ITMA, the world's most established textile and garment technology exhibition, has become the headline sponsor of Future Materials awards. The awards will be presented on November 26, 2014, on the eve of the eighth Aachen-Dresden international textile conference. The awards were launched by World Textile Information Network, publisher of the international technical textiles magazine Future Materials. The mission is to recognise success in textile innovation and celebrate the essential work of the many businesses which support the industry.
Future Materials awards are open to all end-use sectors for technical textiles as well as materials experts, product developers and designers. They celebrate winners in 21 categories, including the best innovations in sportswear, protective textiles, industrial textiles and medical textiles. There will also be awards for groundbreaking partnership development, best start-up company and a lifetime achievement award.
The European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers (CEMATEX) comprises national textile machinery associations from Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. CEMATEX is the owner of the ITMA exhibition. ITMA has a 64-year history of displaying the latest in machinery and software for every single work process of textile making. It is held every four years in Europe. ITMA 2015 will take place November 12 to 19, 2015, Italy.
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