WHAT DO BABY DIAPERS AND TEABAGS HAVE IN COMMON? NONWOVENS GENEVA, November 6 /TTNN-AsiaNet/-- Who's heard of nonwovens? You? Infact, few people have, and yet they are everywhere! This technologycontributes to your daily comfort by improving industrial production inall sectors. Index '99, the largest world event in this branch, will takeplace at Palexpo-Geneva (Switzerland) from 27 to 30 April 1999. To find out more, check www.palexpo.ch. So what is a nonwoven? You are probably more familiar with thismaterial than you might think. Nonwovens are a part of your daily life, from the cradle to the grave. Teabags, coffee filters and nappies, not to mention geotextiles, clothes lining, some pieces of car equipment, batteryseparators and much, much more are made using nonwovens. This industry has an annual world-wide turnover of 8 billion US dollars. In Europe, it has been growing at a rate of 10% annually in the most diverse domestic and industrial sectors. It employs around 14'000 people, which represents a very high rate of value created by employment. What would we do without nonwovens? This is the first question to beposed in a hitherto unpublished journalistic inquiry. An inquiry of interest to many, from laymen to specialists in the most varied sectors, from packaging to construction, along with food, medicine or clothing, to mention but a few! Index '99, the 10th International nonwovens exhibition and congress, to be held at Palexpo-Geneva (Switzerland) from 27/to/30/April 1999, will take stock of the "state of the art" of 21st century technology. Some 400 exhibitors and 10'000 visitors and congress participants are expected to attend. To amaze your readers, listeners or viewers, to find out more than youever imagined possible about nonwovens please do not hesitate to contact us. We Would be delighted to help you put together your file and will provide you with any information that you need. Contact: Orgexpo, P.O. Box 112, CH-1218 Grand-Saconnex, Tel.0041/22/761 11 11, Fax 0041/22/798 01 00, E-Mail:#[email protected], Internet: http://www/palexpo.ch or Edana, 157, av. Eugene Plasky, B-1030 Brussels, Tel. 0032/2/734 93 10, Fax 0032/2/733 35 18, E-Mail: [email protected]