Starting in 2015, North Carolina State University’s Nonwovens Institute (NWI) and INDA offer members and professionals a jointly organized series of nonwoven short courses – The Professional Development Series of Nonwoven Courses.

These courses, which will include INDA’s highly successful short course training in Elementary Nonwovens and Advanced Nonwovens, have been developed to assist the nonwoven industry and organizational and human resources professionals. The new portfolio harmonizes and unifies both INDA’s and NWI’s separate nonwoven training courses into a single series. Starting with the nonwoven basics, the educational content and rigor level increases to intermediate and caps off with an advanced series of product development, nanofibres and microfibers, fabric property development and characterization, spunbond and meltblown technology.

Starting with the basics, INDA’s Elementary Nonwovens Training Course provides a platform for industry newcomers to recognize, identify, and appreciate the diversity of nonwovens. Led by industry and nonwoven expert Jim Loftus, PhD INDA Director of Education and Technical Affairs, the course includes personal instruction, visual aids, industry samples, and plant production videos to teach the essentials.

Attendees learn the basics about nonwovens in simple, clear, concise language, giving them the knowledge on processes, attributes, uses, and trends to understand their organizations’ nonwoven products and marketplace. Attendees learn to speak with confidence on nonwoven processes and receive a comprehensive guide of all class instruction material for future reference.

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