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

Machinery

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...

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

27 April 2022

2 minutes

The PROSIZE® sizing machine guarantees the highest efficiency in the weaving mill with its produced premium warp beams and is part of the scope of delivery for the home textile project in the Glo-Djigbé industrial zone in Benin.

Benin: A big order from a small country

Benin is a small West African country with bright prospects. Only 45 km from Benin’s capital Cotonou in the commune of Abomey-Calavi, the Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone (GDIZ) is currently being built on an area covering 1,640 hectares, where locally grown agricultural products are to be processed.

Local products mainly include cotton, cashew nuts...

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.