Techtextil the a trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens will be held from May 4 to 7, 2015. Manufacturers from all over the world will present their latest developments in the fields of functional apparel textiles and smart textiles. Countries like Belgium, China, France, Great Britain, Italy, Portugal, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey and the USA will have their pavilions.

The new heart of Techtextil is the ‘Innovative Apparel Show’, where four universities and fashion schools will present their innovative designs on all four days of the fair. After a live walk, they will explain the processes and materials used. This year the event will host the Techtextil Symposium. The subjects to be covered include: thermo-plastic composites, bio-based polymer composites, hybrid yarns, self-cleaning textiles, 3D printing, 3D spacer fabrics for personal protective equipment, multi-axial technologies for customised technical textiles and smart fabrics.

Students will compete to come up with innovative and realistic approaches for building with textiles or textile-reinforced materials. Awards will be presented for outstanding inventions and developments in the fields of technical textiles, nonwovens and functional apparel textiles.

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