Visionary Awards
Attendees will choose the recipient of the 8th Annual Visionary Award.
All VISION 2009 attendees will have a chance to vote on the recipient of the prestigious 2009 Visionary Award. The Visionary Award recognizes and rewards new consumer products that utilize nonwoven technology in their manufacturing process.
Visionary Award Finalists:
- Disruptor Nanoalumina Fiber
Nonwoven Water Filter
Media
Ahlstrom
Disruptor is a nonwoven, wet laid filter media that is based on nanoalumina fiber technology. Disruptor offers many benefits for consumer product water purification products, including refrigerators, tap filters, shower filters, counter top filters, under sink filters, prefilters to home reverse osmosis (RO) filters, water pitchers, water coolers and spa filters.
- Germy Wormy Sanitary Sleeve
Back Enterprises
The Germy Wormy Sanitary Sleeve is a kid-friendly, easy-to-use disposable product that captures germs by teaching children to cough and sneeze into their elbow in a fun way. The product is comprised of a nonwoven laminate containing multiple elastic filaments for the cuffs, an inner layer of breathable film and an outer layer of spunbond polypropylene. 
GoodNites
Sleep Boxers & Shorts
Kimberly-Clark Co.
GoodNites give children comfortable protection that looks and feels like everyday sleepwear. They are designed to help protect, with customized protection zones for girls and for boys.
- Nooby’s Booties Disposable Dog
Booties
Rotano International
These disposable dog booties are made from spunbond polypropylene and polyethylene and are marketed to fill a gap in the market as a disposable dog bootie. It comes in two versions - a Disposable Dog Bootie for Wet Conditions and one for Dry Conditions.
- WearOnce Single-use Panty
Tredegar Consumer Designs
Created for the modern woman and introduced in late 2007, the Once single-use panty with a breathable, soft, stretchy and stylish fit feels like any other panty, but with one big advantage - it is worn once and then discarded. It is made from a breathable, soft, and stretchy nonwoven with comfortable leg and waistbands and a cotton gusset.
Previous winners of the Visionary
Award are:
- Kimberly-Clark’s SpaSensials (2008)
- Petsleeves’ Petsleeves Petwear (2007)
- Chicopee’s Disaster Relief Blanket (2006)
- Fiberweb’s Print Resolution Media (2005)
- Church & Dwight’s Brillo Scrub ‘n’ Toss (2004)
- FMJ ChemBio’s Civilian Quick Escape Mask (2003)
- Procter & Gamble’s Swiffer (2002)
