About this event

INDEX

Client website needed for final buyer matching: Before I finalize the best buyer segments for your attendee-list strategy, please share your client’s website. That lets me match the event audience to the exact product, service, and budget fit your client sells. Without the client website, I can still provide a strong event-level buyer analysis, but the final buyer prioritization will be more accurate once I review the website.

Event overview: INDEX is one of the most important global gatherings for the nonwovens and technical textiles ecosystem. It typically attracts manufacturers, converters, brand owners, material suppliers, machinery providers, research teams, procurement leaders, product development heads, and senior commercial decision-makers involved in hygiene, medical, filtration, automotive, packaging, geotextiles, wipes, insulation, and industrial applications. Because of the breadth of the supply chain, it is a high-value event for attendee-list sales when the target account profile is aligned with nonwoven materials, manufacturing, production technology, or adjacent industrial sectors.

1️⃣ Who attends: Buyers / Attendees

This event is not just an exhibition floor full of general visitors. It is a specialized B2B marketplace where the attendees are usually highly relevant to purchasing, specification, sourcing, engineering, innovation, and commercial partnership decisions. The strongest buyer targets are those who influence material selection, equipment purchase, supply agreements, and product commercialization.

Main attendee groups:

• Nonwoven manufacturers and converters
• Technical textile companies
• Procurement and sourcing teams from hygiene, medical, filtration, automotive, and packaging sectors
• Product development and R&D leaders
• Operations, plant, and manufacturing directors
• Machinery, process, and automation buyers
• Raw material suppliers and chemical suppliers
• Brand owners using nonwoven materials in finished products
• Testing, certification, and quality control professionals
• Distributors, agents, and channel partners
• Industry consultants, analysts, and association leaders

Best buyer mindset: The event is strongest for companies that buy or influence buying in the following areas: nonwoven raw materials, spinning/bonding technologies, converting machinery, filtration components, hygiene absorbent products, wipes, medical disposables, automotive interior materials, and sustainable packaging or engineered fabrics.

2️⃣ Where the show is happening + attendee geographic origin

Event location: INDEX is commonly associated with Geneva, Switzerland, as one of the premier global nonwovens exhibitions. Depending on the edition year, the venue can vary, so the final event location should always be verified against the specific year’s official event page.

Attendee geographic origin: This is a genuinely international event. Attendance is typically drawn from Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, North America, Latin America, and Africa. Because the nonwovens industry is a global supply chain, the audience often includes both local European participants and long-haul international buyers who are actively sourcing materials, technologies, and commercial partnerships.

Geographic targeting value:

• Local: Switzerland and neighboring European markets
• National: Strong participation from host-country companies and regional suppliers
• Global: Very strong, since the event functions as a worldwide industry meeting point

Buyer geography note: This type of event is especially attractive for companies that sell globally and want to reach senior buyers from Europe, India, China, Turkey, the US, Japan, Korea, and the Middle East.

3️⃣ Audience reach: Local / National / Global

Reach type: Global

INDEX should be treated as a global audience event rather than a local or national one. Even when the event is hosted in Europe, the audience is usually international due to the specialized nature of nonwovens, technical textiles, and industrial materials. Buyers attend with a sourcing and commercialization mindset, making it especially useful for attendee-list sales when the client sells high-value B2B products or services.

What this means for list quality: A global event usually produces a stronger mix of senior titles, international companies, multi-location manufacturers, and cross-border decision-makers. That increases the commercial value of the attendee database, especially for clients selling industrial, material, machinery, testing, or technology solutions.

4️⃣ Sample buyer company names + websites

Below is a sample buyer-style account list for INDEX. These are the kinds of companies that typically fit the event well because they either buy nonwoven materials, use them in production, develop related products, or invest in machinery and technical innovation. The list below is structured for buyer targeting, not for general exhibitor discovery.

Top buyer accounts to prioritize first: Berry Global, Kimberly-Clark, Essity, Freudenberg Performance Materials, DuPont, Ahlstrom, Fitesa, and 3M. These accounts usually have the strongest combination of budget, purchasing power, and relevance to the event’s technical ecosystem.

5️⃣ Job profiles, industries & event type

Event type: Technical textiles, nonwovens, manufacturing, materials, process equipment, hygiene, filtration, and innovation-focused B2B exhibition

Best job profiles to target:

• VP Procurement
• Global Sourcing Director
• Materials Manager
• Product Development Director
• R&D Manager
• Innovation Director
• Technical Director
• Operations Director
• Plant Manager
• Manufacturing Director
• Supply Chain Director
• Category Manager
• Business Development Director
• Sales Director
• Process Engineering Manager
• Quality Assurance Manager
• Filter Technology Manager
• Materials Science Lead
• Strategic Accounts Manager
• Commercial Director

Best industries to use for filtering:

• Chemicals
• Textiles
• Plastics
• Packaging & Containers
• Medical Devices
• Pharmaceuticals
• Hospital & Health Care
• Food & Beverages
• Automotive
• Industrial Automation
• Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
• Manufacturing-related segments through company keywords
• Environmental Services
• Renewables & Environment
• Research
• Information Services
• Logistics & Supply Chain
• Wholesale

Why these job functions matter: INDEX is most valuable when the lead list includes people who influence materials, machinery, sourcing, and technical product strategy. The wrong list would be too broad and include general visitors. The right list should focus on decision-makers and technical influencers from the supply chain.

6️⃣ Estimated attendance / expected footfall

Estimated attendance: Depending on edition size and venue, this event typically draws a strong international buyer base and a large professional visitor count. For a global event of this type, a practical estimate is in the range of several thousand to well over ten thousand attendees, with higher participation from exhibitors, brand-side visitors, and technical decision-makers.

What to expect in the footfall mix:

• Senior industry buyers
• Technical and operations professionals
• Procurement and sourcing teams
• Global suppliers and machinery vendors
• R&D and innovation teams
• Consultants and association delegates

Footfall quality note: Even if the total number of attendees is not as high as a mass consumer event, the value per lead is significantly higher because the audience is specialized and commercially relevant. For attendee-list sales, that usually means better ROI if the client sells industrial or technical products.

7️⃣ Key focus areas & buyer engagement

Core event focus areas:

• Nonwoven manufacturing technology
• Technical textiles and engineered fabrics
• Hygiene and absorbent products
• Medical and healthcare disposables
• Filtration media and air/liquid filtration
• Automotive interiors and acoustic materials
• Packaging and industrial applications
• Sustainability and recycling
• Raw materials and specialty fibers
• Process equipment, bonding, and converting machinery
• Testing, quality control, and certification
• Research, innovation, and product commercialization

Buyer engagement angle: The best outreach is not generic attendee promotion. The most effective angle is to position the database around specific commercial use cases, such as sourcing decision-makers, technical buyers, product development leaders, and manufacturing executives who are actively involved in material adoption or supplier selection.

Examples of buyer engagement messages:

• Reach procurement leaders buying nonwoven materials and equipment
• Connect with technical directors and product developers evaluating new substrates and process technologies
• Target manufacturers involved in hygiene, filtration, automotive, and medical supply chains
• Engage senior decision-makers responsible for innovation, sustainability, and supply chain resilience

8️⃣ Client product review note

I can refine this list much more accurately once you share your client website. That review helps determine whether the best buyers are:

• Procurement and sourcing leaders
• Manufacturing and plant directors
• Product development and R&D heads
• Machinery and automation buyers
• Raw material and chemical buyers
• Distributors and channel partners
• Quality and testing professionals

Why the website matters: A client selling equipment, chemicals, software, logistics, testing services, or recruitment solutions will each need a different subset of the INDEX audience. Once you share the website, I can tell you the best buyer personas, the best industry filters, and the highest-value companies to prioritize from the attendee list.

9️⃣ Recommended industry filters from the industry list

For this event, the strongest industry filters from your list are:

• Chemicals
• Textiles
• Plastics
• Packaging & Containers
• Medical Devices
• Pharmaceuticals
• Hospital & Health Care
• Automotive
• Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
• Industrial Automation
• Manufacturing-adjacent company keywords
• Research
• Environmental Services
• Renewables & Environment
• Logistics & Supply Chain
• Wholesale

Best industry logic: Since this is a specialized technical event, broad consumer industries are less useful than manufacturing, materials, engineering, and industrial supply chain categories. The stronger the technical overlap, the better the lead quality.

Final recommendation

INDEX is a strong event for attendee-list sales if your client serves the nonwoven, technical textile, materials, filtration, hygiene, medical, automotive, packaging, or industrial manufacturing ecosystem. It is not the best event for general-purpose consumer outreach, but it is excellent for high-value B2B targeting where the buyer has purchasing authority or strong influence.

Best buyer segments to collect:

• Procurement and sourcing leaders
• R&D and product development managers
• Operations and plant directors
• Technical and engineering decision-makers
• Commercial leaders at nonwoven and materials companies
• Quality and testing heads
• Supply chain and category managers

Quality rating for B2B attendee-list sales: 9/10

This event scores highly because the audience is global, technical, and commercially relevant. The only caution is that the lead list must be filtered carefully. The real value is in senior buyers, not casual visitors.

Next step: Send your client website, and I will review it against this event to identify the best buyer companies, best titles, best industries, and the exact attendee profile that should be prioritized.