NIRI - Nonwovens Innovation

A great conference in Rome at the EDANA International Nonwovens Symposium. Business Director, Dr. Matthew Tipper presented 'Adding functionality and value to nonwovens' which detailed two new technologies for incorporating functional particles to fabrics without the need for adhesives. Rome wasn't bad either....

NIRI is delighted to be helping to deliver a new training course 'Nonwoven in Wipes - Complete Technical Training', 9-13th July 2018 at the Cevahir Hotel Asia in Istanbul. The training will be delivered in English with translation into Turkish. Course details can be found in the weblink. http://markaisbirligi.com/nonwoven-in-wipes-EN-9.html

Matthew Tipper has been interviewed by Pierre Wiertz, the General Manager of EDANA in readiness for the International Nonwoven Symposium, 23-24th May in Rome. Matthew will be presenting  'Adding Functionality and Value to Nonwovens'. Click here to read the article.

It's been great to attend the TAPPI Netinc Nonwovens Conference in Charlotte, NC. Presented "Human Centred Approach to Nonwoven Product Innovation" including details of our Sanguis and Surfaceskins technologies.  Thanks to Prof. Seshadri Ramkumar for organising and making me so welcome.  www.surfaceskins.com

From the NIRI team, we wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Our offices will be closed over the Christmas break, from 22nd December, and will reopen on 2nd January.

Today NIRI's Quality Manager, Dr Andrew Hewitt and co-founder of Surfaceskins, Adam Walker were interviewed by Liz Green on BBC Radio Leeds about 'Surfaceskins' self-disinfecting, antibacterial door push pads. To learn more about Surfaceskins please visit www.surfaceskins.com

NIRI is excited to announce that we have moved to new, larger premises - less than one mile from our former home on the University of Leeds campus. The new site has larger offices and meeting rooms and expanded laboratories, as well as on-site parking. Our new address is: NIRI Ltd. 169 Meanwood Road Leeds LS7 1SR Our new telephone number is 0113 3503829, but the old number will still forward to our new home for the next several months.