1981 to 2004 Albin Kälin was Managing Director of Rohner Textil AG in Switzerland. Under his leadership, the company won since the 90s 19 international design awards. In 1993 he stimulated the development of the product line Climatex ® (www.climatex.com) and thus the first Cradle to Cradle ® products worldwide. Albin Kälin was awarded in 2001 with UBS Key Trophy as the “Rhine Valley Entrepreneur of the Year”. 2002 – 2007 member of supervisory board of Fein Elast Group in Austria. 2005 to 2009, CEO of EPEA Internationale Umweltforschung GmbH in Hamburg. 2007 in addition CEO of EPEA Netherland.  2009 – today Albin Kälin founder and CEO of epeaswitzerland gmbh  2021 awarded CEO Today Europe Award.  2022 10 Awards: M&A Today Global Awards, Lawyers International and Global 100 > Best CEO of the Year - Albin Kaelin, CEO Today Europe > Manufacturing – Leader of the year. Business Worldwide Magazine CEO Awards > Most Innovative CEO in the Worldwide Textile Industry and > Business Leadership and Outstanding Contribution to Sustainable Manufacturing, Acquisition Int. > Best Specialist Cradle to Cradle Products & Services Provider, CIO Views Magazine and Fortunes Crown > Top 10 Most Inspiring CEO in Business in 2022, World Finance Innovation Awards > Textile Industry epeaswitzerland.  2023 11 Awards: M&A Today Global Awards, Global 100, Corporate America Today and Lawyers International 100 > Best CEO of the Year - Albin Kaelin, Acquisition International > 2023's Best Specialist Cradle to Cradle Products & Services Provider, Fortunes Crown > The Most Innovative Technology Leaders to Watch in 2023, The European – Global Sustainability & ESG Awards 2023 > Best CEO in the Textile Manufacturing Industry > Best Cradle-toCradle Products & Services Innovation Experts > Most Sustainable Textile and Materials Value Creation Leadership. IE 100 > Albin Kaelin - Most Innovative CEO of the Year – epeaswitzerland gmbh – Europe, CorporateLiveWire > Household Hardware Specialists of the Year, Environmental – Leader of the Year: CEO Today Europe (2023)  2024 9 Awards: M&A Today Global Awards, Lawyers International Legal 100, Corporate Amerika Today 2024 and Global 100 > Best CEO of the Year – Albin Kaelin, Corporate Amerika Today 2024 –Best Specialist Cradle to Cradle Products & Services Provider 2024, IE 100 – 2024 Albin Kaelin - Most Innovative CEO of The Year - epeaswitzerland gmbh – Europe, THE EUROPEAN - Most Innovative CEO in the Textile Manufacturing Industry 2024, Pioneers in Cradle-to-Cradle Innovation: Leading Experts in Textile 2024, Trailblazer Award for Circular & Sustainable Textile Innovation 2024. Cradle to Cradle® Design Innovations Cradle to Cradle® Design Innovations define and develop cyclable products. In regard to differentiation to conventional recycling the quality level of the raw materials remains throughout multiple product lifecycles and only purely “assessed safe chemicals” are used. The products are developed according the model to maintain the quality of raw materials over multiple life cycles taking the production processes, the use and the reutilization into account.This means: No waste, all ingredients are considered as nutrients. The right materials are integrated in defined cycles (metabolism) at the right time and place./br>
Title of Talk : Cradle to Cradle Design Innovations