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Textile trade fair duo to open with 1,648 exhibitors
Techtextil hits a record number of exhibitors as it is due to open on the 11 June, while the exhibition running alongside, Texprocess, has confirmed its position as the leading international trade fair for cutting-edge textile-processing technologies. The two international venues for the textile sector Techtextil and Texprocess are set to open their doors next week with 1,648 exhibitors, an increase of 123 exhibitors over the previous events. “All in all, our trade-fair duo at Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre offers the world’s biggest range of technical textiles, nonwovens and textile-processing technologies”, said Detlef Braun, member of the executive board of Messe Frankfurt.
6th June 2013
Innovation in Textiles
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Frankfurt
Techtextil hits a record number of exhibitors as it is due to open on the 11 June, while the exhibition running alongside, Texprocess, has confirmed its position as the leading international trade fair for cutting-edge textile-processing technologies.
The two international venues for the textile sector Techtextil and Texprocess are set to open their doors next week with 1,648 exhibitors, an increase of 123 exhibitors over the previous events.
“All in all, our trade-fair duo at Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre offers the world’s biggest range of technical textiles, nonwovens and textile-processing technologies”, said Detlef Braun, member of the executive board of Messe Frankfurt.
Market growth
Influenced by the innovativeness of the two sectors, Techtextil and Texprocess are also being held against a background of positive economic expectations.
“The markets for technical textiles and textile processing are still oriented towards growth. Today, technical textiles account for 27% of worldwide textile production with an output of 22 million tonnes”, says Detlef Braun. “This development also benefits the sewing and apparel market – a market of direct relevance to Texprocess, which generated global exports worth a total of € 4.5 billion in 2012.”
Techtextil
Techtextil, the international leading trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens will be held for the 15th time. From 11 to 13 June 2013, 1,322 exhibitors from 48 countries will be making presentations at Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre.
“The international technical textiles industry relies on Techtextil because no other fair worldwide offers such a big range of products and services for this market, which is distinguished by worldwide growth rates of as much as 5% a year”, said Detlef Braun.
Techtextil illustrates the variety of applications and products to be seen by arranging them in twelve areas of application and eleven product groups. They include building, architecture and furnishings and fittings (Buildtech, Hometech), sports and protective clothing (Sporttech, Protech), industrial textiles (Indutech), medical technology (Medtech) and automobiles and aviation (Mobiltech).
The five biggest areas of application according to the exhibitors correspond with the fastest growing technical-textile markets today. “We see a particularly large demand for technical textiles worldwide in the Indutech, Mobiltech, Buildtech, Hometech and Protech areas of application”, says Detlef Braun.
Texprocess
At Texprocess, 326 companies from 37 countries will present their high-tech solutions from 10 to 13 June. Proving its strong position as the leading international trade fair for cutting-edge technologies in the field of textile processing, Texprocess saw the increase in the level of exhibitor internationality by 65%, comparing to 2011.
After Germany, the most important exhibitor nations are Italy, China, the USA, Taiwan, Poland, Turkey, Great Britain, South Korea, Switzerland and Japan.
Texprocess presents machines and processes, as well as IT and logistics solutions, for the textile and apparel industries. The fair covers all stages of the textile processing chain.
The range of products and services at Texprocess is rounded off by the ‘Source it’ procurement platform where the fashion industry can find out about production countries and manufacturing companies. A focal point of this year’s ‘Source it’ is East Europe and North Africa.
“This takes account of the fact that many companies are bringing their textile processing and apparel manufacturing work closer to the consumer markets”, explained Detlef Braun.
Programme
The 66 lectures of the Techtextil and Avantex Symposiums cover a variety of topical research trends, such as smart textiles and electronic systems, sustainable textiles, functional garment textiles, technology, composites and textile-reinforced concrete.
Techtextil and Avantex Innovation Prizes that are presented every two years for fascinating achievements in the fields of research, material and product development and new technologies will also feature the events.
The second Texprocess Innovation Award honours exceptional new developments by Texprocess exhibitors.
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