Till date, 750 companies from 39 countries have booked exhibition space at the trade fair for technical textiles, Techtextil 2017 which opens its doors from May 9, 2017 and will grow in comparison to the prior edition. Around 15 per cent of these exhibitors will be exhibiting for the first time or returning to Techtextil after a period of absence.

The companies include Forster Rohner, Freudenberg, Groz-Beckert, Ibena Textilwerke, Lenzing, Mehler Texnologies, Outlast Europe, PHP Fibers, Sandler, Sattler Pro-Tex, Schoeller Textil, Sioen Fabrics and Trützschler.

As in the past, numerous countries will be represented by national pavilions, of which, Belgium and Italy have increased the size of their pavilions, while exhibitors will also come from China, France, United Kingdom, India, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Taiwan, the Czech Republic, Turkey and the USA.

The trade show will showcase from conductive yarns, smart textiles, to composites and lightweight constructions and in the process present the complete spectrum of textile solutions for the automobile industry, construction and architecture, industry, medicine and clothing.

Texprocess, the fair for processing textile and flexible materials will be held concurrently with Techtextil and offer insights into all aspects of textile processing, including textile finishing and digital printing. (AR)