05/19/2026

INDEXTM26 Awards Winners Announced: Setting New Benchmarks in Nonwovens (5/19/26)

The nonwovens industry has officially crowned its new winners. Today at the opening of INDEXTM 2026, five companies were honoured with the INDEXTM Awards, the industry’s highest accolade for technical excellence and forward-thinking design. From high-speed machinery to breakthroughs in molecular chemistry, this year's winners were selected for their ability to merge top-tier performance with the urgent requirements of a circular economy. Meet the Winners! Category: Nonwoven roll goods Winner: Lenzing - LENZINGTM Dualwipe LENZINGTM Dualwipe is a high-performance cleaning wipe crafted from regenerated cellulose using LENZINGTM Nonwovens Technology. Designed for industrial, professional, and household applications, LENZINGTM Dualwipe is compatible with existing converting and processing infrastructure, facilitating rapid adoption. Category: Finished products made from, or incorporating nonwovens - Single- use application Corman - Organyc brand "Personalized Protection" Light Incontinence Pads Corman’s new light incontinence pads deliver personalized protection through three key innovations. The Smart-CottonTM cover with a citric acid buffer maintains an ideal skin pH of 5.5, reducing irritation. Category: Finished products made from, or incorporating nonwovens - Durable application Winner: Confitex Technology - Reusable Nonwoven Bed Pads This new Confitex technology has enabled the world’s first machine-washable and tumble-dryable nonwoven bed pads, opening a significant new application for nonwoven materials. Using a proprietary fibre-stabilisation bonding technique, the innovation allows absorbent nonwoven structures to withstand more than 30 machine wash and tumble-dry cycles while maintaining performance. Category: Raw materials or components (e.g.polymer,fibre, binder, film, tape) of special relevance to the nonwovens and related converted products industry Winner: Bostik - KizenTM Miles 9.0 Bostik - KizenTM Miles 9.0 Bostik’s latest innovation, KizenTM Miles 9.0, is the first adhesive designed for disposable hygiene article construction, that offers the unique feature of debonding on demand: when exposed to a specific chemical key, combined with controlled temperature and mechanical stress, the adhesive allows clean, rapid separation of plastic components in minutes. Category: Innovation in machinery of special relevance to the nonwovens industry Winner: ZUIKO – Recloseable Baby Diaper Converting Machine ZUIKO - Converting machine for recloseable baby diapers ZUIKO has developed a converting line to produce adjustable pull on pant diapers that address the challenge of achieving a secure fit around a baby’s waist and legs while maintaining softness and stretchability.