The Third Asia Europe Geosynthetics Conference Was Held In Tai'An, Shandong

In order to explore the future sustainable development of geosynthetics and grasp the development trend of global geosynthetics, the Third Asia Europe Geosynthetics Conference (EAGS · 2024) was held in Tai'an, Shandong Province on November 22. The conference was hosted by China Industrial Textile Industry Association, European Nonwovens Association, supported by Tai'an Municipal People's Government, International Geosynthetics Society, American International Advanced Textile Association, Shandong Lute New Materials Co., Ltd., Tiandingfeng Holdings Co., Ltd., Feicheng Lianyi Engineering Plastics Co., Ltd., Tai'an Modern Plastics Co., Ltd Weifang Tuowang Industrial Co., Ltd., Shandong Jingchuangxin Material Technology Co., Ltd. and Haoke Technology Co., Ltd.

Li Lingshen, Vice President of China Textile Industry Federation, Liu Fengmei, Vice Mayor of Tai'an Municipal People's Government, He Yanli, former chief inspector of the Industry Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, Li Guimei, President of China Industrial Textile Industry Association, Li Xinfu, Secretary of Shandong Textile and Clothing Industry Association, Cai Lixia, Director of Tai'an Bureau of Industry and Information Technology; Sam Allen, President of the International Geosynthetics Society, ISO/TC 221 Peter Atchison, Chairman, Marines Lagemaa, Director of Science and Technology of European Nonwovens Association, Daniele Cazzuffi, former President of the International Geosynthetics Society and President of the Italian Branch, Hong Kwan KIM, Vice President of the Korea Geosynthetics Society, and experts and scholars from well-known universities, research institutes and industry organizations at home and abroad, Nearly 300 people, including company representatives from upstream and downstream industrial chains of geosynthetics industry, attended the conference.

Meeting by Zhu Xiusen, Vice President and Secretary General of China Industrial Textile Industry Association, Marines Lagemaat, Director of Science and Technology Affairs of European Nonwovens Association (EDANA), Duan Shoujiang, Vice President of China Industrial Textile Industry Association, Han Jing, Deputy Secretary General of China Industrial Textile Industry Association and Secretary General of Geotechnical Building Materials Branch of China Central Association host.

　　 Liu Fengmei, Vice Mayor of Tai'an Municipal People's Government In the speech, it was introduced that the geosynthetic material industry in Tai'an City had been able to produce since the 1980s. After more than 40 years of accumulation and development, the production technology and industrialization level have made great progress, cultivated a number of industry competitive enterprises such as Lute New Materials, Feicheng Friendship, modern plastics, and Taipeng Environmental Protection, and formed leading enterprises to drive, high-quality enterprises to gather Good ecology of coordinated industrial development. The production products involve geogrid, geotextile, geomembrane, geotextile, etc. The comprehensive strength is in the forefront of the industry, with significant regional advantages and industry development foundation. Geosynthetics has become a beautiful industrial card of Tai'an City. Tai'an will take this conference as an opportunity to further strengthen its support service capacity and promote industrial optimization and upgrading.

　　 Marines Lagemaat, Director of Science and Technology Affairs, European Nonwovens Association (EDANA) In his speech, he said that since the last Asia Europe Geosynthetics Conference was held in 2019, this time he co organized a meeting with the China Industrial Textile Industry Association to meet with the industry in Tai'an. In the past five years, EDANA has organized many related professional conferences to focus on the development of geosynthetics. With the increasing requirements of industry development on environmental protection, the Association pays more attention to the impact on the environment. EDANA looks forward to more extensive cooperation with the industry, forming joint forces, and better building the future of the industry.

　　 Li Lingshen, Vice President of China Textile Industry Federation In his speech, he pointed out that geotextile for construction is one of the earliest and most mature fields of industrial textiles, which greatly supports the development and application of infrastructure and construction in China. China's geosynthetics play a key role in global engineering construction. Their material properties are increasingly recognized and have been widely used in water conservancy, railway, highway, airport, urban construction, reclamation of land from the sea, ecological restoration and other projects. Focusing on the innovation and sustainable development of textile geosynthetics industry, Li Lingshen put forward three suggestions: first, improve the scientific and technological innovation ability and improve the collaborative innovation system. 2、 Promote the green development model and explore the path of sustainable development. 3、 Strengthen the docking of production and demand and international cooperation, and build an industrial "community of shared future".

　　 Li Guimei, President of China Industrial Textile Industry Association The scientific and technological innovation and green development status of China's geotextile and building materials industry were introduced in the theme report "Current Situation and Future of China's geotextile and building materials industry". Taking projects in railway, highway, water conservancy, mining area, port, municipal administration, construction and other related fields as examples, this paper analyzes the specific application of geotextiles in engineering. Li Guimei said that green manufacturing empowerment, intelligent technology assistance, standard quality improvement, and engineering application expansion will become an important direction for the development of China's land, industrial and construction textiles. In the future, the industry needs to continuously forge the "long board" of the industry, expand cross-border applications, and form a revolutionary alternative; Enhance the endogenous power of development with intelligent technology; Assist the "Belt and Road" and stabilize the driving force of industrial development; Improve standard quality and promote healthy and sustainable development; Cultivate innovation platforms, carry out advanced applications and demonstration projects, and better promote high-quality development of the industry.

　　 Sam Allen, President and Director of TRI Environment Group, President of International Geosynthetics Society The Evaluation of Geosynthetics Sustainability Benefits was shared. He said that geosynthetics can extend the service life of roads, reduce the use of aggregates, save and protect water resources, and control soil erosion. IGS has carried out long-term education and science popularization to promote the sustainable development of geosynthetics from multiple dimensions such as quality, design and manufacturing. He introduced the application of geosynthetics in sustainable development and innovative solutions, as well as the IGS sustainability calculator as an excellent tool for planning and designing sustainable infrastructure, to assess the benefits of its application in carbon reduction and energy conservation.

　　 Han Xiaomei, Senior Engineer of General Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Planning and Design, Ministry of Water Resources In the report titled "Application and Prospect of Geosynthetics in Water Resources and Hydropower Projects", the classification and functions of geosynthetics are briefly described, and the application of geosynthetics such as geomembrane, geotextile, drainage board, geogrid, geomembrane bag concrete and geocell in seepage prevention, drainage, filtration and protection in water resources and hydropower projects is summarized. At the same time, combined with the detection and test of geomembrane and geogrid, the performance of geosynthetics is explained, and four problems in the application of geosynthetics in water conservancy and hydropower projects are discussed and relevant suggestions are put forward.

　　 Daniele Cazzuffi, former chairman of the International Geosynthetics Society and chairman of the Technical Committee of Geosynthetics of the European Committee for Standardization The key elements of sustainable development are introduced under the title of "Overall situation - geosynthetics and environment: sustainable elements and climate change issues", focusing on the possible release of microplastics from geosynthetics in soil and environment. At the same time, the report lists specific historical cases to illustrate, analyzes the remarkable effect of the use of geotextiles in reducing CO2 emissions and micro plastic emissions, and emphasizes the advantages of using geosynthetics in mountain areas to cope with the increasingly serious climate change problem. Combining with practical application cases, it shows that geomembranes can be used in artificial snow factory reservoirs to store water, The use of geotextile can effectively reduce the melting problem of ice and snow in glaciers.

　　 Matthias Maisner, Material Engineer, Building Materials Department, German Federal Waterway Engineering Research Institute Sharing the Thoughts on the Application of Geotextiles in European Navigable Waterway Hydraulic Engineering. The EU has one of the longest inland waterway navigation networks in the world, and geotextile has outstanding advantages as a filter required by waterway. He introduced the declaration of CE mark for building materials products in the EU internal market, the requirements for regulations and product functions of building materials products, and the characteristics and performance requirements of geotextiles for water conservancy projects. He interpreted several application cases of geotextiles in waterways in combination with relevant products and technical standards.

　　 Liang Xunmei, Chairman of Shandong Lute New Materials Co., Ltd In the report "Innovation and Engineering Application Solution of High Performance Geosynthetics", based on the application orientation and the development status of geosynthetics in China, this paper introduces how many innovative products independently developed by Luther New Materials break the international monopoly and realize import substitution. At the same time, the superior products of the enterprise realize the high strength, intelligence, lightweight and multi-function of the products, meet the engineering needs of engineering structure reinforcement, safety early warning, snow melting and ice suppression under complex geological conditions, solve engineering construction problems, and provide more perfect solutions for engineering construction.

　　 Sun Fenghua, General Manager of Tiandingfeng Polypropylene Material Technology Co., Ltd The main innovation points, application and promotion of the project Key Technology and Industrialization of High Strength Coarse Denier Polypropylene Spunbonded Needle punched Geotextiles are introduced. The project overcame the key technology of high-strength coarse denier PP spunbonded needle punched geotextile, broke the foreign technology monopoly, and filled the domestic gap. The research and development of key production technologies and equipment led to the development and industrial upgrading of upstream and downstream industries, which is a model for the application of industrial textiles in the field of geotechnical architecture; The product performance has reached the international advanced level, meeting the needs of major projects in cutting-edge national defense and national economy and people's livelihood, and providing a strong guarantee for national security and people's security.

　　 Peter Atchison, Chairman of the Geosynthetics Technical Committee of the International Organization for Standardization Make a report on the status quo and prospect of geosynthetics standards. He said that the annual trade volume of global commodities has increased from about $5 trillion in 1996 to $25 trillion today. International standards are the basis for promoting the growth of international trade. The report introduces the development origin, overall objectives and specific work of ISO, as well as the specific work of the Geosynthetics Technical Committee of ISO TC221 in various fields. It emphasizes ISO's concern for sustainability and how to enhance the concept of sustainable development in all standards, especially geosynthetics standards.

　　 Chen Yumin, Dean of School of Civil Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, and Technical Advisor of Feicheng Lianyi Plastic Co., Ltd This paper introduces the project of Research, Development and Application of Full Strength Smart Geocomposites in High Intensity Areas, which combines topology optimization and artificial intelligence technology to research and develop grid shapes with the best strength in all directions in high intensity areas, and uses new grids to create a desaturation state of the foundation, solving systematic problems such as the structure and application of geotechnical materials in high intensity areas, Assist the industrialization of full strength intelligent geogrid.

　　 Hong Kwan KIM, Vice President of Korea Geosynthetics Society and Executive Vice President of FITI Testing and Research Institute The reliability evaluation and certification of geosynthetics are introduced. With the improvement of market openness and diversification of product selection opportunities, consumers have increasingly high requirements for quality, which requires the use of standardization and evaluation systems to recognize product quality and reliability. Hong Kwan  KIM It indicates that with the shortening of product development cycle and the increase of uncertainties, it is difficult to ensure the reliability of parts and materials. The report introduces various test methods for reliability evaluation of geosynthetics, including accelerated life test, quality evaluation, etc., and how to use reliability consistent with international standards for evaluation.

　　 Yang Bai, Director of Department of Civil Engineering, School of Architecture and Traffic Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Science and Technology The report "Research on Large Scale Model Test of Railway Tension Wrapped Reinforced Soil Subgrade" was made, introducing the general situation of the supporting project, detailing the test design and operation process, including model design, model production, loading system, and testing system, and drawing relevant test results and analyzing the main conclusions.

　　 Guo Yonglian, Chairman of Anhui Shengdian Mesh Weaving Co., Ltd In the "Techniques for Controlling Wind Blown Sand in Cuona Lake along the Qinghai Tibet Railway", the measures for controlling wind blown sand along the Qinghai Tibet Railway and the application of geotechnical materials were introduced, and the design experience of controlling sand disasters in high and cold regions on the plateau was shared. The project adopts the methods of damming, water interception, sand fixation and scouring, and innovatively turns sand into material to control sand. At the same time, the high vertical PE sand prevention net wall, PE large sand prevention grid, low vertical PE sand prevention grid, hanging (inserting) plate type sand retaining wall combined with protective measures are also adopted, and some sand fixation facilities are renovated to achieve the effect of sand prevention, sand prevention, sand blocking and sand fixation.

　　 Liu Qingqing, Chief Engineer of Shandong Jingchuangxin Materials Co., Ltd According to the report "Innovative Application of New High end Polypropylene Filament Nonwoven Geotextiles in Highway Engineering", with the rapid development of urban traffic construction and the continuous increase of highway traffic, the problem of pavement reflection cracks is more serious. As a new type of geosynthetics in China, through the analysis and research on the physical and chemical properties of polypropylene filament needle punched geotextile, its reinforcement and anti reflection crack effects in highway engineering are verified by practical engineering applications. The report also expounds that polypropylene filament needle punched geotextile can effectively increase the service life of pavement as an anti cracking material, which has obvious economic and social benefits.

　　 Zheng Airong, professor level senior engineer of CCCC Tianjin Harbor Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd It was introduced in the sharing of Research on M Waterstop Material and Structure Type that M waterstop is a rubber waterstop pad that plays a temporary role in the final joint butt joint during the construction of underwater immersed tube tunnel, and it is a new type of waterstop curtain structure. M waterstop was first applied to the deep and medium channel project and promoted in the Dalian Bay subsea tunnel project. In view of the problems of the existing M waterstop, such as bulkiness, difficulty in installation, uncontrollable running track, etc., the project has developed a new suspended sliding M waterstop structure, which provides a new sealing material solution for the underwater engineering field.

　　 Sun Gemei, Special Chief Engineer of Engineering Testing Center of Shanghai Survey, Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd According to the technical background of geosynthetics and the application and testing requirements of geosynthetics in domestic projects, in the report Analysis of Test Key Points and Test Influencing Factors in the Application of Geosynthetics in Domestic Projects, the relevant influencing factors of some performance quality tests were analyzed, including sampling, sample preparation, environmental conditions, instruments, equipment and accessories, testing personnel Various influences of test methods, test speed and other factors. The report points out that understanding the adverse factors in the testing process will play an important role in preventing and controlling engineering quality risks related to geosynthetics, reducing testing errors and ensuring engineering quality.

The Asia Europe Geosynthetics Conference is a leading international high-end conference in the field of geosynthetics. The conference includes a theme forum and an exhibition. The theme forum invites well-known experts, scholars and entrepreneurs with many years of practical experience at home and abroad to carry out a comprehensive, multi-level, wide-ranging and three-dimensional analysis of the geosynthetics industry around development opportunities, market analysis, technical research, application expansion, engineering services, testing standards and methods, etc.

Supporters and co organizers of the conference, as well as Boluwei Machinery Jiangsu Co., Ltd., Guangshan White Shark Clothing Co., Ltd., Tai'an Jialutong Engineering Materials Co., Ltd., Yanghui Intelligent Technology (Shandong) Co., Ltd., etc., intensively displayed the latest technologies and products of geosynthetics in the exhibition area.

In order to reflect the operation of China's geotextile industry and its application results in engineering construction, the China Industrial Textile Industry Association organized and published Application Examples of Geotechnical Building Materials and Infrastructure Engineering Book, the new book launching ceremony of the book was held at this conference.

With the theme of "innovation creates sustainability", the conference discussed the future sustainable road of geosynthetics through face-to-face in-depth exchanges and exhibitions, promoted industrial innovation and development and mutually beneficial cooperation among countries, and jointly created a new future for industrial prosperity and development.

(Source: China Industrial Textile Industry Association)