It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Janpeter Horn

PRESS RELEASE / Event

1 December 2023

3 minutes

The latest survey of VDMA members' subsidiaries in China gives reason to hope that the economic situation in the Chinese textile industry could also improve significantly in the second half of the year.

ITMA Asia + CITME: A success for VDMA member companies

Frankfurt, Germany: This year’s edition of ITMA Asia + CITME proved to be a success for the exhibiting VDMA member companies. Measured by booked square metres, Germany had the largest contingent, among the foreign exhibitors. More than 40 VDMA member companies were exhibiting their innovative products in Shanghai.

Dr. Janpeter Horn, chairman of the...

PRESS RELEASE / Event

20 November 2023

5 minutes

ITMA ASIA + CITME, Asia’s leading trade fair for textile machinery, taking place in Shanghai, is once again marked by a considerable presence of VDMA member companies.

Smart technologies for green textile production

Shanghai / Frankfurt: ITMA Asia + CITME, Asia’s leading trade fair for textile machinery, taking place in Shanghai, is once again marked by a considerable presence of VDMA member companies. The round about 40 exhibiting VDMA members cover nearly all different machinery chapters with a focus on spinning and manmade fibers, nonwovens, weaving...

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

9 June 2023

3 minutes

From left to right: Nicolai Strauch, Dr. Harald Weber, Wolfgang Schöffl, Dr. Janpeter Horn, Dr. Uwe Rondé, Verena Thies, André Wissenberg.

ITMA: Technologies for Transforming the Textile Industry

Milan, Frankfurt: ITMA 2023, the world’s leading trade fair for textile machinery, taking place in Milan, is once again marked by a significant presence of VDMA member companies. The 110 exhibiting VDMA members cover nearly all different machinery chapters with a focus on spinning, nonwovens, weaving, knitting, warp knitting, braiding and finishing...

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

3 March 2023

2 minutes

ITMA 2023 will be held in Milan, Italy from 8-14 June.

VDMA Textile Machinery Launches Way2ITMA Webinar Series

Frankfurt, Germany: On 28 February, 100 days before ITMA 2023 in Milan, VDMA Textile Machinery launched its “Way2ITMA” webinar series. “Transforming the World of Textiles: efficient – digital – circular”. Under this heading, VDMA technology providers will present their solutions along the value chain.

Speakers of the virtual event were Dr. Janpeter...

PRESS RELEASE / Appointment

8 November 2022

1 minute

(from left to right): Dr. Harald Weber and Thomas Waldmann.

VDMA: Dr. Harald Weber new Managing Director of the Textile Machinery Association

Frankfurt, Germany: Dr. Harald Weber will become the new managing director of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association on 1 January 2023. The 44-year-old industrial engineer succeeds Thomas Waldmann, who has held the position since 1991 and will retire at the end of the year.

After completing his doctorate at the Technical University of Darmstadt and...

PRESS RELEASE / Event

2 May 2022

4 minutes

Scene from Techtextil 2019. This year’s Techtextil is the first important exhibition and get-together for the textile industry in Europe since 2019.

VDMA: Next stop Techtextil

Frankfurt, Germany: In the run-up to Techtextil, taking place end of June in Frankfurt, nine exhibiting VDMA member companies presented their highlights for the technical textiles market at a virtual VDMA kick-off event themed “Sustainable technologies for technical textiles”. A series of VDMA technology Webtalks are planned up to the fair as well...

Machinery / VDMA

25 April 2022

4 minutes

The VDMA sees good business prospects in the big volume markets of China, India and Turkey. Bangladesh and Pakistan developed very well. There is growing potential is in Central America due to trade agreements with the US. The EU remains a good market e.g. for technologies for technical textiles.

Industry's order intake was good in early 2022, says VDMA chief

Janpeter Horn took charge in April as Chairperson of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association, Germany — the most important voice of the mechanical/plant engineering industry with 130 member companies. Horn, who is Managing Director of August Herzog Maschinenfabrik, sees his role as that of a moderator who reconciles different interests and represents the industry's positions in international bodies.