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Article: Technology in search of markets.(historical background on the air laid nonwovens)
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- Nonwovens Industry
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
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notes on air laid nonwovens of yesterday, today and tomorrow
A Scandinavian businessman lands at the Atlanta International Airport and passing through the U.S. entry, encounters a rudimentary question on his professional affiliation. For our visitor it is not advisable to admit he is involved in nonwovens. "Non-what?" will likely be the answer. "What type of business defines itself by telling what is it not?" The officer searches his database but cannot find nonwovens on the list of approved "reputable" activities. And our friend might be lucky not to miss his connecting flight.
Later that night, after checking into his hotel somewhere in the Midwest, ...