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Techtextil & Texprocess Innovation Awards highlight relevant textile industry trends

At this year's Innovation Awards at the Techtextil and Texprocess textile fairs, which are taking place in Frankfurt, Germany until Friday, a total of 15 winners in eight categories were honoured on Tuesday for pioneering research and new products, processes or technologies. The award winners were selected by juries of internationally renowned...

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Nearshoring to Europe: textile machinery manufacturers see rising demand

European manufacturers of equipment ranging from embroidery machines to textile cutters are seeing a growing interest in nearshoring from apparel producers. Strained global supply chains are prompting some to bring back production closer to Europe. "People are looking for capacity close by. Factories around Europe, North Africa and in the Middle...

Fairs

Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas postponement rescheduled for October 2020

Earlier last month, organizers of Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas announced that the co-located events, initially scheduled for May 12 to 14, 2020 would be postponed to December 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. On Monday, the organizers announced that the postponement has been rescheduled. The co-located events will now take...

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Record numbers at Techtextil: This is the future of production

Those who believe that the textile industry in Europe is no longer relevant were proved wrong by the two trade fairs Techtextil and Texprocess in Frankfurt, which just came to an end. Euphoric mood and buzz words Techtextil and Texprocess are not exactly fairs that cause enthusiasm by those in charge of fashion. They lack the snappy names of...

Fairs

Messe Frankfurt x MEX Exhibitions: Gartex Texprocess India

The organisers of apparel and textile trade fair Gartex India, MEX Exhibitions, have entered into a strategic alliance with Texprocess India, Messe Frankfurt’s international trade fair for processing textiles and flexible materials. The resulting unified industry platform Gartex Texprocess India will expand India’s portfolio and further the...

Apparel

Texprocess with sourcing hot spots

Top sourcing countries will be making presentations at the ‘Source it’ procurement area during Texprocess, Leading International Trade Fair for Processing Textile and Flexible Materials, in Frankfurt am Main from 10 to 13 June. Among the nations taking part will be Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Bolivia, Egypt, Hong Kong, Lithuania, Peru, Poland,...

Apparel

Innovative IT solutions at Texprocess 2013

IT solutions rank among the most important driving forces of innovation in the apparel industry and support the entire value chain from raw materials to retail sales. Employing the latest information technology, resources and energy can be used efficiently and production processes made more transparent and accelerated. At Texprocess, Leading...

Apparel

i-tex – apparel sourcing system: optimum preparations for Source it

Messe Frankfurt offers an opportunity to make optimum preparations for Source it! with an online platform called i-tex – apparel sourcing system. Before the fair, fashion companies can research into which companies are of interest to them on the internet at www.itex-texprocess.messefrankfurt.com. To do so, they only have to register free of cost...

Apparel

Texprocess Forum 2011 Top Themes: Sourcing, Sustainability and Social Standards

Sourcing, sustainability and social standards are the major issues to be covered in the lecture series of the Texprocess Forum at the new leading international trade fair, Texprocess, from 24 to 27 May in Frankfurt am Main. Major responsibility for drawing up the programme falls to the industrial association 'Dialog Textil-Bekleidung'. The...

Apparel

High tech for the apparel industry at Texprocess

Texprocess will show the latest apparel-technology trends from 24 to 27 May 2011. At the new trade fair in Frankfurt, the world’s leading manufacturers will present their high-tech solutions for the apparel industry, e.g., cutting and folding machines, sewing, embroidery, knitting and printing machines, new joining techniques, such as welding...