Nominations are now open for the coveted WOW Innovation Award, one of the many highlights of the upcoming 2010 World of Wipes (WOW) International Conference in Chicago in June.

The WOW Innovation Award will honour the most innovative advances within the entire wipe 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 2010 WOW Innovation Award. The deadline for nominations is April 15.

Organized by INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, the fourth annual World of Wipes (WOW) International Conference, set for June 21-23, 2010 at the InterContinental Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois, will focus exclusively on the business and technology of wipes, from raw materials to substrates to converting and end-use applications, during three days of seminars and networking. Sessions will concentrate on Sustainability, Market Statistics, Product Development, EPA Programs and Raw Materials.

The WOW 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 WOW 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 2010 WOW Award. To nominate a product, send a short abstract describing the innovation along with a product sample to Misty Ayers, Suite 115, 1100 Crescent Green, Cary, NC 27518, [email protected] .

Six finalists will give a 15-minute presentation at the conference and the finalists will have table-top space to display their nominated product. Attendees will vote for the best innovation.

To download a nomination form, go to:

http://www.inda.org/events/wow10/WOW2010_NominationForm.doc

For more information on the fourth annual World of Wipes (WOW) International Conference, set for June 21-23, 2010 at the InterContinental Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois; http://www.inda.org/events/index.html