Textile World Innovation Forum Gallery: The Quantum Group

The 2015 Textile World Innovation Forum was held December 1-3, 2015, at the Sheraton Charlotte Airport Hotel, Charlotte. The single-track, high-level event featured a broad array of presentation topics from the practical applications of nanotechnology to a comprehensive report on the state of the technical textiles market. The Quantum Group, Colfax, N.C., along with its sister companies was honored with the 2015 Textile World Innovation Award for its long-standing commitment to innovation and incredible ability to solve client’s challenges. Founder Jeff Bruner’s story was celebrated in the November/December issue of TW. TW editors would like to thank sponsors Staubli Corp., Measured Solutions Inc., PA Group USA, Symtech Corp. and Unifi Inc., as well as industry supporters Americas Apparel Producers’ Network, Synthetic Yarn and Fiber Association and the BeaverLake6 Report.

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Steve Warner, BeaverLake6 Report
Shelly Martin, Sustainability Analyst and Training Manager, EarthShift
Nicholas Goldsmith, FAIA, LEED AP, Senior Principal, FTL Design Engineering Studio
Maurizio Macagno, Chief Technology Officer and Cofounder, Sensoria Inc.
Oliver Meier, Sales Representative, Staubli Corp.
Uday Vaidya, UT/Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor's Chair in Advanced Composites Manufacturing; and Chief Technology Officer, IACMI
Jim Kaufmann, Senior Engineer, T.E.A.M. Inc.; Owner, Novacomp Inc.
K.P.Reddy, CEO SoftWear Automation; General Partner, CTW Venture Partners
Carol Little, Founder, CKL Textile Consulting; Senior Materials Manager, Pearl Izumi
Dr. Peter J. Hauser, NCSU College of Textiles, Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science
Innovation Award Banquet honoring The Quantum Group
Symtech sponsors table
PA Group sponsors table
Unifi sponsors table
Jim Borneman, Editor in Chief, Textile World presenting the 2015 Innovation Award to The Quantum Group's founder, Jeff Bruner
Jeff Bruner, founder of The Quantum Group
Victor Bartell, long-term member of The Quantum Group family
Bob Benko, long-term member of The Quantum Group family
Charles Willard, long-term member of The Quantum Group family
Jeff Dugan, Cofounder and Vice President, Research, Fiber Innovation Technology Inc.
Dr. Behnam Pourdeyhimi, Distinguished Professor & Executive Director, The Nonwovens Institute
Dr. Abdel-Fattah Seyam, NCSU College of Textiles, Department of Textile and Apparel Management
Kial Gramley, Cofounder and Vice President, Market and Business Development, FibeRio Technology Corp.
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