"Techtextil that held in Germany, May 9 to 12, 2017,recorded number of over 33,670 visitors from 104 countries attended. A new record was also set on the exhibitor side with 1,477 companies from 55 countries taking part. Around 20,800 Techtextil visitors came from outside Germany. The five leading visitor nations at Techtextil after Germany were Italy, France, Turkey, United Kingdom and Belgium."
Techtextil that held in Germany, May 9 to 12, 2017,recorded number of over 33,670 visitors from 104 countries attended. A new record was also set on the exhibitor side with 1,477 companies from 55 countries taking part. Around 20,800 Techtextil visitors came from outside Germany. The five leading visitor nations at Techtextil after Germany were Italy, France, Turkey, United Kingdom and Belgium.
With 423 exhibitors from Germany, and 1,054 from abroad, the level of internationality on the exhibitor side reached 71 per cent, with Lebanon, Mexico and Vietnam being represented for the first time.
Fourteen countries were represented by national pavilions – Belgium, China, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, Croatia, Portugal, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, the Czech Republic, Turkey and the USA. There was a significant increase in the number of European exhibitors, especially from Spain, Poland, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey, as well as from China and India.
As always, Techtextil presented the complete spectrum of technical textiles and nonwovens for all areas of application, making it one of the most relevant user fairs for textile innovations. The spectrum of visitors was extremely broad and varied: the fair not only welcomed representatives of protective clothing companies, but also visitors from the automobile sector and the technical applications segment.
The largest exhibitor groups comprised companies with products for applications in the industry, the automobile and aerospace industries, architecture and construction and occupational safety. The highest rates of growth were recorded by the sport, mobility and apparel segments.
From textile-reinforced concrete, via woven fabrics for lightweight constructions, to functionalised textiles: at Techtextil, architects, property developers, engineers and planners were confronted by a wide range of fiber-based materials shown by around 560 exhibitors.
Around 420 exhibitors presented textile solutions for the field of medical technology, from anti-bacterial wound dressings, via fiber-based implants, to sensor textiles for monitoring vital functions.
A total of around 670 exhibitors showed products for cars and trucks, as well as emergency and security vehicles, and aerospace applications.
Altogether, around 880 Techtextil exhibitors offered new materials, coatings, supplementary functions and machines and thus gave designers, garment manufacturers and developers a broad thematic choice and the opportunity for an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and opinions in the fields of fashion, work wear, protective clothing, sportswear and leisure wear. Particular attention was paid to the subjects of smart textiles and sustainability.
Techtextil exhibitors presented materials for use in space travel. The materials to be seen included functional apparel textiles that not only regulate the wearer’s body temperature but also have anti-bacterial and anti-static qualities, as well as flame-resistant textiles, carbon-fiber components for booster rockets, textile transport bags and belts, and sensory yarns that measure and report loads acting on the textile material.
Wearing virtual reality glasses, visitors could also embark on a journey through space to Mars. During the video flight, viewers were shown examples of applications for technical textiles in space travel, e.g., spacer fabrics for plant growing, functional textiles for astronaut apparel, nature-oriented lightweight structures for architecture in space and textile manufacturing technologies for space-travel antennas.
