Dave Rousse, President of INDA, to Keynote at NETInc 2018

TAPPI is proud to announce the keynote speaker for NETInc 2018. Dave Rousse, president of INDA, the Association of the Nonwovens Fabrics Industry, will deliver his keynote presentation on Monday, April 16, 2018, at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C Rousse will share his insights on the state of the nonwovens industry during his presentation.

Rousse became INDA’s president in late 2012 following more than 15 years’ experience in nonwovens producing companies and an entire career in engineered materials since graduating from Dartmouth and its associated engineering and business schools. Rousse was president, Hygiene/Medical Americas at Fiberweb in Simpsonville, S.C., before being promoted in 2007 to president of all of Fiberweb Americas. Prior to Fiberweb, he was a VP at Monadnock Paper Mills, a manufacturer of nonwovens and specialty papers. He was also a VP and GM at FiberMark Inc., another specialty paper/nonwovens producer. He previously held a series of marketing/sales leadership positions at International Paper.

NETInc will be held on April 15-18, 2018, in Charlotte, N.C. This premier event for the nonwovens industry is the only nonwovens technical conference developed by engineers and technologists to help you understand the science and how it impacts the market. Nonwovens professionals and academics from around the world will gather at NETInc to share and discuss new technologies, best practices, and key issues affecting the industry.

Organized by the Nonwovens Engineers and Technologists (NET) Division of TAPPI, NETInc has a foundation of strong technical presentations combined with targeted networking opportunities to create an environment of professional growth.

NETInc is co-located with TAPPI’s PaperCon Conference, the world’s largest technical conference for the paper and packaging industry. Attendees will have the opportunity to attend sessions from both events. Nonwoven and paper technologies are closely related and these two co-located events will enable crossbreeding of ideas as the two industries share a common supplier base, technologies, and equipment.