TECHNICAL REPORT

NOMINATIONS BEING ACCEPTED FOR 2009 VISIONARY AWARD

The nomination process for the prestigious 2009 Visionary Award is now open to the global nonwovens and consumer products industries. INDA, which sponsors the annual award, will be accepting nominations through September 1. Now in its eighth year, the award recognizes consumer end products that utilize nonwoven fabrics or employ nonwoven technology during their manufacturing process.

The 2009 Visionary Award will be presented at VISION 2009, which returns to New Orleans January 26-29, 2009 at the Sheraton Canal Street, site of the original VISION Conference in 2002.

The process and criteria for the 2009 Visionary Award are simple:

1. The finished consumer end product must contain a nonwoven fabric or utilize a nonwoven technology during its manufacturing process.
2. The consumer product has to have been introduced to the trade or to consumers in 2007-08.
3. The product can not have been selected as a finalist in any previous Visionary Award competition.
4. Companies can nominate their own products. While any number of products can be nominated, only one product per company will be selected as a finalist.

Finalists will be selected at the TAB meeting prior to the International Nonwovens Technical Conference in Houston, Tex.

Products will be judged on their novel use of nonwoven technology, as well as on their consumer and trade acceptance. Eligible consumer product categories include disposable diapers, feminine hygiene products, adult incontinence products, household wipes and home filters, among others.

The finalists will make presentations at the VISION 2009 Consumer Products Conference. Conference attendees will then vote on the recipient of the award and the recipient is announced on the final day of the Conference.

Last February at the VISION 2008 Conference in Fort Worth, Tex., Kimberly-Clark's SpaSensials spa treatment was named as the recipient of the 2008 Visionary Award. VISION 2008 attendees selected SpaSensials over five other nominated products - Curity Brand Nursing Pad, Covidien; Do-Rite Disposable Dog Diapers, Do-Rites; PowerTex Glass Cleaner, Ecolab; OMop Dry Sweeper Cloths, Method Products; and Consumer Shopping Bags from Reliance Industries (India).
 
Other previous winners include Tyco Swim Pants (2007): Chicopee's Disaster Relief Blanket (2006); Fiberweb's Resolution Print Media (2005); Dwight & Church's Brillo Scrub 'n' Toss (2004), FMJ ChemBio's Civilian Quick Escape Mask (2003); and Procter & Gamble's Swiffer cleaning system (2002).

To nominate a product, email an explanation of the product to Michael Jacobsen, Visionary Awards coordinator, at mjacobsen@inda.org. Samples of the product should also be sent to Michael Jacobsen, INDA, 22 Paterson Avenue, Midland Park, NJ 07432 USA.

Call 201-612-6601 with any questions. For more information on the VISION 2009 Consumer Products Conference, log on to www.inda.org.