Sectors

INDEX 08 covers all industry sectors

Packaging – See how smart packaging extends shelf-life for manufacturers and retailers while improving presentation to consumers.

Composites – The innovative use of nonwovens in structural composites is providing high-performance and cost-effective response to challenges in many industries.

Automotive – From nanotechnology that increases filter life to increased recyclability and better more sophisticated acoustics - nonwovens continue to bring exciting opportunities to the automotive industry.

Construction – The drive to carbon-zero buildings is helped by nonwoven housewraps that improve energy efficiency while having no VOC release.

Geo-nonwovens – Treating geotextiles with eco-friendly additives to enhance water repellence and resistance against biological degradation is taking geotextiles into new and exciting areas.

Medical – Cut-resistant surgical gloves are just one of the stream of innovations in the medical area that is making nonwovens increasingly effective and popular.

Cleaning & Hygiene – The aging population and continued product innovation for smaller incontinence home care products, alongside impressive improvements in the environmental impact of diapers, make this an exciting area for development. Filtration – Nanofiltration and activated carbon nonwoven filters are causing great excitement in the industry and both will be heavily represented at INDEX 08.

Home furnishing – From burglar-proof window blinds to products that change colour when the environment changes to the optimal thermal environment for sleep - nonwovens are still hot news in home furnishing.

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