The recently held Techtextil, a leading technical textiles and nonwovens fair, and the Texprocess, international trade fair for processing textile and flexible materials, proved to be a huge success, with a record number of over 33,670 visitors from 104 countries. A new record was also set on the exhibitor side with 1,477 companies from 55 countries.
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 fibre-based materials shown by around 560 exhibitors in the Buildtech area of application.The recently held Techtextil, a leading technical textiles and nonwovens fair, and the Texprocess, international trade fair for processing textile and flexible materials, proved to be a huge success, with a record number of over 33,670 visitors from 104 countries. A new record was also set on the exhibitor side with 1,477 companies from 55 countries.#
In the Medtech area of application, around 420 exhibitors presented textile solutions for the field of medical technology, from anti-bacterial wound dressings, via fibre-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. They included the South German textile supplier, Rökona, which specialises in the production of knitted fabrics, dyes and finishing for OEMs and automobile suppliers. Also from the south of Germany, yarn manufacturer Zimmermann showed a carbon yarn at the ‘Living in Space’ exhibition, which was used by Augsburg-based MT Aerospace to make fairings for the solid-fuel booster rocket of the Ariane 6.
Altogether, around 880 Techtextil exhibitors offered new materials, coatings, (supplementary) functions, and machines for the Clothtech and Sporttech sections 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, workwear, protective clothing, sportswear, and leisure wear.
In a ‘Material Gallery’, Techtextil and Texprocess 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-fibre components for booster rockets, textile transport bags and belts, and sensory yarns that measure and report loads acting on the textile material.
In the ‘Clothing’ section, the focus was on functional fashions for space and inspired by space. The ESMOD Fashion School from Berlin presented outfits made by students within the framework of the ‘Couture in Orbit’ project (2015/2016) organised by ESA and the London Science Museum.
The second edition of the Innovative Apparel Show provided a stage on which fashion academies from France, Italy, Portugal, and Germany could present creations made of technical textiles using innovative processing technologies. In the two daily live shows, visitors were shown visionary fashion designs for ‘textile effects’, ‘creative engineering’ and ‘smart fashion’. (GK)
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