Indian Technical Textile Association (ITTA) organized a one-day international conference on nonwoven technical textiles with a focused theme on nonwovens for high-performance applications on June 6, 2018. It happened concurrently with the Nonwoven Tech Asia 2018 exhibition, organized by Radeecal, at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai.
The conference received an overwhelming response from the industry. The topics were chosen as per the theme of conference covering high-performance applications of nonwovens, spread over eleven presentations by eminent speakers from the industry. Sanyal Desai, CEO, Radeecal Communications, and Suresh Patel, president, INDINON, spoke about the ban on nonwoven bags in Maharashtra and how it has affected the nonwoven roll goods and bag manufacturing industry.
Anjan Mukhopadhyay, Director, BTRA, highlighted how nonwovens are used in different high-tech areas like insulation material, protective suit, waste water treatment, etc. He also briefed about the R&D, testing and training facilities available at BTRA. Pramod Khosla, Chairman, ITTA, in his inaugural address, spoke about the Nonwoven Tech Asia exhibition. He hoped nonwovens are not equated to plastics. He emphasized that nonwovens are mostly used in the automotive, packaging, industrial sectors. The nonwoven market is growing in Europe and the US and woven market is stabilizing and going down. India has a great hope for the export market more than domestic market.
