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Next edition in 2024 Germany

The leading platform and meeting point for filtration professionals

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Next edition planned in 2024. Stay tuned!

FILTREX™, the leading platform for professionals in the filtration industry

A 2-day conference where filtration experts/professionals along the supply chain meet and find information on actual topics: health trends, transition to EV, response to sustainability challenges.

As the second-most-important aspect of the conference, the priceless network cultivated within coffee breaks and cocktail evening will stay with you long after the event! 

 

The FILTREX™ Innovation Award


The FILTREX™ Innovation Award competition is organised within the framework of the FILTREX™ conference and is part of EDANA's broader effort to support and celebrate innovation within the nonwoven and related industry.
This reward recognizes the efforts of all manufacturers of nonwoven based filtration products/elements and celebrate their continuous efforts for excellence. 

Any company who designs or manufactures nonwoven related filtration products, or components of these, is eligible to enter the competition. During the conference, shortlisted companies will be given time to present their innovation to delegates. The winning company will be selected by the audience. 

 

“A very good collaborative interaction between partners throughout the supply chain”
Bill Adams, Director Sustainability and Technology, Canfor Pulp 

“Great networking, ample time to meet the ‘movers and shakers’ in filtration” 
Duncan Gunn, Development Coordinator, Don & Low

 

Thanks to our official media partner:

Day 1
08 November 2022
08.30 – 17.30
Registration open
08.30 – 09.00
☕ Welcome coffee
09.00 – 09.15
Opening and welcome
Moderator: Jochem Hofstetter Vice President, Managing Director Europe, Middle East, Africa and India Hollingsworth and Vose (Germany)
SESSION 1: HEALTH
09.15 – 10.00
KEYNOTE: The change from sickcare to health care
  • Health as the most important societal pillar
  • Health as an investment
  • The need of keeping people healthy
  • Providing health in and outside of the health sector
  • The home as the health catalysator
Joe-Max Wakim Vice-Director of Health Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies (Denmark)
10.00 - 10.30
Stability of electrostatic charge under real life conditions
  • Electrostatic charge:
  • Impact on air filtration
  • Long term stability test of electrostatic charge
  • Stability of electrostatic charge with different charging methods
  • Energy saving potential by using electrically charged filters
Andreas Demmel Manager Development Industrial Filtration Neenah (Mativ) (Germany)
10.30 – 11.00
Using virus surrogate bacteriophage phi6 and human coronavirus 229E for determination of viral reduction efficacy in air and on surfaces
  • Biological test approach using bioaerosols within air filtration testing standards
  • Real-life in car testing using viral aerosols and determination of viral reduction efficacy
  • Test set-up using human coronavirus 229E regarding the evaluation of interaction of the virus with textiles, filter media and surfaces
Bernadette Führer Senior Scientist OFI Technology & Innovation (Austria)
11.00 - 11.45
☕ Coffee break and networking corners
SESSION 2: TECHNOLOGY
11.45 - 12.15
Defeating defects: new innovations in free-surface electrospinning
  • Elmarco as the global leader in industrial electrospinning equipment and solutions
  • Potential of nanofiber membrane applications in liquid filtration, performance apparel and battery separators 
  • Benefits of using of electrospun membranes vs. conventional membranes
  • New generation of Nanospider technology (INFINITY line) which maintains the industrial, high-throughput, and scalable aspects with the ability to virtually eliminate critical membrane defects from these membranes
Joshua Manasco Director of Business and Application Development Elmarco (Czech Republic)
12.15 - 12.45
Improved bonding structure for cleanable filter medium
  • Cleanable filter media for industrial dedusting
  • PET Bico Spunbond Technology
  • Improved bonding pattern
  • High mechanical strength
  • Improved filtration performance
Dr Jörg Meier Leader Global Product Development Filtration & Separation Johns Manville Europe (Germany)
12.45 - 14.00
🍴 Lunch
14.00 - 14.30
Enhancing Filtration performances of wet-laid synthetic nonwovens through improved gradient structure
  • Trinitex® is a unique and proprietary A-M technology
  • Recent investments have been made in A-M Tampere plant to produce A-B-C structure for better gradient
  • A new range of oil filters has been developed being very good solutions for transmission systems needed in new Electrical vehicles
  • A-M is now developing A-B-C structures for air filtration applications in combination with a simulation software
Claire Prost R&D Manager and TCS Manager, Industrial Filtration Ahlstrom-Munksjö (France)
SESSION 3: SUSTAINABILITY
14.30 - 15.00
Synthetic air filter media: the key to sustainable highly efficient solutions
  • Berry’s proprietary charging technology for high-efficacy air filter media
  • Synthetic charged meltblown media to enhance energy efficiency, improve recyclability and reduce carbon footprint
  • Above 40% of recycled raw material is used in Berry’s air filter media, thus contributing to a significant reduction of the media footprint
Patrick Hartz Product Development Engineer Berry Global (Germany)
15.00 – 15.30
Profiled bicomponent fibres for coalescence filter media
  • Liquid aerosols such as oil droplets endanger human health and can lead to severe lung diseases
  • Coalescing filters are used to separate these oil droplets from air
  • A pressure loss of 2-5 %, residual emissions of more than 20,000 particles/m³ and clogging occurs at the filter media
  • Profiled bicomponent fibres as a solution 
Leonie Beek Researcher Institut für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen University (Germany)
15.30 – 16.15
☕ Coffee break and networking corners
16.15 – 16.45
Broadening the PLA portfolio by introducing a specific grade for meltblown, suitable for filtration applications
  • A new 100% PLA grade is being developed, specifically dedicated for the use in meltblown applications
  • PLA product applications requiring microfiber structures can now also be produced
  • Combined with other PLA grades, these can be combined into complex biobased nonwoven products, attaining air filtration levels comparable to incumbent materials
Kristel Beckers Application Specialist TotalEnergies Corbion (The Netherlands)
16.45 – 17.15
Potential solutions for providing emission-reduced staple fiber-based nonwovens in different applications including filtration
  • Polymers in general and Polyester fibres in particular are not necessarily bad for the environment
  • Environmental dimensions of materials sustainability
  • Mitigation strategies to further reduce environmental impact of Polyester fibre-based nonwovens: Life Cycle Perspective, Circular Solutions, Biodegradable polymer solutions
  • Sustainable product Portfolio of the TWE Group
Hugo Christiaen Director CSR TWE Group (Belgium)
17.15 – 18.00
The FILTREX™ Innovation Award

The nominees will each present their innovation in a short presentation. The audience will elect the winner to be announced during the cocktail.

18.30 – 22.00
🥂 FILTREX™ COCKTAIL DINNER
Day 2
09 November 2022
08.30 – 16.00
Registration open
08.30 – 09.00
☕ Welcome coffee
SESSION 4: MOBILITY
09.00 – 09.45
KEYNOTE: EV readiness index
  • Evaluating the EV (electric vehicle) market
  • Introducing the EV Readiness Index
  • Focusing on sustainability in the EV space
  • Analysing the infrastructure needs of EVs
  • Assessing supply chains and EV batteries
Fransua-Vytautas Razvadauskas Cities and Mobility Senior Consultant Euromonitor International (Lithuania)
09.45 – 10.15
With safety and sustainability aboard - The first HL3 certified bag filters for railway applications
  • Relevance of air filtration on railway application
  • Fire protection on railway
  • Air filtration solutions to accommodate fire protection in rail
Thorsten Stoffel M.A. | Global Product Manager Delbag (Germany)
10.15 – 10.45
Where is the truth in HEPA cabin air?
  • What is HEPA Filtration, and why does it matter?
  • Importance of clean air in vehicles
  • What is in the market today
  • New synthetic technologies enable “real” HEPA filtration in Cabin Air
Dr. Ingrid Rückert Product Marketing Manager Hollingsworth and Vose (Germany)
10.45 – 11.30
☕ Coffee break and networking corners
11.30 – 12.00
Clear air everywhere – Filtration technology for enhanced cabin air quality
  • Overview on air quality data and regulations outside and inside vehicle cabins
  • Development of filter media technology ensuring best cabin air quality
  • Impact on cabin air quality of different technologies (lab and field trials results)
  • Outlook on future solutions for cabin air filtration
Thomas Heininger Director Engineering Cabin Air Filtration MANN+HUMMEL (Germany)
12.00 – 12.30
Electret nonwovens for cabin air filtration/face masks: Investigation of submicron aerosol deposition using experiments and simulations
  • Investigation of particle deposition in electret filters/nonwovens for cabin air filtration/face masks
  • Innovative simulation method that considers fibre charge modeling, particle-fibre charge interaction (and slip flow)
  • Investigation of the electret filter/nonwoven wetting behaviour as an influencing factor in liquid particle deposition
  • Novel method for local and global optimization of nonwovens for face masks
Daniel Stoll Scientific Researcher Institute of Particle Process Engineering | Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (Germany)
12.30 – 13.45
🍴 Lunch
SESSION 5: TESTING
13.45 – 14.15
New GBT 18001 Standard for Air Purifiers
  • Introduction to the new version of GBT 18801 China National Standard
  • Valid in 2022 and closer reflecting real life
  • Key new requirements
  • Necessary testing resource and technical challenges
Helen Woodworth Business Manager – Consumer Filtration Europe Freudenberg Filtration Technologies (United Kingdom)
14.45 – 15.15
Measuring pore size (distribution) in nonwoven filter and separation media
  • Insights into capillary flow porometry and the relevant data it generates for nonwoven filter media
  • Explanation of different measurement methods within gas-liquid porometry
  • Attention points and recommendations when measuring nonwovens 
Dana Dutczak Sales & Application Manager Europe Porometer
15.15 – 16.00
☕ Coffee break and networking corners
15.30 – 16.00
New ISO 10121-3 - first classification system for molecular filters for general ventilation
  • Test set-up & classification system for efficiencies against key molecular pollutants
  • Impact on the requirements on composite-media with activated carbon or other adsorbents
  • Timeline for implementation & impact on other guidelines
Tobias Zimmer Vice President Global Product Management & International Standards Camfil (Germany)
16.30 – 17.00
Efficiency testing, influences of measuring technology and test parameters
  • Cabin air testing, ISO 11155-1
  • Face mask testing
  • EN 149
  • ISO 16890
  • Filter test, Fractional efficiency testing
Martin Klaus Schmidt Division Manager Industry & Science Palas (Germany)
17.00 – 17.10
Closing words
17.10 – 17.30
☕ Goodbye drinks
Fransua-Vytautas Razvadauskas
Cities and Mobility Senior Consultant
Euromonitor International (Lithuania)
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Fransua Vytautas Razvadauskas is a Senior Cities and Mobility Consultant at Euromonitor International and focuses on the Passport Cities and Mobility pages. Based in Vilnius, he has more than 7 years of experience in the industry.

Fransua draws on his knowledge of economics and previous experience to provide engaging thought-leadership content on urban trends and mobility patterns. He produces a range of strategic reports, articles and other editorial content to make meaningful predictions on the future course of cities, urban consumers and mobility.

Fransua advises clients across a broad range of industries which includes FMCG, retail and luxury goods companies. His focus is to enable clients to gain a better understanding of the major forces guiding the future of cities, urban consumers and mobility. 

Joe-Max Wakim
Vice-Director of Health
Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies (Denmark)
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Joe-Max will present "The change from sickcare to health care".

Joe-Max is experienced in digital health strategy, transformations and management. He considers himself at the intersection between healthcare and technology. He is particularly inspired by the possibilities of implementing practical solutions for strengthening health with the future in mind.

Professional summary

Joe-Max’s background includes health informatics and biomedical engineering, from imperial collage in London and the university of Wales, UK.

Prior to joining the Copenhagen institute for futures studies, Joe-Max worked at the American university of Beirut and led the electronic health records rollout working closely with healthcare leaders at multiple levels. He also enjoyed teaching healthcare informatics management and is a member of HIMSS and CHIME.

Kristel Beckers
Application Specialist
TotalEnergies Corbion (The Netherlands)
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Kristel will present "Broadening the PLA portfolio by introducing a specific grade for meltblown, suitable for filtration applications".

Kristel Beckers obtained a Materials Engineering Degree at the KULeuven in Belgium, with a specialization in polymers and composites. At the start of her career, she worked for a Belgian research institute on various national and European projects, with a main focus on filament extrusion of biobased polymers and its conversion into composites. In 2016, Kristel joined Corbion as a PLA application engineer, targeting fiber, filament and nonwoven applications. Since the start of the joint venture between TotalEnergies and Corbion in March 2017, she is the company's technical advisor for PLA in fiber, filament and nonwoven applications.

Leonie Beek
Researcher
Institut für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen University (Germany)
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Leonie will present "Profiled bicomponent fibres for coalescence filter media".

Leonie Beek, M. Eng., is a researcher at Institute für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen University (ITA) since 2019. She finished her Bachelor of Science in Biomimetics in 2016 and her Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering in 2019 at Westphalian University of Applied Sciences. Her research focuses on textiles in filtration and biomimetcs. Furthermore, she is leading the “Filtration forum” at ITA. The topic of her dissertation are bioinspired textiles for oil-water separation.

Hugo Christiaen
Director CSR
TWE Group (Belgium)
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Hugo Christiaen started his career 40 years ago and entered the nonwovens industry 35 years ago in 1987 with the company Libeltex in Belgium, at that time belonging to The Vita Group. Since 2012 Libeltex was acquired by the TWE Group with HQ in Emsdetten, Germany.

Hugo is a Master of industrial engineering and is currently director CSR for the TWE Group.

Hugo has performed several management roles within both the Vita and TWE organisations in Procurement, Sales, R&D and Operations. He is a frequent speaker at international conferences of the fibre and nonwovens industry and has published several articles in international magazines.

Hugo will present "Potential solutions for providing emission-reduced staple fiber-based nonwovens in different applications including filtration".

Andreas Demmel
Manager Development Industrial Filtration
Neenah (Mativ) (Germany)
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Andreas will present "Stability of electrostatic charge under real life conditions".

Dana Dutczak
Sales & Application Manager Europe
Porometer
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Dr. Dana Dutczak is the Lab and Application Manager at Porometer NV. She received her master degree in chemical engineering from the Cracow University of Technology in Poland. In 2007 she began work as a research scientist at Münster University of Applied Sciences in Germany. Her interest in material characterization brought her to Utrecht University (The Netherlands) where she conducted her Ph.D. studies. In 2013 she received a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry. In April 2019 she joined the POROMETER team where she works in the field of capillary flow porometry and managing a Porometer Application Laboratory. Her research interest focuses on the characterization of the micro and nanopores in filtration media.

Bernadette Führer
Senior Scientist
OFI Technology & Innovation (Austria)
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Bernadette will present "Using virus surrogate bacteriophage phi6 and human coronavirus 229E for determination of viral reduction efficacy in air and on surfaces".

Current Position since 2017: Senior Scientist, Österreichisches Forschungsinstitut für  Chemie und Technik (OFI), Vienna; Technical competence centre, microbiology & cell culture

    • Establishment and validation of test methods in the fields of air hygiene, bioaerosols and air filtration
    • Generation of SOPs and scientific articles 
    • Consulting and knowledge transfer 
    • Scientific talks on international conferences 
    • Technical lead in scientific projects
    • Supervision of bachelor’s and master’s students

Since Oct. 2017: Doctoral study at Technical University, Vienna, Austria; Technical Chemistry

    Oct. 2014 -Oct. 2017: Master’s degree at University of Natural Resources and Life  Sciences, Vienna (Master of Biotechnology)

Patrick Hartz
Product Development Engineer
Berry Global (Germany)
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Patrick will present "Synthetic air filter media: the key to sustainable highly efficient solutions".

Prior to Berry, Patrick Hartz was working at DITF Denkendorf as Scientific Researcher in nonwovens and fiber spinning department. Since 2019, Patrick Hartz has been working at Berry Global and in current position he is responsible for product development in filtration segment EMEIA.

Thomas Heininger
Director Engineering Cabin Air Filtration
MANN+HUMMEL (Germany)
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Thomas will present "Clear air everywhere – Filtration technology for enhanced cabin air quality".

After studying Process Engineering worked in the filtration (solid-liquid separation) and automotive (climatization) business. Since 2010 part of MANN+HUMMEL in the Cabin Air Development in different roles. Currently Director Engineering Cabin Air Filter since 2 years

Moderator: Jochem Hofstetter
Vice President, Managing Director Europe, Middle East, Africa and India
Hollingsworth and Vose (Germany)
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  • Current Position: Vice President, Managing Director Europe, Middle East, Africa and India at Hollingsworth and Vose (H&V)
  • Joined H&V in September 2007
  • Between 1990 and 2007
    • Different managerial positions at Hoechst AG/Clariant and Celanese
    • Worked in Australia, Singapore, Switzerland and Spain
  • Master Degree in Business Administration (University of Cologne, Germany)
Moderator: Per Holst Rasmussen
Business Manager, Medico & Filtration
Fibertex Nonwovens (Denmark)
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Per Holst Rasmussen comes with a commercial degree from Aalborg Business School supplemented with a MBA in International Business from Aalborg Business Institute. With close to 25 years of working experience within the nonwovens industry, Per Holst Rasmussen has worked with various nonwovens technologies focusing on building up new markets and product positions within different business segments such as civil engineering and building industries including an acoustic product portfolio, process industries as well as the flooring, furniture and bedding industries.

For the last six years Per Holst Rasmussen has implemented a new filtration strategy including investment in a new state-of-the-art nano technology and now scaling up Medico & Filtration to become a significant and important part of Fibertex Nonwovens.

Moderator: Marines Lagemaat
Scientific and Technical Affairs Director
EDANA (Belgium)
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Marines Lagemaat is the Scientific and Technical Affairs Director for EDANA, the international Association representing the nonwoven and related industries, a position he has held since September 2014.

Based in Brussels, Marines is responsible for managing the internal and external activities related to scientific and technical affairs in order to support the nonwoven industry, in all its applications: personal and household hygiene, medical protection, filtration, automotive, and construction.  In this role he’s involved in the development and  implementation of standards and their related test methods that serve as a reference for the industry and for fair trade. In addition, Marines manages various training and education programmes designed to provide technical and application-oriented support. Marines is of Dutch nationality.

Joshua Manasco
Director of Business and Application Development
Elmarco (Czech Republic)
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Joshua will present "Defeating defects: new innovations in free-surface electrospinning".

Dr Jörg Meier
Leader Global Product Development Filtration & Separation
Johns Manville Europe (Germany)
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Jörg will present "Improved bonding structure for cleanable filter medium".

Moderator: Dr. Günter Müller
Head of Sales Department Filtration Products
Sandler (Germany)
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Dr. Guenter Mueller has been working in the field of engineered materials since more than 15 years with proven track record in product development and -management, technical sales, and project management.

In 2019, Guenter joined Sandler AG, which ranks among the 15 largest nonwoven producers worldwide. In his current role as “Head of Sales Filtration Products” Guenter is responsible for carded- and meltblown nonwovens as well as multi-layer composites. The media are used for HVAC-, air- and fuel filtration, vacuum cleaner bags, facemasks, and special applications.

Before he joined Sandler, Guenter held a managerial role at Glatfelter, an US based leading global supplier of engineered materials and nonwovens solutions.

Guenter earned his master’s degree from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in 2005 and received his doctoral degree from the University of Goettingen in 2008.

Since 2013 he holds an MBA from TUM School of Management.

Guenter is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt.

Claire Prost
R&D Manager and TCS Manager, Industrial Filtration
Ahlstrom-Munksjö (France)
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Educational background:

Engineer Degree in Process engineering and Chemistry from CPE Lyon  (France)

Professional experience – all at Ahlstrom-Munksjö:

  • 2011-2013: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Specialist in charge of developing the new internal LCA expertise, conducting LCA studies and implementaing new EcoDesign approach/ Pont-Evêque​
  • 2014-2022: R&D Engineer to R&D Manager, Filtration
  • 2022-: R&D and TCS Industrial Filtration Manager

Claire will present "Enhancing Filtration performances of wet-laid synthetic nonwovens through improved gradient structure".

Carolin Rieckmann
Director Technical Textiles
Schlegel und Partner
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In 2015, Carolin Rieckmann joined Schlegel und Partner after completing her studies at the University in Heidelberg, Germany and at University of Kentucky in Lexington, US.

She joined the Chemicals and Technical Consumables department at Schlegel und Partner and is now the Director of the department Technical Textiles. Her professional focus lies in explorative market analysis for all different kinds of nonwoven technologies and its end-markets. 

Dr. Ingrid Rückert
Product Marketing Manager
Hollingsworth and Vose (Germany)
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Ingrid will present "Where is the truth in HEPA cabin air?".

Dr. Ingrid Rückert is the Product Marketing Manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Hollingsworth & Vose. She recently entered this role following more than 10 years specializing in the research and development of nonwovens at H&V. Her primary focus is the cabin air segment and managing various synthetic technologies offered to the EMEA market to meet the high-end demands of the automobile industry. She obtained a PhD in polymer science as well as an MBA from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Martin Klaus Schmidt
Division Manager Industry & Science
Palas (Germany)
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Martin will present "Efficiency testing, influences of measuring technology and test parameters".

  • 1998: Graduate Engineer at the University of Applied Science Niederrhein, Germany, Branch of Study: Process Engineering
  • 1998-2005: Sales and Application Engineer at Palas® GmbH, Karlsruhe,     Germany
    2005 – 2019: Division Manager Aerosol Technology and Filter Test Systems at Palas® GmbH, Karlsruhe/Germany
  • 2019 - : Division Manager Industry & Science at Palas GmbH, Karlsruhe/Germany
Thorsten Stoffel
M.A. | Global Product Manager
Delbag (Germany)
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Thorsten will present "With safety and sustainability aboard - The first HL3 certified bag filters for railway applications".

After his studies, Mr. Thorsten Stoffel worked as product manager for different consumer electronics divisions of Siemens and TDK between 2003 and 2008. Since 2008 Mr. Thorsten Stoffel has been senior global product manager of air filtration products of DELBAG GmbH. He is responsible for the global air filtration product line of DELBAG GmbH. In this position, he has continuously been in charge of product alignment, product development and marketing of air filter elements marketed by DELBAG. His main task includes acting as the central interface between sales, production and R&D units. Mr. Thorsten Stoffel was a member of the DELBG negotiation team during the transition to Hengst SE in 2018 and he also represents DELBAG’s entrepreneurial interests before international technical committees and industry associations, such as Eurovent.

Daniel Stoll
Scientific Researcher
Institute of Particle Process Engineering | Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (Germany)
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Daniel will present "Electret nonwovens for cabin air filtration/face masks: Investigation of submicron aerosol deposition using experiments and simulations".

Daniel Stoll studied energy and process engineering at the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (TUK), where he received his master`s degree in 2022. Since May 2022, he is working as a scientific researcher at the Institute of Particle Process Engineering. His research area is aerosol filtration with a focus on the investigation of droplet deposition and leak tightness of particle-filtering half masks made of electret nonwovens under real conditions of use.

Moderator: Cédric Vallet
Head of Product Management & Business Development for Filtration Division
Ahlstrom (France)
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Cédric Vallet is Head of Product Management & Business Development for Filtration Division at Ahlstrom. He holds an engineering master’s degree from ENSCR and a Ph.D. in chemistry from University of Rennes. Cédric has done most of his 20-years’ career within Ahlstrom, starting by developing high performance air and liquid filtration media, then moving to different Product Management and Business Development positions for transportation and industrial applications. He has recently driven the launch of Ahlstrom FiltEV®, a new platform of high-performance filtration materials for Electric Vehicles.

Helen Woodworth
Business Manager – Consumer Filtration Europe
Freudenberg Filtration Technologies (United Kingdom)
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Helen will present "New GBT 18001 Standard for Air Purifiers".

In January 2021, I joined the Consumer Filter Division of Freudenberg Filtration Technologies as Business Manager for the Europe region, with key focus on developing strategy and structure to deliver sustainable growth in key market segments.

I commenced by career within the Industrial Filtration Division in Freudenberg UK in 1996, holding various managerial positions in contracts, services and sales and culminating in becoming UK Sales & Marketing Manager in 2009. In 2018, I took a dual role managing a Global key account, actively engaging in pre-development of new product innovation projects strengthening engagement with the HQ.

I was nominated to the Freudenberg Leader Development Program (FLDP) in 2018 and continue to be a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (MCIM).

Tobias Zimmer
Vice President Global Product Management & International Standards
Camfil (Germany)
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Tobias will present "New ISO 10121-3 - first classification system for molecular filters for general ventilation".

Tobias Zimmer is an experienced air filter specialist with more than 18 years of experience in the international ventilation industry. Tobias has joined Camfil since 2009. He is also an active committee member of various standardization bodies and industry associations such as ISO, CEN, Eurovent, EVIA, REHVA, EHEDG, VDMA and DIN.

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Networking corners

As the second-most-important aspect of the conference, the priceless network cultivated within coffee breaks and cocktail evening will stay with you long after the event.

And, we've made it extra engaging for you this year, introducing the Networking Corners! 

  • 2 sessions per day
  • Exciting way to mingle
  • Meet 150+ industry professionals
  • Allocation on the day
  • Opportunity to refuel, refresh, and reflect

 

FILTREX™ Innovation Award

This will be the third edtion of the FILTREX™ INNOVATION AWARD, recognizing the efforts of all manufacturers of nonwoven based filtration products/elements and celebrates their continuous efforts for excellence and innovation. The nominees will present their innovative product on stage and the audience will ellect the winner during the conference. 

In 2019, the Innovation Award was attributed by delegate’s vote to Math2Market for their GeoDict software.

 

 

FILTREX™ Europe and FILTREX™ Asia package

FILTREX™ Asia will take place online on 1-2 December 2022.
By registering to attend FILTREX™ Europe, you can register for FILTREX™ Asia with a 100€ discount. Get access to the FILTREX™ Asia 2022 recorded presentations, papers and list of participants. 

  • Member price: 250€ instead of 350€
  • Non-member price: 350€ instead of 450€
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FILTREX™ 2022 closes after a successful edition

Around 100 filtration media professionals gathered in Berlin, Germany last week for a two-day conference on topics relating to filtration. The programme addressed issues from sustainability to testing and standardisation, as well as providing inspiring insights on future trends in the health and the automotive industries. Read more

FILTREX™ Innovation Award 2022

FILTREX Innovation Award logo

The 2022 FILTREX™ Innovation Award, the only award recognizing innovation in the filtration industry, was attributed by delegate’s vote to Oerlikon Nonwoven for their HycuTEC (inline charging technology).

Dr Ingo Mählmann, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, along with his colleague Ralph Berkemann, Senior Manager Application – both from Oerlikon Nonwoven – were on site to accept the prize. “This is really a great honour,” said Dr Mählmann on receiving the award. “We invested a lot of work in the development of this equipment to more efficiently produce filter media. So we are really proud as it was only released at the beginning of this year and it’s already being recognized by the industry.”

The pictures of the event are available here.

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