Asad Amir

Industry Technology Roadmapping of Nonwoven Medical Textiles: a Collaborative Approach to Competition Asad Amir

This book provides an insight into the nonwoven¿s market and presents information about performance targets of nonwoven industry, technology barriers to achieving these targets and the priorities related to research and development for achieving the targets. Rather than relying solely on secondary data sources, this study used a mixed method approach to data collection and analysis. The results were generated based upon the recommendations of the panels of experts that included personnel from nonwovens industry, INDA, NCRC, NC State University Faculty and economic development committees NC State University. Finally the research proposes an action plan for the College of Textiles in the areas of the types of collaborations with the nonwoven industry and allocation of research and development resources to better serve nonwoven industry.