CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Seminar on Nonwovens
Technology, Products and Market Potential
14 – 15, October 2005, IIT Delhi.

Friday, 14 October 2005

Registration
9:00 - 09.45 Inauguration
9.45-10:45 Keynote Address
Pierre Wiertz, EDANA , Brussels , Belgium on Market and technology trends in the European and worldwide nonwovens industry
10:45-11:15 TEA
11:15-01:15 TECHNICAL SESSION I

11:15-12:45
Kamps, Temafa , Germany on Fibre opening and lending systems for the nonwovens industryFrank Kieras, Spinnbau GmbH, Germany on Variations in web forming systems
V. Gupta, OSKAR Dilo Machinenfabrik KG, Germany on Modern needle looms, their designs and applications in nonwoven production

12:45-1:15
Marc Wolpers, Truetzschler Nonwovens, Germany on State of the art fibre preparation systems for the nonwoven industry

1:15-2:15 LUNCH AND POSTER SESSION
02:15-03:45

TECHNICAL SESSION II

2:00-2:30
Hubert Waßenhoven, WIESSNER Air Engineering GmbH, Germany on Process air-conditioning for high production nonwoven lines

2:30-3:00
Ingo Doering, Küesters Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co, Germany on Eduard Kuesters calenders and wet finishing equipment for the nonwoven industry

3:00-3:30
Hans Georg Geus, Reifenhäuser Reicofil GmbH & Co. KG, Germany on Reicofil Technology by Reifenhäuser - the unique process, new process developments and product characteristics

03:45-04:00 TEA
04:00 - 05:45

TECHNICAL SESSION III

4:00-4:30
Christian Vollmers, Neumag Zweigniederlassung der Saurer GmbH & Co. KG, Germany on NEUMAG's advanced nonwoven technology

4:30-5:00
Rahul Dharmadhikary, Ahlstrom Fibre Composites Division, Ahlstrom , USA on Application of nonwoven medical fabrics

5:00-5:30
Christophe Josefiak, Freudenberg Nonwovens India Pvt. Limited, India on Evolon - A new spunbond technology and its future potential applications

 5:30-5:45
A.J. Mayekar, A.T.E. Marketing Private Limited Mumbai , India on Fleissner- System for complete nonwovens production lines with AquaJet-Spunlace system/ Binderbonding/ Thermobonding

05:45 - 06:15 POSTER SESSION
06:15-07:45 CULTURAL PROGRAMME
08:00
CONFERENCE DINNER
Sponsored by Business Co-ordination House (P) Limited, India


Saturday, 15 October 2005

9:00 - 11:00

TECHNICAL SESSION IV

9:00-09:45
Gunjan Sharma Reliance Industries Limited, India on Polyester- Emerging opportunity in nonwovens

09:45-10:30
Manohar Samuel , Birla Cellulose , India on Viscose nonwoven- Product, technology and market

10:30-11:00
N.K. Sharma, Professor and Consultant on Nonwovens, Italy on Nonwovens from staple fibres – technology of A.Celli, Automatex, Canal Air, Comerio Ercole, and F.O.R.


11:00-11:15 TEA
11:15-1:15

TECHNICAL SESSION V

11:15-11:45
Andre Michalon, Rieter Perfojet , France on Improvement of spunlace technology with ISO jet system

11:45-12:15
Sanjay K. Shah and Vijay Satkalmi, Reliance Industries Ltd on Polypropylene for Nonwovens in India

12:15 - 12:45
P.K.Banerjee, IIT Delhi, India on Development of needle punched fabrics for geotechnical applications

12:45-1:15
G. Ravishankar, K’s Technical and Management Consultants, India on Nonwovens in agriculture


1:15-2:15 LUNCH AND POSTER SESSION
2:15-3:45

TECHNICAL SESSION VI

2:15-2:45
H. P. Nanda, E. I. DuPont India Private Limited, India on Nonwovens Applications in India – An Overview

2:45-3:15
Gajanan Bhat, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville , USA on Recent advances in polymer laid nonwovens

 3:15-3:45
Bohuslav Neckar, Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic on Contribution to the theory of porosity and fiber orientation in nonwoven fibrous assemblies


3:45 - 4:00 TEA
4:00-5-30

TECHNICAL SESSION VII

4:00-4:30
Thierry Masi, NSC Nonwoven (Asselin - Thibeau) , France on NSC nonwovens turnkey line for hygiene, automotive, filtration and geotextiles

 4.30-5.00
N.K. Sharma, Professor and Consultant on Nonwovens, Italy on Spunbonded nonwovens – technology of A.Celli, Automatex, Canal Air, Comerio Ercole, and STP Impianti

5:00-5:30
V K Kothari , A. Das and R. Alagirusamy, IIT Delhi on Some of the nonwovens studies at IIT Delhi

05:30-06:30 PANEL DISCUSSION AND CONCLUDING REMARKS