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500 Absorbent Hygiene & Personal Care Industry Professionals are Connected by HygienixTM

Published: November 23, 2022
Author: DIGITAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE

Egal Pads – Pads on a Roll™ earns prestigious Hygienix Innovation Award™ 

Cary, NC, – INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics  Industry convened 500 absorbent hygiene and personal care professionals from 30 countries and throughout the supply chain to participate in the eighth edition of  Hygienix™ – the premier event for absorbent hygiene & personal care markets – held in  New Orleans, Louisiana, Nov. 14-17. 

The successful three-day conference delivered premium content, educational workshops, networking opportunities, awards, and a lively welcome reception in the  French Quarter. 

“The energy and excitement at Hygienix centers on the thriving developments in the  absorbent hygiene and personal care industry. Hygienix gathers those most relevant in  the supply chain in one place to advance the nonwovens and engineered materials  business,” said Tony Fragnito, INDA President.  

The program kicked off with recycling approaches for disposable absorbent hygiene  waste, followed by business impacts of period product legislation and regulation, new  menstrual products, consumer trends, and three finalist presentations for the 2022  Hygienix Innovation Award™. “The program was excellent – it built upon the need for  sustainability and developed to demonstrate the required innovation,” said Krzysztof  Malowaniec, Independent Consultant, KDM Management Consultancy Firm.  

The event also included presentations from 18 other industry experts along with 13  hours of scheduled face-to-face networking, and 50 tabletop display exhibits and banquet receptions on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

“The tabletop exhibits provided a great platform to connect with our customers and  prospects. Exhibiting with INDA gives our prospects and partners confidence to do  business with us. We’re here for the third year,” said Saravanan Palani, Director of  Sales, Luwa Pneumafil Inc. 

“The contacts I’ve made at INDA have been super helpful,” said Dawn Hunter, Chief  Innovation Officer. 

Program presentations also included economic outlooks on the global, and the North  American economy, consumer perceptions of hygiene and sustainability across five  generations, ingredients and product labeling, industry merger and acquisitions,  sustainability and improved absorbent hygiene resources. 

One highlight of the event was the presentation of INDA’s prestigious Hygienix  Innovation Award™ to Egal Pads for Pads on a Roll™ a wrapped super-thin absorbent  period pad that dispenses like toilet paper in public bathroom stalls. The product aims to  prevent the personal embarrassment of not having a menstrual product when needed.  For Penelope Finnie, CEO of Egal Pads the award was gratefully appreciated: “Egal  and “Pads on a Roll” are honored to have been chosen as the Hygienix Innovation  Award winner. We are passionate about gender equity and our part can be to provide  a period product. All biological functions need to be treated equally, and INDA and  Hygienix are the perfect entities to help move this vision forward.” Other finalists  included Kimberly-Clark’s Kotex® Pantyliner with pH Indicator, and Sposie Kids’ Sposie® Dribbles® Potty Training Pads. 

EDUCATION: 

Other highlights included two separate educational workshops: an absorbent hygiene  workshop which provided participants the latest global trends, regional product  launches, and differentiations in diapers, baby pants, and adult underwear, plus an  introduction to the absorption systems for absorbent hygiene products.

RECOGNITIONS: 

INDA President Tony Fragnito presented the 2022 INDA Lifetime Service Award to  Dave Rousse, INDA President Emeritus, for his long-established service to the  nonwovens industry and INDA. Rousse led the acquisition of the INSIGHT conference,  and combined the INDA Vision Conference to launch the Hygienix™ conference for the  absorbent hygiene and personal care market in 2015, and initiated the purchase of  INDA Media. 

Hygienix™ 2023 will be held Nov 13-16, in New Orleans, Louisiana at The Roosevelt  Hotel. 

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