Techtextil, of the most important technical textiles and nonwoven exhibitions in global market, will be held in Frankfurt on 11th-13th June 2013. Organised by Messe Frankfurt once every two years, attracts intense interest both by technology and machinery producers, and technical textiles and nonwoven producers. In 2011, the exhibition hosted 24.900 visitors from 96 countries while 1.199 companies from 50 countries participated in the exhibition and displayed their innovative products. The event that satisfied their participants and visitors over expectations extended the growing targets for 2013. It is estimated that there will be intense visitor flow from Turkey thanks to both geographical and transport means, and extensive business connections. It is reported that, as in the previous edition, Turkish sector representatives will chose Techtextil in order to review new technologies and new business potentials closely.
Techtextil 2011 had hosted major machinery manufacturers and become a prominent edition in its segment. Important brands of the sector which participated in this exhibition and introduced their new technologies to visitors from Europe, Middle East, Asia and South America had included; Oerlikon Barmag, Oerlikon Neumag, Oerlikon Textile Compenents, Karl Mayer, Brückner, Picanol, Benninger AG, Trützschler Card Clothing GmbH, ERKO Trützschler GmbH, FONG’S Europe GmbH, Dornier, DILO Group, Staubli, Stoll, Starlinger, Zimmer Maschinenbau GmbH, SwissTex Winterthur AG, Dollfus & Muller, Andritz Perfojet, Schönherr, Bekaert NV/SA, Spooltex, Laroche S.A., Memminger –IRO GmbH, NSC Fibre to Yarn, NSC Nonwoven, Wumag Texroll GmbH, Graf Kratzen GmbH, Alphatex SARL, DTF Deutsche Textilfabrik Gmbh & Co. KG, LIBA Machinenfabrik GmbH, Robert Lindemann KG, Buhler National Drying Machinery, ACIMIT, A & P Technology, Comez Gestioni S.p.A., Crealet AG, Dietze + Schell Maschinenfabrik GmbH, Dohle, Elmatex, Hermann Ultraschalltechink GmbH, Herz GmbH, Matthys N.V.
Turkish are Interested in Techtextil
These machine manufacturers declared that they will also participate in the 15th Techtextil exhibition to be held in 2013 and aims to meet visitors from markets that keep growing particularly in technical textiles. It is stated that Turkey stands out among these markets. Explaining that major representatives of Turkish textile sector showed interest in the previous edition, the authorities underlined that there will be heavy interest from Turkish executives in the position of “decision maker” in the sector, next year. Among the Turkish companies which visited Techtextil in 2011 and observed new technologies on the site as well as established new business agreement, there were; AKSA, Altınyıldız, Bossa, ISKO, YÜNSA, KORTEKS, Akan Group, Mogul, Aygenteks, Bayteks, Poltek, Politek, Boyteks, Berteks Textile, Zorluteks, Bezci, Glass Fiber Ind. Bezema, BMG Machinery, Birleşik Engineering, Clairant Sözal Textile Chemistry, Özdemir Felts, Dow Corning, Egem Textile, Ekoten Textile, Elsan Fibers, EMS Leather Textile, ENTA, ERKO Industrial Products Agency, Kim Industrial Cord Fabrics, Fantazi Yarn Industry, Kuşan Textile, Fibroteks Weaving Ind., Gan Textile, Gürbüz Nonwoven, Gül Canvas Textile Products, İmaj Carpets, Inter Textile, Menderes Textile, Mesa Labels, Başyazıcıoğlu Textile (Bamen Yarns), Mitsan, Mersan, Napal Nonwoven, Oğuzlar Textile, Parlamış Textile, Pakiş A.Ş., Saray Carpets, Sun Holding, Teksel Textile, Turkuaz Textile.
Functional Clothing Textiles will Become Prominent
While Techtextil 2011 imbedded in history as the most popular edition of recent years, the 2013 edition enriched the content with this power obtained. The exhibition to be organized with the motto “Innovations for Life” will be held as to cover all value chains, according to 11 product groups and 12 application areas. 11 product groups are; Research, Development, Planning and Calculation; Technology, Production Process and Accessories; Fibers and Yarns; Woven Fabrics, laid webs, braidings, knitted fabrics; nonwovens, coated textiles, composites; bandtec (Surface and bonding techniques); New Functional Apparel Textiles, Associations and Sectoral Publications.
Being a platform where technologies and machinery as well as technical textile and applications are displayed, Techtextil added ‘functional apparel textiles’ in its product segment, in 15th edition. It is expected that the event will attract visitors, particularly from Europe, from Asia, America and Middle East in 2013 and the general theme will be composed of mobility, sustainability, function and light construction buildings.
12 application areas of Techtextil exhibition are; agrotech, buildtech, clothtech, geotech, hometech, indutech, medtech, mobiltech, Oekotech, packtech, protech and sporttech textiles. Upon the rising demand from all industrial fields, both the market and production amount have increased in technical textiles and nonwoven products. They provide flexible, durable and multifunctional materials to users. Therefore, Techtextil is deemed as the most important event of this continuously growing market.
The Number of Turkish Participants is Increasing
Turkish textile manufacturers who have a strong position in textile ve read-made clothing in global market prefer Techtextil for the developments in the field of technical textiles and nonwoven products as well. It is estimated that more Turkish companies will participate in the exhibition in 2013, compared to the previous edition. The Turkish companies which participated in Techtextil in 2011 were; AGTEKS Knitting and Textile Industries, Akınal Synthetic Textile, Akın Textile, Balkan Textile Machinery, Cavit Çiçek Textile, Fiberflon, General Textile, Hakteks Textile, Hassan Group, ITKIB, Karsu Textile, Kordsa Global Industrial Yarns and Cord Fabrics, Orbital Foreign Trade, Öz-Arı Industrial Textile, Öztek Textile Finishing Facilities, Salteks Textile, Sanjüt, Tepar Textile, Texpin Machinery, Vateks Textile, Yalteks Production and Marketing of Insulating Materials.
