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INDA & NC University team up on nonwovens courses

20 Sep '14

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The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA) and North Carolina State University’s Nonwovens Institute (NWI) will jointly organise a series of nonwovens short courses titled, “The Professional Development Series”.

The new portfolio of six courses will harmonize and unify each of their separate nonwoven training courses into a single series starting with the nonwoven’s basics, increasing to intermediate and capping with an advanced series of product development, nanofibers and microfibers, fabric property development and spunbond & meltblown technology.

“The courses will give industry professionals targeted and flexible short course opportunities to impart knowledge of nonwovens and advance career development goals, beginning from 2015”, INDA informs.

INDA says, “Since 1998, it has offered it’s highly successful one-and-a half day Elementary Nonwovens Training Course and its three-day Advanced Nonwovens Training Course. Simultaneously, NWI has offered a series of advanced training courses from three to five days in duration, with one course quite similar to the INDA Advanced course.”

The Professional Development Series starts from January 21, 2015 and offers Continuing Education Units to Intermediate and Advanced Series participants.

The full course series includes;
Elementary: With a focus toward professionals who are new to nonwovens, this one-and-a-half day course conducted by INDA, at INDA’s headquarters reviews the basic nomenclature, production processes, fabric attributes, market uses and trends of nonwovens and will be held in January, June and September 2015.

Intermediate Nonwovens Training: Designed for industry professionals familiar with nonwovens or those with a more technical background, this new three-and-a-half-day course combines INDA’s Advanced Course with elements of NWI’s Introduction to Nonwoven Products & Processes.

This course will now include sessions at both INDA’s offices in North Carolina and NWI’s state-of-the-art pilot lines and science/analytics labs at the NC State University campus also in North Carolina. NWI’s instructional staff and industry guest speakers will contribute to the educational content scheduled for March, August and November 2015.

Advanced Series: Created for industry participants looking for deeper knowledge in specific nonwoven areas, the Advanced Series will be located at the NWI at NC State University and be taught by NWI instructors.

The Advanced Series will consist of three-and-a-half day courses in Fabric Property Development and Characterization, Introduction to Spunbond & Meltblown Technology, and Nonwoven Nanofiber & Microfiber Fundamentals and Characterization. There will also be a five-day Capstone Course on Nonwoven Product Development led by NWI instructors. (AR)

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