Joy Jordan, global strategy program leader at Kimberly-Clark Corp., will present “Sustainability Initiatives at Kimberly-Clark” at this year’s NETInc Conference. The presentation is the lead-in to the conference’s “Session 12: Sustainability and Environment,” to be presented on Friday, November 12. The conference will take place in Raleigh, N.C., November 10-12, 2010.

Larry C. Wadsworth of the University of Tennessee will chair the four-component session, which also includes: a presentation by Janet O’Regan of Cotton Incorporated; “Comparison of the Biodegradation Performance of Meltblown PLA, Spunbond PLA, and Cellulosic Mulch Fabrics in Soil Treatments Used in Crops” by Larry C. Wadsworth, Annette L. Wszelaki, Douglas G. Hayes and Jaehoon Lee from the University of Tennessee; and “Oil Absorbing and Vapor Retaining Nonwovens,” presented by Vinitkumar Singh, Utkarsh Sata, Sudheer Jinka, Muralidhar Lalagiri and Seshadri Ramkumar from Texas Tech University and Amit Kapoor of First Line Technology.

Sponsored by TAPPI’s NET (Nonwovens Engineers and Technologists) Division and the Nonwovens Institute (NWI), the Innovative Nonwovens Conference (NETInc) is the only technical conference developed by engineers and technologists to help integrate the innovation behind the science and how it impacts the market.

Source: NETInc Conference