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

Wolfgang Schöffl

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 / 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 / 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...

Cellulose Fibre and Sustainable Textiles 2025