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Mr Rory Holmes
President
International Nonwovens & Disposables Association [INDA]
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On April 16, 1968, in New York, The Disposables Association was
founded as a non-profit organization of company membership to collect and
develop factual information, to provide a legally sanctioned and supervised
forum for the industry in which common problems could be discussed and programs
to solve them devised.
The Association was the first to determine the need for a worldwide event
acting as a meeting ground where all levels of the nonwovens industry - users,
suppliers, manufacturers - could learn from each other. In July, 1972, the
group effected a name change to International Nonwovens & Disposables
Association, thus, more accurately reflecting the scope of its interests and
the membership it serves.
Today, INDA is well known for its conferences, expositions and training courses
as well as monitoring government policies affecting the industry while managing
issues affecting the industry's worldwide standards and image.
Mr Rory A Holmes is the President of INDA. Prior to joining INDA, he was
Associate Director, Technology Transfer, at the Nonwovens Cooperative Research
Center of the College of Textiles at North Carolina State University.
Mr Holmes pursued a 25-year career with Johnson & Johnson, where he had a
series of increasing responsibilities in Operations, Research and Sales &
Marketing. He was honored with Hoffmann Award for Research & Development
and the Johnson Medal for development and commercialization of the Johnson
& Johnson line of Operating Room Gown & Drape fabrics. Mr Holmes is the
inventor of record for 6 patents.
In 1995, Mr Holmes joined to lead the Sales & Marketing efforts for
Chicopee (a division of the Polymer Group Inc), where he had direct
responsibility for the Medical, Industrial and APEX businesses.
Speaking to Face2Face team, Mr Holmes throws light on broad based
definition of Technical Textiles; its applications, and also presents the
overview about INDA and its activities in the welfare of non-wovens industry.
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| fibre2fashion: |
Can we start with a brief overview of INDA, about the organization and its core activities?
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Mr Rory Holmes
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INDA is the trade association representing the nonwoven fabrics industry since 1968. It is committed to energetic action on behalf of the nonwovens industry. Throughout the year, our conferences and action-oriented committees bring industry professionals together to explore the most pressing trends and issues in the areas of government relations, technology, marketing and international commerce. INDA then marshals the resources of member companies to make a coordinated response that is prompt, cost-effective and industry-wide.
INDA is well known worldwide as a show organizer. IDEA, International Engineered Fabrics Conference and Exposition is the key event and is offered every three years. Also, organized by INDA is the annual event...Filtration. This is the largest Filtration industry event in the world.
Furthermore, INDA leads the way in the education of nonwovens by offering training courses in nonwovens and publishing various handbooks on many segments of the industry.
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| fibre2fashion: |
What is the broad based definition of Technical Textiles?
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Mr Rory Holmes
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According to the Textile Terms and Definitions, published by the Textile Institute, the definition is: Textile materials and products manufactured primarily for their technical and performance properties rather than their aesthetic or decorative characteristics.
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| fibre2fashion: |
What are the different applications of technical textiles?
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Mr Rory Holmes
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In many areas viz., Agriculture, Automotives, Sporting, Leisure, Geosynthetics, and Food production.
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| fibre2fashion: |
What are the latest innovations taking place in your company?
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Mr Rory Holmes
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INDA is organizing a conference and tabletop exhibition to be held in October 2007 in Mumbai, India.
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| fibre2fashion: |
What is the estimated market size for various segments of TT?
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Mr Rory Holmes
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INDA does not carry estimated market sizes for technical textiles, however INDA does have extensive market/statistical data on nonwovens.
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| fibre2fashion: |
Do you foresee any overlap between TT and nanotech?
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Mr Rory Holmes
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INDA foresees a partial overlap between technical textiles and nanotech.
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| fibre2fashion: |
What according to you is the production costs and scale of a project estimated at if one wants to enter TT field, say for non-wovens, clothings and furnishings?
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Mr Rory Holmes
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That is a difficult question to answer. There are many factors that go into production and startup costs. Cost can depend partly on what markets a company wants to enter, whether they wish to be machinery supplier, an end product manufacturer, raw material supplier, roll goods supplier, etc.
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Published on : 02 Apr 2007
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Mr Akira Onishi |
| GM [Textile Machinery] & MO [Toyota Ind.Corp.] |
| Toyota Industries Corporation |
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Mr Rory Holmes |
| President |
| International Nonwovens & Disposables Association [INDA] |
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