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 Techtextil Frankfurt
Jun 12-14, 2007, Frankfurt, Germany
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Techtextil und Avantex held together
Techtextil – Focusing on Innovation
Avantex – Discover the Future of Clothing
 How strongly is the technical textiles sector growing? What course will functional clothing follow in the future? You’ll find the answers to these questions at Techtextil and Avantex in Frankfurt am Main from 12 to 14 June 2007, where exhibitors will be demonstrating their creativity and know-how as well as presenting innovations and all-new product developments. The international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens will feature this innovative sector in all its diversity and is perceived as a deliverer of functional concepts and solutions.
Avantex, the International Forum for Innovative Apparel Textiles, being held simultaneously, offers participants an added benefit by providing Techtextil exhibitors and visitors with access to Avantex target groups, primarily designers and ready-to-wear manufacturers. Conversely, Avantex will benefit from Techtextil’s wide-ranging exhibitor structure, quite apart from the practical advantages, from a visitor's point of view, of being able to attend both events at the same place and time. Together, the two fairs form an effective marketing, communications and business platform thanks to their user-orientated concepts.
Techtextil suppliers represent the entire technical textiles value-added chain and are divided into ten product groups: research, development, planning, consultation; technology, machinery, accessories; woven fabrics, laid webs, braidings, knitted fabrics; nonwovens; coated textiles; composites; Bondtec; associations; publishers.
The twelve areas of application which constitute the Techtextil target groups are the key to business success: Agrotech (horticulture and landscape gardening, agriculture and forestry, livestock farming); Buildtech (membrane construction, lightweight and solid structures, civil engineering and industrial building, temporary construction, interior design, earthworks, waterway and road construction, agricultural construction); Clothtech (clothing and shoes); Geotech (structural engineering, road-building, dam-building, waste-site construction); Hometech (furniture, upholstered furniture, interior furnishings, carpets, flooring), Indutech (filtration, cleaning, mechanical engineering, the chemical /electrical industry); Medtech (hygiene, medicine), Mobiltech (cars, ships, planes, railways and space travel); Oekotech (environmental protection, recycling, waste disposal); Packtech (packaging, protective packaging systems, bags, big bags, storage systems); Protech (personal/property protection); Sporttech (sport and leisure, activewear, outdoor, sports goods and equipment, sports shoes).
The Techtextil Symposium, a parallel event, will offer suppliers, consumers and experts from research, technology and industry a series of lectures, presentations and discussion forums on innovative topics. The Techtextil Innovation Prize honours outstanding, innovative and unusual achievements in the field of research, material and product development and new technology. In addition, the Student Competition, sponsored by the TensiNet Federation and Techtextil, will honour new ideas and concepts based on the theme "Textile Structures for New Building". The public will have the opportunity to see the award-winning work at a series of special shows.
Whether 'smart textiles' featuring integrated electronics or 'intelligent textiles', whose interactive effects are man- and environment-dependent, the Avantex concept consistently focuses on the high-tech when it comes to apparel textiles. As a result, Avantex is the first platform of its kind to offer an interdisciplinary dialogue, whilst simultaneously promoting revolutionary developments and visionary concepts. The exhibitor spectrum is divided into ten product groups: Research/Development/Consulting, Textile Technology, Fibres and Yarns, Textile Surfaces and Membranes, Textile Finishing, High-Tech in Clothing, Innovative Clothing, Textile Care, Trade Associations and Publishing Companies.
On the visitor side, four areas of application have been classified: Fashion (the latest trends, current standards and entertainment aplenty); Sports (comfort, functionality and protection with respect to a wide range of activities), Healthcare (all the latest from the fields of medicine, wellness, prevention and care) and Workwear (innovations in safety and comfortable protection for the world of work). The fringe programme includes the Avantex Symposium and the Avantex Innovation Prize.
Techtextil exhibitors will fill Halls 3 and 4 with the integration of Avantex exhibition area in Hall 3.1. Both symposia (the Techtextil Symposium and the Avantex Symposium) will be held concurrently at the Congress Centre Messe Frankfurt (CMF).
The new concept of parallel events has been confirmed by the visitor and the exhibitor records set in 2005. All in all, 1,116 exhibitors presented their latest products, developments and trends from the technical textiles and innovative apparel textiles sectors. Of this number, 1,074 exhibitors from 47 countries exhibited at Techtextil, an increase of 22% compared with the previous event. Forty-two exhibitors from 11 countries came to Avantex. The 21,730 visitors from 70 countries, who attended the two events, represented a 17% increase for Techtextil. But it’s not only quantity and internationalism which is important but above all quality: 86% of exhibitors and 95% of trade visitors were more than satisfied with their participation in 2005.
List of upcoming international events:
19 - 21 September 2006: Cinte Techtextil China, Shanghai, China
7 - 8 November 2006: Techtextil-Symposium South America, São Paulo, Brazil
27 February – 1 March 2007: Techtextil Rossija, Moscow, Russia
12 - 14 June 2007: Techtextil, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
12 - 14 June 2007: Avantex, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1 – 3 April 2008: Techtextil North America, Atlanta, USA
More information is available at the following websites:
www.techtextil.com and www.avantex.messefrankfurt.com |
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