Nominations are now open for the World of Wipes Innovation Award, one of the many highlights of the 2012 World of Wipes (WOW) International Conference in Chicago in June.

The fifth annual World of Wipes Innovation Award will honour innovative advances within the entire wipes value chain, including raw materials and ingredients, roll goods, machinery, packaging and finished products.  Finalists will make presentations during the Conference and attendees will vote on the recipient of the 2012 World of Wipes Innovation Award.

Deadline

The deadline for nominations is April 20.

Organized by INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, the annual World of Wipes (WOW) International Conference, set for June 5-7, 2012 at the Hotel InterContinental in Chicago, Illinois, will focus exclusively on the business and technology of wipes, from raw materials to substrates to converting and end-user applications, during three days of seminars and networking.

The World of Wipes Innovation Award recognizes and rewards industry members who bring new and value-added processes and products to the wipes’ marketplace. Created to encourage innovative processes and products anywhere along the wipes’ value-chain, the World of Wipes Innovation Award is open to all nonwoven fabric manufacturers, raw material and packaging suppliers, converters and end-product producers.

Anyone may nominate a wipes-related product for consideration for the 2012 Award. To nominate a product, send a short abstract describing the innovation along with a product sample to Helena Lee, Suite 115, 1100 Crescent Green, Cary, NC 27518; [email protected] .

The chosen finalists will give a 10-minute presentation at the conference and the finalists will have table-top space to display their nominated product. Attendees will then vote for the best innovation to receive the 2012 World of Wipes Award.

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