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EDANA chairman and board members named

09/07/2008
Belgium-based EDANA elected various new board members at its annual general meeting, held in Madrid on June 12. Vice president EAME, regulatory and medical affairs, Johnson & Johnson, Germany, Gerd Ries, was re-elected as chairman of EDANA by members for another one-year term. Gunnar Preifors, director R&D Personal Care, SCA Hygiene Products AB, Sweden, and Paul Eevers, director Beverages, Supply Management, Unilever Europe Foods, Belgium, were both re-elected by the members as vice chairman and treasurer, respectively.

Some of its long-standing governers left the board, including: Claudio Ermondi, Ahlstrom (Italy), Alexander Maksimow, McAirlaid’s Vliesstoffe (Germany), Pieter Meijer - formerly Fiberweb (France) and Bernd Reck, BASF (Germany).

Five new governors have been elected for a three-year term of office: Jean-Marie Becker, Ahlstrom (France), Serkan Gogüs, Mogul Nonwovens (Turkey), Susan Harley, Cardinal Healthcare (Switzerland), Mahdy Katbe, Unicharm Gulf Hygienic Industries (Saudi Arabia) and Andreas Pfau, BASF (Germany).

Dr Ries shared his insight into the progress of EDANA in the five tenets of its strategy: free and fair trade; public perception and communication; commoditisation versus innovation; sustainability; and influencing the regulatory framework. He focused on free and fair trade and sustainability as the key areas where EDANA must act.

“We are on the right track”, said Dr Ries. “By our actions, we are creating an environment that is beneficial to innovation and the sustainable and profitable growth of the industry.”


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