10:30 am - 11:50 am
Technical Updates
Recent Innovations with the Potential to Impact the Disposable Hygiene Market
This presentation will highlight key technology developments as they have appeared within the US Patent Office over the last eighteen-months. The talk will examine both mainstream and emerging new technologies, their potential product applications and benefits and the companies behind them.
» D. Keith Osteen
Principal, Smith, Johnson & Associates
BIOGRAPHY
D. Keith Osteen joined Smith, Johnson & Associates (SJA) consulting in July 2006 as a Principal. SJA is a nonwoven industry consulting firm established in the 1970s.
Keith has 40 years of experience in the nonwovens industry; primarily at Kimberly-Clark Corporation where he held various research and engineering manager and director positions in product and technology development, nonwovens technology and personal care materials development. He directed research programs ranging from early stage innovation to business support.
He has a broad background in new nonwoven materials development, technology and product innovation and holds eight patents. As a consultant, he works with companies to acquire or develop novel nonwovens, identify new market opportunities and understand the technology and competitive landscape.
He is an author of multiple industry reports and magazine articles, including a Ten-Year Forecast of Disruptive Technologies in the Nonwoven Industry, Stretchable Nonwovens, and a Nonwovens Innovation and Technology Review. He has reviewed emerging technology in the RISI Nonwovens Markets newsletter patent column for over ten years and is a regular speaker at various nonwoven industry conferences.
