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Techtextil
International Trade Fair for Technical Textiles and Nonwovens
Frankfurt am Main, 24 to 26 May 2011
16 th Techtextil Symposium and 6 th Avantex Symposium: trends,
innovations and market developments in the fields of technical
textiles, nonwovens and innovative apparel textiles
New concept for lecture blocks with more options for
participants
Techtextil, the world’s biggest trade fair for technical textiles and
nonwovens, will present a comprehensive symposium programme
for exhibitors and visitors from 24 to 26 May 2011. As in the past, the
16 th Techtextil Symposium and the 6 th Avantex Symposium are
being held under the patronage of EURATEX – European Apparel
and Textile Confederation. Top speakers will present the latest
product, material and technology developments and offer a futureoriented
view of the trends and developments in the international
sector.
“Fully in keeping with the motto of the leading international trade fair
for technical textiles and nonwovens, ‘Pure innovation energy’, the
two symposiums take an in-depth look at issues of importance to the
sector and where the trends are headed”, explains Michael Jänecke,
Brand Manager Technical Textiles of Messe Frankfurt. “The symposiums
offer orientation and information in the expanding sector of
innovative textiles and their applications.”
Altogether, visitors and exhibitors have the choice of 60 different
Techtextil and Avantex lectures. The focus of the speakers, all
experts from business and research, will be on user-oriented
Dominique Ewert
Tel. +49 69 7575-6738
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Dominique.Ewert@messefrankfurt.com
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presentations with the emphasis on aspects of practical interest to
visitors.
New symposium concept
The concepts of both the Techtextil Symposium (from 24 to 26 May
2011) and the Avantex Symposium (on 24 and 25 May 2011) have
been revised to ensure greater transparency. There will be two
lecture blocks in the morning, each with six lectures, and two in the
afternoon, also with six lectures per block. Thus, two blocks of
lectures will always be held concurrently. The daily timetable has
also been changed with the morning programme running from 09.30
to 12.15 hrs and, following a break for lunch, the afternoon programme
from 14.00 to 16.45 hrs. This restructuring gives visitors
and exhibitors the chance to take part in as many of the highly
interesting lectures as possible.
A programme committee made up of renowned international experts
has compiled the individual lecture blocks. Each lecture block is
devoted to a single subject.
Ten lecture blocks on three days
The 16 th Techtextil Symposium begins on Tuesday, 24 May, under
the chairmanship of Dr. Guy Némoz, Consultant for Technical
Textiles, Lyon, France, on the subject of ‘Fibre-reinforced composites’.
The individual presentations will explore the opportunities
offered by combining different fibres and materials. Also on the
Tuesday of the fair, Dr. Klaus Jansen of the Berlin-based
Forschungskuratorium Textil research organisation will chair lectures
on the subject of ‘New materials’, reviewing innovative material
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developments including organically based agricultural textiles, 3-D
knitted spacer fabrics for medical applications and thin silicon membranes
for use as barrier layers.
On Wednesday, 25 May, the Techtextil Symposium will be chaired
by Prof. Roshan Shishoo, Shishoo Consulting, Askim, Sweden, and
spotlight ‘The latest developments in the field of high-performance
textiles using nano-technology’. Rounding off the Techtextil
Symposium on Wednesday will be a lecture block on ‘Intelligent
materials with versatile electronic systems’.
Braz Costa of the Technological Centre for the Textile and Clothing
Industries of Portugal (Centro Tecnológico das Indústrias Téxtil e do
Vestuário de Portugal – Citeve) will chair the lecture block on
processing electronic systems in textiles. Covering the spectrum
from sensor systems integrated into textiles for automobile interiors,
via conductive e-fibres, to luminous textiles, the focus will be on the
challenge involved in bringing together electronic systems and
textiles. On the same day, Dr. Thomas Stegmaier of the Institute for
Textile and Process Technology (Institut für Textil- und Verfahrenstechnik),
Denkendorf, will chair the lecture block on ‘Surface
modifications for new and adaptive functions’. The main question to
be dealt with by the six lectures in this block is how can surfaces be
treated and modified to give textiles new functions and properties?
On the last day of the fair, the first of the two lecture blocks at
Techtextil Symposium will be devoted to ‘New fibres and fibrous
structures’. Dr. Ana-Maria Popa of the Swiss Material Testing and
Research Institute (Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und
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Forschungsanstalt – EMPA), St. Gallen, Switzerland, will chair this
lecture block focusing, inter alia, on the production of nano-ribbed
fibres and permanently conductive yarns. With Prof. Carl A.
Lawrence, University of Leeds, Great Britain, in the chair, the ‘New
technological developments and processes’ lecture block will look at,
for example, intelligent coating techniques, textile-tube inlays and a
multi-laser system.
Avantex - Innovative Apparel Textiles
The 6 th Avantex Symposium opens on 24 May 2011 and will concentrate
on the Protech area of application. In the first lecture block
on ‘Personal protection and protective textiles’, Dr. Jan Laperre of
Centexbel, Gent/Zwijnaarde in Belgium, will present, for example,
innovative protective textiles that repel insects, are characterised by
high bullet resistance and offer acoustic-thermal insulation. To be
chaired by Dr. Sharon Baurley of Brunel University, School of
Engineering & Design, Uxbridge, Great Britain, the second block of
the first day, ‘Apparel and electronic systems’, will focus on
integrating electronic systems into textiles to create ‘e-textiles’ and
include, for example, lectures on technical applications for the
changed demands of the ‘smart textiles’ community, the
development of an interactive police vest and ‘soft circuits’ for
intelligent textiles.
‘Intelligent textiles – from the research stage to the product’ is the
main theme of the Avantex Symposium on Wednesday, 25 May. At
these lectures, speakers will present a variety of interesting
examples showing the development process from the idea to the
finished product.
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The Techtextil and Avantex Symposiums will be held in the
Congress Centre of Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre and all
lectures will be translated simultaneously into English and German.
Further information and a detailed programme of the two symposiums
can be found on the Techtextil website at
www.techtextil.com
Participants who purchase their admission tickets for the symposiums
up to and including 29 April 2011 will receive also an
admission ticket for the fair on the day booked.
Techtextil 2011: dates and admission prices
Techtextil opens its doors to trade visitors from 09.00 to 18.00 hrs
from 24 to 26 May 2011.
Day ticket (Online ticket / in advance) € 20
Day ticket (On arrival) € 30
Day ticket, reduced price (On arrival only) € 17
Season ticket (Online ticket / in advance) € 35
Season ticket (On arrival) € 55
Admission tickets to Techtextil are also valid for the concurrent
Texprocess, Leading International Trade Fair for Processing Textile
and Flexible Materials (24 to 27 May 2011), and Material Vision,
Materials for Product Development, Design and Architecture, Trade
Exhibition and Conference (24 to 26 May 2011).
All admission tickets purchased in advance entitle the holder to
travel to and from the fair using local public-transport services
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operated by the RMV public-transport authority. Tickets purchased
on arrival at the fair are only valid for the return journey.
Texprocess
Techtextil will be held concurrently with Texprocess, Leading International Trade Fair for
Processing Textile and Flexible Materials, from 24 to 27 May 2011. At Texprocess,
international companies will present the latest machines, processes and accessories for
the garment and textile manufacturing industries, as well as for companies specialising in
technical-textile processing. The range of products and services to be seen at
Texprocess covers all stages of the textile value chain, from design, cutting and
CAD/CAM, via sewing, joining, embroidery and knitting, to finishing, textile coatings,
software and textile logistics. The conceptual partner of Texprocess is VDMA Garment
and Leather Technology.
Further information can be found at www.texprocess.com.
Background information on Messe Frankfurt
Messe Frankfurt is Germany’s leading trade fair organiser, with approx. € 450 million* in
sales and more than 1,770 employees worldwide. The Messe Frankfurt Group has a
global network of 28 subsidiaries, five branch offices and 52 international Sales Partners,
giving it a presence for its customers in more than 150 countries. Events “made by
Messe Frankfurt” take place at more than 30 locations around the globe. In 2010, Messe
Frankfurt organised 88 trade fairs, of which more than half took place outside Germany.
Messe Frankfurt’s exhibition grounds, featuring 578,000 square metres, are currently
home to ten exhibition halls and an adjacent Congress Centre. The company is publicly
owned, with the City of Frankfurt holding 60 percent and the State of Hesse 40 percent.
For more information, please visit our website at: www.messefrankfurt.com.
* Provisional figures (2010)
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