CARY, NC — February 19, 2007 — With two months remaining before it opens its doors in late April, the IDEA07 International Engineered Fabrics Exposition and Conference is almost completely sold out. A combination of more exhibitors from outside of the U.S., larger booth space reserved by returning exhibitors and companies coming to IDEA for the first time will make IDEA07 one of the largest U.S. nonwovens/engineered fabrics industry events in history.

IDEA07 will take place April 24-26 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Fla.

INDA, the organizer of the triennial IDEA trade show, reports that booth sales have exceeded expectations and the show floor is now 95% sold out. More than 350 companies have already reserved booth space for the three-day event.

“Based on the strength of the global engineered fabrics business and the successful track record of past IDEA trade shows, we always have very high expectations for participation in IDEA07 and we are ahead of all projections at this point,” reports INDA President Rory Holmes.

While stressing that there is still time for companies to reserve remaining space at IDEA07, Holmes is hoping that the trade show will be sold out for the first time in its more than three decade history.

Holmes adds that IDEA07 will also see increased international exhibitor participation, with an estimated 40% of the more than 350 exhibitors coming from outside of the United States. “This speaks well of the international acceptance and the importance of IDEA07 to the worldwide engineered fabrics business,” he says.

INDA is also expecting close to 7,000 attendees to visit Miami Beach for the three-day event, making it the largest and most important engineered fabrics and nonwovens industry event of the year.

For more information on IDEA07 International Engineered Fabrics Exposition and Conference, log on to www.idea07.com.