future of nonwovens, to see first-hand what the leading experts in the field have to offer.

A unique and coveted award

EDANA, the international association representing the interests of nonwovens and related industries, and sponsor of INDEX, is launching the popular INDEX Awards Competition for innovations in the nonwovens field. The aim of the INDEX Awards, only given once ever three years, is to encourage and acknowledge innovation and new ideas in nonwovens, their raw materials and the machinery used in making or converting nonwovens.

All qualifying entries will be publicised in a special press release three weeks before INDEX 08. The winners will be presented with their awards at a special Awards Ceremony at INDEX 08, attended by the media. Winning an INDEX Award is the highest accolade that can be given to a company for achievement in nonwovens. For the full brochure please visit www.edana.org or www.index08.org.