 |
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
|
| New This Issue |
| SEARCH JTATM |
MEDICAL TEXTILES EDUCATION Medical Textiles Focus Group Visits the College EDUCATION NEWS ITT Library Merges with COT Library Textile Association of Graduate Students-TAGS |
| INSIDE TATM |
| International Programs - TATM |
| College of Textiles TOP Program |
 Mission
Statement To establish a high quality forum relevant to the needs of global industry and higher education that will provide leadership in the timely dissemination of information dealing with all aspects of textile and apparel, technology and management. |
International Drycleaners Congress
PRESS RELEASE
1322 Evergreen St., Longview, TX 75605 (903) 291-8460 banderson@cablelynx.com
IDC’s
Manfred Wentz Receives
European Research Award
Wentz, Adjunct Professor in NCSU College of Textiles, is the first recipient of the EFIT European Research Award 2003 – Science and Technology on Textile Care. Dr. Wentz is the Executive Director of the International Drycleaners Congress (IDC). He received the award March 29, 2003 from the European Research Association for Innovative Textile Care (EFIT) -- formerly known as the Research Institute for Textile Care -- in Hohenstein, Germany.
 |
Dr. Manfred Wentz |
The EFIT Board created the award in order to honor persons or companies for special scientific or technical contributions to textile care. As its first recipient, Dr. Wentz was selected unanimously to receive it, in recognition of his “outstanding contribution to the development of solvent technology and scientific innovation in the dry cleaning industry, combined with his extraordinary engagement for changing the behavior of men protecting the environment all over the world.” The award was presented by Dr. Stefan Mecheels, Director and CEO of the Hohenstein Institututes, and EFIT President Ludwig Egelhof, on behalf of the Scientific Committee of EFIT during a celebration marking the institute’s 50th anniversary. Hohenstein, under the leadership of Dr. Josef Kurz, spearheaded the basic scientific and applied research that led to the introduction of today’s environmentally-friendly alternative textile care technologies. “I am humbled to get this award from the scientific and professional people in Germany where the change to environmentally-friendly professional textile care was started and is now a reality,” Dr. Wentz said. “I am particularly thankful to my friend, Professor Dr. Josef Kurz, who always shared his knowledge and wisdom on developing and implementing “green professional textile care” in the United States and Canada.”
 |
Dr. Manfred Wentz
(center) receives the European Research Award 2003 from Dr. Stefan
Mecheels (left) Director and CEO of Hohenstein Institutes, and Ludwig
Egelhof (right) President of the European Research Association Innovative
Textile Care (EFIT). |
This
is not the first time that Dr. Wentz’ contribution to the industry
has been noted. In 1998, he received recognition from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) as a stakeholder in their Design for the Environment
Garment and Textile Care Program. He was also honored by the International
Fabricare Institute (IFI) with the Green Field Award in 2001.
In addition to his position with IDC, Dr. Wentz is currently President of TextileCare International Ltd., and a Visiting Professor at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC. He is also the principal U.S. Delegate and Expert on textile care, representing the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists at ISO/TC38/SC2.
IDC was founded in 1959 with a mission to strengthen international understanding and good will in the fabricare industry by providing opportunities for travel, exchange of information and communication for its worldwide members. IDC includes over 350 members, and holds an annual convention -- to be held this year in Kobe, Japan. For information about the organization, please visit the website: www.idcnews.org.
College
of Textiles
P.O. Box 8301
Raleigh, NC 27695-8301
Telephone: (919) 515-6646
FAX: (919) 515-3733
JTATM
Privacy Policy
Last Site Revision:
Sept. 8, 2003