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#IDEA 2025

NIRI to exhibit at IDEA25

NIRI is excited to announce that they will be exhibiting at IDEA2025, the premier event for nonwovens materials and their applications, taking place at Miami Beach Convention Center from April 28 to May01, 2025. The event also hosts FiltXPO, the North America exhibition dedicated exclusively to filtration and separation.
NIRI wants to talk about how they can support your innovation goals! Visitors can join them at booth 518 to discuss how they can help in developing next-generation products and applications for polymers, fibres, nonwovens, and advanced materials © 2025 NIRI
NIRI wants to talk about how they can support your innovation goals! Visitors can join them at booth 518 to discuss how they can help in developing next-generation products and applications for polymers, fibres, nonwovens, and advanced materials © 2025 NIRI


With a proven track record of delivering innovative projects to industrial timescales, NIRI helps companies accelerate product development and commercialisation. 

Product development: Guiding projects from concept to commercialisation, we help businesses develop and refine products, ensuring they meet market needs and regulatory requirements.

Market and application development: We provide strategic insights into new and emerging opportunities, validating concepts through feasibility studies, competitor analysis, and market intelligence.

Supply chain and manufacturing support: Our expertise in scale-up, materials sourcing, and process optimisation ensures seamless transition from laboratory-scale development to full-scale production.

Some of the key development challenges NIRI has been tackling recently include:

+ PFAS replacement strategies: Developing and validating PFAS-free alternatives for medical, filtration, and performance applications, ensuring compliance with evolving regulations while maintaining product efficacy.

+ Thermal bonding of compostable materials: Engineering sustainable, high-performance nonwovens using compostable materials to support circular economy principles.

+ Biopolymer and process development: Advancing biopolymer formulations and processing techniques to enhance material functionality, sustainability, and scalability.

+ End-to-end prototyping–from raw material to final products: Offering a complete innovation pathway, from material selection and fibre development to full-scale prototyping and product validation.

+ Navigating Market Volatility to Maintain Competitiveness: Developing high performance, cost saving solutions to turn uncertainty into a strategic advantage–addressing supply chain disruptions, rising costs and regulatory pressures

The NIRI expertise enables businesses to reduce risk, shorten development cycles, and bring high-performance sustainable products to market faster.

Book a Meeting with the NIRI Leadership Team

IDEA2025 presents a valuable opportunity to discuss development challenges and explore how NIRI can support business.NIRI CEO, Dr Matthew Tipper, and CCO, Jack Eaton, will be attending the event and are available for one-on-one meetings to discuss specific needs.

Visitors can also catch NIRI delivering a Lightning Talk at the INDA booth (#2439) at 2:45pm on Wednesday, April 30.


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