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Article: Technology innovations & new business opportunities: new session held at INTC.
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- Nonwovens Industry
- Article date:
- October 1, 2009
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At Last month's International Nonwovens Technical Conference in Denver, CO, a two-part session was held examining innovation in the nonwovens industry and its important to future developments. Topics ranges from a discussion of how science is faring in the Obama administration to an examination of new areas inclduing flame resistant films, nanofibers, sustainability, abd new applications for personal care and capillary fibers.
The sessions were arranged and moderated by Mark Snider, who encouraged attendees to "think outside the box" when its comes to innovation. He sited reports from the New York Times: "The competitive edge of the U.S. economy has eroded ...