EDANA: Line-Up of Events and Trainings for 2025

FILTREX 2025

FILTREX 2025, 25-26 March 2025, Vienna, Austria. The ultimate forum for the filtration sector, featuring cutting-edge innovations. A 2-day conference and exhibition bringing together filtration experts, technical specialists and industry leaders along the supply chain, with a clear focus on technological and sustainability innovations, for instance driving media and filter performances or demonstrating their role in reducing emissions. This edition also features a tabletop exhibition organised in parallel with the conference. As the second-most-important aspect of the conference, the priceless network cultivated within the exhibition, the coffee breaks and cocktail evening will stay with you long after the event!

Innovation Forum

EDANA Innovation Forum, 11-12 June 2025, place to be confirmed. An immersive experience including visits and inspirational activities focusing on innovation across all nonwovens’ applications. The aim of this Forum is to gather an interdisciplinary group of young academics, start-ups, researchers, scientists and nonwovens professionals across all sectors. A tabletop exhibition will be organised together with the conference to maximize networking and business connections. It explores the significance of innovation for nonwovens and what it entails. While innovation is typically associated with Confidential Business Information, partnerships can be the key to success. The Forum features presentations from experts on innovative products, materials, and technologies from across all nonwovens applications. The programme also includes an excursion to a very innovative venue and allow plenty of time for discussion and networking.

Outlook 2025

OUTLOOK 2025, 23-25 September 2025, Budapest, Hungary. Imagine a single location where you can meet, connect, and form partnerships with over 500 senior professionals. Discover the latest market growth trends, opportunities, sustainability initiatives, innovations, technological advancements, and regulatory updates across the diaper, wet wipe, femcare, and incontinence product sectors. Inspirational speakers will be on stage as well to expand the audience’s perspectives by delivering thought-provoking speeches on the major global trends shaping the future.

Sustainability Forum

EDANA Sustainability Forum, 3-4 December 2025, Brussels, Belgium. Addressing sustainable practices and solutions shaping the future of the industry. The EDANA Sustainability Forum evolved out of our Circular Nonwovens Forum. It covers all relevant sustainability topics for the nonwovens industry, including natural raw materials, consumer expectations, circularity, bioeconomy, and more. The Forum includes keynote speeches, panel discussions, Q&A sessions and speeches at the European Commission with representatives of DG Env and DG Trade. It is the opportunity to learn, share, and network on sustainability, and aims to overcome challenges and collectively find opportunities to accelerate the industry’s net-positive impact.

Enhanced Training Courses for All Expertise Levels

EDANA’s training courses are tailored to address the diverse needs of the nonwovens sector, from entry-level professionals to seasoned experts:

Nonwovens basics: Learn or refresh your basics on nonwovens.
– 21 January 2025, online,
– 29 April 2025, online, or
– 2 September 2025, online.

Nonwovens essentials: Everything you need to know about nonwovens.
– 18-20 February 2025, Brussels, or
– 9-12 September 2025, online.

Sustainability Basics: Done for Nonwovens Professionals.
– 11 March 2025, online.

Nonwovens advanced Carding: Keep abreast of developments in the carding area.
– 12-13 March 2025, CETI France, or
– 19-20 November 2025, CETI France.

Nonwovens advanced Meltblown/Spunbond: Go a step further in the areas of meltblown and spunbond.
– 19-20 March 2025, CETI France, or
– 26-27 November 2025, CETI France.

Fundamentals in Filtration: Learn about all aspects of nonwoven filter media.
– 27-28 March 2025, Vienna.

Absorbent Hygiene Products: Become an expert in absorbent hygiene products.
– 2-3 April 2025, Brussels, or
– 21-24 October 2025, online.

Check all the specific information for each training here.

Treibhausgase: EU-Horizon-Projekt untersucht Methanausstoß

Ein neues europäisches Großprojekt zur Untersuchung von Methanemissionen hat im Januar begonnen. Beteiligt ist das Institut für Umweltphysik der Universität Bremen. Das europäische Verbundprojekt IM4CA (Investigating Methane for Climate Action) wird durch das EU-Horizon-Programm gefördert und hat das Ziel, genauere Messmethoden zu entwickeln.

Graphen lässt Ionen passieren: Meilenstein in der Forschung

Meilenstein in der Graphenforschung: Durch die gezielte Einführung von Defekten in ein zweilagiges Nanographen-System ist es Würzburger Chemikern gelungen, die Passage von Halogenid-Ionen zu kontrollieren. Ihre Ergebnisse sind in „Nature“ veröffentlicht. Sie zeigen neue Perspektiven für Anwendungen in der Wasserfiltration oder der Sensorik.

Hochschul-Industrie-Plattform: Membrantechnologie in Afrika

Im internationalen Projekt „WE-Africa, Membrane Knowledge Hub“ wollen Forschende und Partner aus der Wirtschaft eine Hochschul-Industrie-Plattform für nachhaltiges Wasser- und Energiemanagement in Afrika etablieren.

Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year 2025: Six Nominees

The use of leaves for cellulose pulp and packaging, seaweed as a feedstock for biosynthetic fibres, plant-based surface material for car interiors and much more – The award nominees are as diverse as the thematic spectrum of the Cellulose Fibres Conference 2025 in Cologne

ULTIMATE-Projekt: Technologie vernetzt Kläranlagen

Das ULTIMATE-Projekt hat ein Joint Control System (JCS) entwickelt, um die Abwasserbehandlung durch die Koordination von industriellen und kommunalen Kläranlagen zu verbessern. Das System nutzt Datenaustausch und prädiktive Modellierung, um die Belüftung zu optimieren, was zu einer Reduzierung der Stickstoffkonzentration um 50 %, einem Rückgang des Energieverbrauchs um 15 % und einer Steigerung der Energieeffizienz um 18 % führt.