Visitor and Exhibitor Record at the Double Exhibititon Techtextil and Texprocess - Double-Digit Visitor Growth

"Techtextil and Texprocess impressed with record results”, Detlef Braun, Managing Director of Messe Frankfurt GmbH said in his conclusion of the 2013 events. Around 40,000 visitors (2011: 34,725) from 113 countries informed themselves at 3 Techtextil and 4 Texprocess days about the innovations and trends in the industry. "With an increase of 15 percent compared to the previous event the two fairs confirmed their global importance of technical textiles and processing of textile materials”, Braun added.

Significantly increased has the internationality of the exhibitions: a total of around 22,000 visitors came to Frankfurt from abroad. The top visitor countries and regions were beside Germany, Italy, France, Turkey, Great Britain, Switzerland and Eastern Europe, including the Russian Federation, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania. >> read more  

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