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INDA webinar series to address global nonwovens issues
Upcoming facemask standards, single use plastics legislation, and impacts of recent capacity announcement to be addressed.
3rd February 2021
INDA, the Association of the Nonwovens Fabrics Industry, is taking the lead to inform the nonwovens/engineered materials industry with three one-hour webinars on the toughest issues facing the North American Nonwovens Industry. The critical issues include, facemask performance standards, single use plastics (SUP) legislative policy issues, and industry impacts from recent capacity announcements in Spunbond/Spunmelt/Spunlace caused by COVID-19 demand for wipes, medical gowns, and facemask materials.
The one-hour webinars will be held at 11 am EDT on March 16th, 25th, and April 6th, and include subject matter experts in facemask standards, plastics legislation, and nonwoven supply/demand analysis.
Sheila Kaplan, The New York Times
Published: 17 Dec 2020 10:12 AM BdST
Updated: 17 Dec 2020 10:12 AM BdST FILE A wide variety of face masks, some with sports team logos, at a store in Cypress, Texas, on Nov 27, 2020. New filtration standards being developed aim to help consumers understand just how effective the masks they buy really are. (Go Nakamura/The New York Times)
More than 100,000 varieties of face masks are currently for sale. They come in silk, cotton and synthetics; with filters and without; over-the-head and over-the-ears. They have sparkles and sunflowers; friendly greetings and insults; cartoon characters and teeny reindeer. );
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What they don’t have is a label that shows how well they block infectious particles, an omission that has frustrated public health officials during the coronavirus pandemic. Those experts note that there is a big range in the effectiveness of various designs, and some barely filter out particles at all.