Jay Forcucci

Senior Director, Product Management, Polymer Group Inc. (PGI)

Education:
MBA – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, May 1983
BS – Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, May 1980
Employment History:
 2012 – Present, PGI, Inc., Charlotte, NC, Senior Director Product Management
 2010 – 2012 NanoStatics Corp., Circleville, OH,
Business Unit Manager of High Performance Products/Vice President Business
Development
 2003 – 2010 Filtration Group/Filtair, York, SC, General Manager Filtrair
 1998 – 2003 Hoechst/BBA Fiberweb, Charlotte, NC, General Manager AQF Technologies
 1987-1998 Lydall Technical Papers, Rochester, NH, Business Unit Manager for Air and Liquid Filtration media
 1985-1987 ETL Testing Labs, Cortland, NY, Marketing Manager for Electrical Safety and HVAC performance test program
 1983-1985 Pall Corporation, Cortland, NY, Marketing Specialist for Breweries, Deep Well Disposal and High Fructose Corn Syrup
Affiliations:
 INDA Filtration Committee Member 2003-present
 INDA Filtration Co-Chairman 2009-2011
 INDA Lifetime Service Award 2011
 IEST Committee Member – PR7, RP21, RP34 1992-1999
 IEST Chairman RP21 1998
 NFPA Committee Member 1988-1994 Fluid Power
 INDA International Trade Advisory Board Since 2005

Design and Development of Filter Media to Control Airborne Sub-micron "Nano" Particles

Abstract: Sub-micron _nano_ particles raise concerns for both our everyday indoor and outdoor air quality from a health perspective as well as the contamination of our industrial manufacturing processes. This presentation will review the different classifications of airborne particles, provide various industry standards used to quantify or rate the removal efficiencies, and detail new nonwoven technologies which can be utilized in the filtration and contamination control of airborne sub-micron _nano_ particles.