Techtextil and Texprocess exhibitions were hosted in Germany on May 4 to 7. These international trade fairs showcase a spectrum of materials, processes and technologies for the entire textile value chain. Altogether, 1,662 exhibitors from 54 countries presented their new technical textiles, nonwovens and processing technologies for textile and flexible materials.

Techtextil and Texprocess 2015 showed themselves to be the undisputed centre for innovation in the field of high tech fabrics, smart textiles and processing technologies. Significant increases in visitor numbers were registered from countries like Egypt, Bangladesh, China, Portugal, Romania and Spain.

Techtextil presented innovative fibers used in the agricultural, automotive, construction, apparel, energy and medical fields. Exhibitors also presented synthetic fibers for covering stadiums or for tarpaulins as well as non-combustible glass-fiber mats for seats, flooring and luggage racks. In addition to multi-function jackets that can communicate, warm and illuminate, other highlights at Techtextil included embroidered electrodes for long-term ECGs, algae-based artificial snow, an artificial womb for premature babies and a maritime textile for cultivating kelp.

One of the top subjects at Texprocess was Industry 4.0, the fully-automatic, digitalised and decentralised production. Industry 4.0 has a great potential for the garment and leather technology sector, which needs fast and fully integrated production processes to cater for the numerous collections.

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