EDANA is the international association serving the nonwovens and related industries.

EDANA provides a comprehensive range of services and supplies its members with the information and data necessary for them to enhance the industry goals and performance.

Formed in 1971 originally as the European Disposables and Nonwovens Association, for more than three decades EDANA has grown and evolved, to become today a modern industry association with a European focus and global influence and profile, reflecting the changing dynamics of the nonwovens industry.

EDANA’s Strategic Goals include:

Provide best in class value to its members
Promote industry competitiveness through innovation and social, environmental and economic sustainability
Be a thought leader and speak with one voice for the industry in the interaction with members and other stakeholders.
Create positive awareness of and trust in the industry and its products and services
Promote free and fair trade in favour of the consumer and members through shaping of the regulatory and market environments, e.g. via the harmonisation of global standards
Continuously seek to improve the association’s efficiency
Facilitate consensus on positions of common interest, and present an honest and transparent representation of the industry’s position

Joint EDANA/INDA Vision

Provide global leadership to create an environment beneficial to sustainable and profitable growth of the nonwovens and engineered fabrics and related industries to best serve our customers.

Joint EDANA/INDA Mission

To be recognised within the global nonwovens and engineered fabrics and related industries as the associations that consistently provide products, services and events of the highest value to members and industry participants worldwide.

Strategic Goals

EDANA and INDA foster member and industry success through their activities to:

Provide thought-leadership and industry competitiveness through the stimulation and innovation and sustainability, recognition of excellence and recording of industry activity.
Create positive awareness and trust for the industry and its products by speaking with one voice in active product stewardship, protecting markets that are important to our members.
Facilitate industry consensus on issues of common interest and be the industry’s voice in representing the industry’s position.
Promote free and fair trade for the benefit of members and consumers through involvements in, and shaping of, the regulatory and market environments with special emphasis on the harmonisation of global standards.
Advance member’s commercial interests via face-to-face interaction through industry expositions and events.
Enhance member access to new markets through actionable data, international cooperation and outreach

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