Report of ANFA Nonwovens Conference 2014, Nov. 26-27, Osaka

ANFA Nonwovens Conference2014 organized by Asia Nonwoven Fabrics Association(ANFA) in cooperation with All Nippon Nonwovens Association (ANNA) was held on Nov.
26-27, at Taiko-en, Osaka, Japan. Also Welcome Reception Dinner was magnificently heldon the previous day, Nov. 25, at Viale Osaka, with about 120 participants including 90 ones
from foreign countries.
The conference was held in Japan for the first time, after being held in Taiwan twice
2005 and 2009.

Although themes of the past two conferences were centered on thetechnical site, market trends and product development was taken up as themes this time.
An Exhibition was held in the same location as well, of which themes were composed withone key note, three market trends, 9 technical items and 8 product presentations.
Many questions and answers were enthusiastically exchanged among the speakers andparticipants during the conference.
The exhibition held total 33 exhibitors including 8 oversea exhibitors, and the numbers ofplanned booths are almost filled.
Active information exchanges were carried out among the exhibitors and the participants
as well, and many exhibitors have highly evaluated that they could promote concrete
networks with the customers or participants.
Anyway the ANFA Conference had 402 participants including 106 oversea ones and 43
visitors only to the Exhibition, beyond expectation, and it was supposed that the conference
attracted many general participants besides of ANFA or ANNA members.
The report of the ANFA Conference is as follows.

Conference hall

1. Outline of ANFA Nonwovens Conference 2014
□Date： November 26－27、 2014

□ Venue： Taiko-en (Osaka、Japan)（Reception: November 26）□Organizer： Asia Nonwoven Fabrics Association / All Nippon Nonwovens Association□Show management office: EJK Japan, Ltd.
□Contents: Conference, Reception, Exhibition□Endorsed by: Taiwan nonwoven Fabrics Association (TNFIA), Korea Nonwoven Industry
Cooperative (KNIC), China Nonwovens Technical Association (CNTA), Hong Kong
Nonwovens Association (HKNA), INDA (Association of the Nonwoven FabricsIndustry), EDANA (European Disposable and Nonwovens Association)□Supported by: The Society of Fiber Science and Technology Japan, Japan Apparel ･Fashion Industry Council , Japan Hygiene Products Industry Association,Japan Carpet Manufactures Association, Japan Chemical Fibers Association,Japan Air Cleaning Association, the Textile Machinery Society of Japan□Cooperated by: Kansai Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry□Participants: Total (Nov. 26-27th,) 402- Oversea: 106 (China: 66, Korea: 15、Taiwan12, India: 9, Hong Kong: 3, Other: 1)- Japanese: 296(ANNA members: 224, non-ANNA members: 72)-Participants to the Conference: 368 (Oversea: 106, Japanese: 262)
-Participants only to the Exhibition: 43

2. Conference Report
November 26 (Wed)09:00-18:30 Exhibition（Diamond Hall 、Exhibition Area 3F）
09:00-10:00 Visitor registration, Coffee break and Networking / Visiting exhibition
10:00-10:30 Opening : Kazuhisa Inoue, Chairman, ANNA
Yanxi Wang, Chairman, ANFA(Guest) Mr. Tsuyoshi Morishita, Director, METI, Kansai Bureau

ANNA Chairman, Mr. Inoue

ANFA Chairman, Mr. Wang

METI, Kansai Bureau, Mr. Morishita

10:30-11:00 Keynote Speech Mr. Toshio Takanashi, President, Asahi Fibers Corp. (Japan)“Global Development of Fibers and Nonwovens Business by Asahi Kasei Fibers”

Keynote: Mr. Toshio Takanashi (President, Asahi Fibers Corp.)

11:00-12:15 “Market Trend of World & Asia nonwovens”
Mr. Hideo Tsuchiya, Secretary General, ANFA“The Present Trend of China Nonwovens Industry”
Mr. Xiang Yang, Executive Officer, Working Committee, ANFA
“Nonwovens Market Trend in India”
Mr. Samir Gupta, Director, ANFA, Managing Director of Business
Co-ordination House (India)

Secretary General, Mr. Tsuchiya Executive Officer, WC, Mr. Yang

12:15-13:30 Lunch

Director, Mr. Gupta

Networking / Visiting Exhibition

13:30-15:30 “Innovation and Application of Calender Thermo-Finishing on Ultra Thin
Non-woven”
Mr. Alex Yu, General Manager, Chiefwell Engineering Co., Ltd.（Taiwan）

“The Study on the Flame-retardant Non-woven Material of CRH Train Interiors”
Dr. Zhang Yu, Prof. Nantong University (China)“Carbon Fiber Composite Materials - History and its Future - ”
Mr. Nobuyuki Odagiri, General Manager, ACM Technology Department,
Toray Industries, Inc. (Japan)

Mr. Alex Yu

Dr. Zhang Yu

Mr. Nobuyuki Odagiri

15:30-16:00 Coffee break and Networking / visiting Exhibition
16:00-17:20 “ Nature-inspired Filter Media Design “Dr. Kuo-Lun (Allan) Tung, Prof. National Taiwan University“Steam-jet Technology and its Effect and Characteristics”
Mr. Sumito Kiyooka, Development Manager, Kuraray Kuraflex Co., Ltd.
(Japan)Dr. Kuo-Lun Tung
18:30-20:30

Mr. Sumito Kiyooka

ANFA Reception（Garden Hall Annex）

Welcome-Opening speech
ANFA Honorary-chairman Dr. Kanai

Opening speech
ANFA Vice-chairman Mr.HaungGuest speech
Mr. Minoru Suyama, Director General, METI, Kansai Bureau

Toast
ANFA Vice-chairman, Mr. Takenaka“Kagamiwari”

Social gathering hallClosing: ANFA Director, Mr. MikiSocial gathering hall
November 27 (Thu)
09:00-10:30 “The Present Situation of Battery Separator with Nonwovens”
Dr. Masanao Tanaka, General Manager, Technical Development Dept.
of Industrial Materials Div., Japan Vilene Company, Ltd. (Japan)"Development of Synthetic HEPA Filter on Using Electro Spinning andMelt-blown Processes."
Mr. Kim Jung-kun, Vice-president, Dongwha Vitex Co., Ltd. (Korea)

Dr. Masanao Tanaka

Mr. Kim Jung-kun

10:30-10:50 Coffee break and Networking / visiting Exhibition
10:50-12:10 “The Latest Trend of Hygiene Products and Nonwovens for them”
Mr. Koudai Furuya, Group Manager, Strategic Purchasing Group,
Procurement Department, Global R &D Div. Unicharm Corp. (Japan)“ Development of Nonwovens Technology and Application”
Dr. Osamu Yaida, Adviser, ANNA, Former Prof. Kyoto Women’s University(Japan)

Mr. Koudai Furuya

12:10-13:00

Lunch

Dr. Osamu Yaida

Networking / Visiting Exhibition

Product Presentations by Exhibitors Room 1
13:00-13:05 “Opening” Dr. Osamu Yaida, Adviser, ANNA
13:05-13:30 “ELMARCO / NANO SPIDER & NANOVAL / Split fiber Spunbond”
Nikko Tecno Co., Inc.／ELMARCO LTD.
13:40-13:55 “INTRODUCTION OF NIPPON NOZZLE CO.,LTD & ON MELTBLOWN”
NIPPON NOZZLE CO.,LTD
14:05-14:20 “GLOBAL NONWOVENS LIMITED-QUALITY SPUNMELT NONWOVENSUPPLIER FOR HYGIENE & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS”
GLOBAL NONWOVENS LIMITED

Mr. Mizuma, Nikko Techno Mr. Kitamura, Nippon Nozzle Mr.MALLYAH, Global Nonwovens

Product presentation, Room 1

14:30-14:45 “New Nanofiber Production Method “ForceSpinning Technology”
YAMAGUCHI SANGYO CO., LTD.／Fibrio Technology
14:55-15:10 “Ultrasonic Welder Technology”
Branson Ultrasonics, Emerson JAPAN, Ltd.

Mr. Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Sangyo Mr. Furuya, Emerson Japan

Product Presentations by Exhibitors Room 2
13:50-14:05 “Metallic wire for Nonwoven Roller Card”
Kanai Juyo Kogyo Co.,Ltd
14:15-14:45 “Calender-Finishing for Ultra-Thin Non-Woven”(Nomex / Ni-plated PET / Stainless steel fiber mash)
CHIEFWELL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.

14:55-15:25 “Tencel to enhance products performance – in trend with flushable functions”
Lenzing Fibers / Fiber Coordinate Services Ltd.

Mr. Kanechiku, Kanai Juyo Kogyo

Mr. Yu, CHIEFWELL

Ms. Nomura, Fiber Coordinate Services

Product presentation, Room 2

3. Exhibition Report
Total Exhibitors: 33 (Oversea 8, Japanese 23, Association 2)
Oversea Exhibitors: 7 companies (China 3, India 2, Korea 2, Taiwan 1)
Birla Cellulose Grasim Industries Ltd (India)
CHIEFWELL ENGINEERIG CO., LTD. (Taiwan)
DALIAN HUAYANG CHEMICAL FIBER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD (China)
DONGWON ROLL Co., Ltd. (Korea)
GLOBAL NONWOVENS LIMITED (India)
J & Co., Ltd. (Korea)
NANTONG XINLVYE NONWOVENS CO., LTD (China)
SHANTOU SANFAI NONWOVEN MACHINERY, LTD (China)Japanese Exhibitors: 23 companies
AMBIC CO.,LTD.
ASAHI KASEI FIBERS CORPORATION
Branson Ultrasonics, Emerson JAPAN, Ltd.
DAIWABO RAYON Co.,Ltd.
DYNIC CORPORATION
Fiber Coordinate Services Limited/Lenzing Fibers
FREUDENBERG・SPUNWEB・JAPAN CO., LTDJapan Vilene Co., Ltd.
JX Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationKanai Juyo Kogyo Co.,LtdKASUGA ELECTRIC WORKS LTD
Kuraray Kuraflex Co., Ltd.
KURASHIKI TEXTILE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Mashintex, LTD.
MIKI TOKUSHU PAPER MFG.CO.,LTD.
Nikko Tecno Co., Inc./ELMARCO LTD.
NIPPON NOZZLE CO.,LTD
NIPPON PURETEC CO., LTD.
Nordson K.K.
Omikenshi Co.,Ltd
Shinwa Corp.
TEIJIN LIMITEDYAMAGUCHI SANGYO CO., LTD./Fibrio Technology

Association Exhibitors: 2 organizations
All Nippon Nonwovens Association
Asia Nonwoven Fabrics Association