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Design & Development GmbH Textile Consult, founder and trade fair organiser of PERFORMANCE DAYS in Munich, is eyeing the new year with a lot of hope. After the launch of Functional Fabric Fair by PERFORMANCE DAYS in New York City and Portland together with Reed Exhibitions, PERFORMANCE DAYS is further expanding its portfolio. In cooperation with Tengda Exhibition, the foundations have been laid for a new trade fair for functional textiles in Shanghai. On the 28th and 29th of September 2021, the FUNCTIONAL TEXTILES SHANGHAI by PERFORMANCE DAYS will premiere at the renowned Shanghaimart Exhibition Center, offering ample space for future trends displayed by more than 100 exhibitors.

As the new year is entered, the PERFORMANCE DAYS team looks forward with great optimism and confidence to the launch of the new fair for functional textiles - the FUNCTIONAL TEXTILES SHANGHAI by PERFORMANCE DAYS - in Shanghai. China counts as one of the fastest growing and more important future markets worldwide, especially when it comes to functional apparel. The oriental gateway is proving to be innovative, trendsetting, and more recently, increasingly sustainable.

This development is also reflected in the activities of yarn and fabric producers, with local sportswear brands enjoying significant growth. One can be particularly proud of the cooperation with Tengda Exhibition, which is renowned for providing professional services for manufacturers and trading companies in the textile, fibre and various apparel segments. Their services range from fairs to sourcing events in China, Japan, Spain, Great Britain and Turkey.

The premiere of FUNCTIONAL TEXTILES SHANGHAI by PERFORMANCE DAYS will be held at Shanghaimart Exhibition Center on the 28th and 29th of September. Here too, a conscious decision was made for specifically choosing it as an influential trade fair and trading centre. At present, almost 1.000 companies from more than 20 countries and regions have set up offices and showrooms on site, most of them renowned industry experts from the textile and fabric branches.

Qualitative, informative & innovative: Shanghai fair borrows from the Look & Feel of PERFORMANCE DAYS
The FUNCTIONAL TEXTILES SHANGHAI by PERFORMANCE DAYS event team will transfer the already established concept of PERFORMANCE DAYS from Munich to Shanghai. This will lend the fair in China not only the Look & Feel of a familiar concept, but above all the same aspirations in terms of quality. And indeed with a total of 5.300 square metres, more than 100 Chinese and international exhibitors will have sufficient exhibition space. In line with this, the fair organisers wish to guarantee industry visitors to the fair a balanced assortment of top brands from the world of functional textiles.

The fair will focus on the latest trends and innovations from the world of textiles, yarns, membrane technologies and accessories for functional sportswear, workwear, performances wear and lifestyle wear. Demand is accordingly high, with top manufacturers such as Romrol, Sanchuan and Winsun confirming their participation along with other well-known brands such as Anta, Bosideng, Decathlon, Descente, Eral, Fila Hotwind, Icicle, Jeep, Kailas, Kappa, Li-Ning, Peace Bird, Peak, Semir, Skechers, Toread, Uniqulo, Zuczug and 361°, to name a few.

As is usual at the trade fair in Munich, there will also be an informative supporting program with exciting expert talks and discussion panels on sustainable and industry-relevant topics. The centrepiece of the fair, the PERFORMANCE FORUM, rounds off the comprehensive package. Materials from exhibitors curated on-site will be displayed on this specially designed platform. Trade fair general manager Marco Weichert had this to say: “We are thrilled to be starting the new year with such inspiring new projects. The launch of FUNCTIONAL TEXTILES SHANGHAI by PERFORMANCE DAYS in September is the result of many years of monitoring of the Asian market and its increasing demand for curated and high quality sustainable offerings. We are especially pleased about the partnership with Tengda Exhibition, who are real professionals in this field. We are absolutely convinced that the PERFORMANCE DAYS concept, which we will adopt in Shanghai, will be very well received by local trade fair visitors and exhibitors.”

Noel Tian, Managing Director, Tengda Exhibition, adds: “The functional apparel market in China is growing so fast, the brands here need one professional, focused and high class platform for functional textiles just like PERFORMANCE DAYS. We are really excited to launch FUNCTIONAL TEXTILES SHANGHAI by PERFORMANCE DAYS while adopting 100% the PERFORMANCE DAYS concept in the special new year 2021. It is a great honour to have this partnership with Design & Development GbmH Textile Consult and their world famous trade fair brand.“

FUNCTIONAL TEXTILES SHANGHAI by PERFORMANCE DAYS
September 28-29th, 2021
Shanghaimart Exhibition Center No.99 Xingyi Road,Chang Ning District,Shanghai China
Contact:
info@functionaltextilesshanghai.com or +86-21-60493344.

Since 2019, the Messe Frankfurt Texpertise Network has been working with the Conscious Fashion Campaign and the United Nations Office for Partnerships to bring the Sustainable Development Goals to all 58 textile events in the network worldwide. Numerous measures have already been implemented. Others are imminent.

Shortly before the start of the COVID-19 crisis, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Gutérrez hailed the start of the Decade of Action. As of 2020, the international community now has just ten years to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to which the UN Member States committed themselves in the 2030 Agenda. As part of the collaboration with the Conscious Fashion Campaign and the United Nations Office for Partnerships, the Messe Frankfurt Texpertise Network will put the SDGs on the agenda of additional events in December, thus further supporting their implementation in the fashion and textile industry.

Virtual event “Discover the SDGs – To Power the Decade of Action”
From 1-30 December 2020, the Texpertise Network is taking part in the virtual learning experience “Discover the SDGs”, which was initiated by the Conscious Fashion Campaign in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Partnerships. The aim of the event is to strengthen the knowledge and commitment within the fashion industry that is needed to further support the Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals. One component of the event is a virtual and interactive exhibition on the 17 goals, as well as on-demand discussions with industry leaders, United Nations representatives and advocates of the United Nations, including Detlef Braun, Member of the Executive Board, and Thimo Schwenzfeier, Director Marketing Communications Textiles and Textile Technologies at Messe Frankfurt, as well as from Kering, Lenzing, Allbirds, Arch and Hook, Artistic Milliners, Orta, ITL, Vogue Business, CFDA, Collina Strada and the Swarovski Foundation.

“This is a critical time to accelerate partnerships to address the world's biggest challenges – from eliminating poverty, hunger and inequalities to reversing climate change and unsustainable consumption and production practices,” said Annemarie Hou, acting Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Partnerships. “The fashion industry is an important ally for the United Nations in this Decade of Action to deliver the SDGs by 2030.”

Conscious Fashion Campaign becomes a presenting partner of Frankfurt Fashion Week
Joining forces to improve the fashion industry: Frankfurt Fashion Week is positioning itself as the host of the future of fashion and actively driving forward the transformation towards a future-oriented, more sustainable fashion and textile industry. All decision-makers looking to instigate this change will be coming together in Frankfurt am Main from 5-9 July 2021. The initiators of Frankfurt Fashion Week – Messe Frankfurt and the Premium Group – have achieved a real coup: Conscious Fashion Campaign, working in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Partnerships, will be the presenting partner. Messe Frankfurt will build on its collaboration with the United Nations Office for Partnerships. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be a prerequisite for exhibitors by 2023. And the Frankfurt Fashion SDG Summit by CFC is set to become the leading international conference for sustainability in the fashion world.

Expansion of internal sustainability communication
17 goals, 58 textile events worldwide, around 600,000 visitors and 23,000 exhibitors in 2019: with its global events, the Messe Frankfurt Texpertise Network offers unique reach for supporting the SDGs, even during the corona pandemic. The participating subsidiary companies, sales partners and Messe Frankfurt partners abroad who organise the relevant events play an important role in this. To actively expand knowledge about and further commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals, the Texpertise Network is organising several online seminars, including for staff members in Argentina, Ethiopia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Russia, South Africa and the USA and thus expanding its internal sustainability communication.

SDG actions up to now
Ever since the expanded collaboration between the Messe Frankfurt Texpertise Network, the Conscious Fashion Campaign and the United Nations Office for Partnerships was announced at the UN headquarters in New York in December 2019, the international Messe Frankfurt textile events have implemented numerous measures to support the SDGs.

At the Messe Frankfurt textile events in Germany alone, a number of things came to fruition: the most recent physical and digital editions of Heimtextil, the leading trade fair for home and contract textiles and Neonyt, global hub for fashion, sustainability and innovation, offered panel discussions, press conferences and video messages, including with the Conscious Fashion Campaign and United Nations Office for Partnerships. An SDG Lounge in the Green Village at Heimtextil and selfie walls with the SDGs inspired exhibitors, visitors and influencers alike to engage with the 17 goals and share them on their social network channels. Podcasts were produced that can still be listened to on the Neonyt and Heimtextil channels and Neonyt also hosted e.g. the influencer challenge “Let's wear the goals!”.

A great deal has also already been achieved internationally: in March 2019, Neonyt organised a showcase with selected Neonyt brands to mark the foundation of the “UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion” in Nairobi. Techtextil India launched Techtextil NEXT at its 2019 edition, India’s first hackathon for technical textiles and sustainability. Among those who attended were Shrikar Dhole, founder and CEO of the SDG Foundation and Niharika Gautam, who campaigns for the achievement of the SDGs in the fashion industry and co-leads the fashion section of the All Ladies League Delhi. The Heimtextil Russia 2020 Digital Edition was able to attract a prominent figure to give a message of greeting, namely Vladimir Kuznetsov, head of the UN Information Centre (UNIC) in Moscow. The digital edition of Texworld USA (now Texworld New York City) and Apparel Sourcing USA in summer 2020 offered a talk by the Conscious Fashion Campaign and supported the production of a podcast with Claire Kells from the UN Global Compact.

With its SDG actions to date, Messe Frankfurt Texpertise Network is estimated to have reached around 146,000 visitors, 170,000 followers on social media channels and 65,000 subscribers to newsletters about participating events at home and abroad. Added to this is also the approx. 2.5 million followers of the influencers involved in the actions.

• Finite resources and endless mountains of rubbish set the tone of the upcoming 25th edition of PERFORMANCE DAYS. Closing the loop means nothing is wasted, not even time, as recycled clothing gets recycled again and again.

In keeping with this topic, the trade fair organizers are planning expert discussion panels to help present the facts as well as visions of the future. Expect the corresponding displays of sustainable materials, chosen by the PERFORMANCE FORUM Jury. Look for materials such as fibers from recycled PET bottles, recyclable mono-component materials or blends, and shirts that decompose to biomass in a "Cradle-to-Cradle" approach. "Nothing to Waste - Closing the Loop" is open to the public at the Messe München fairgrounds and as a Digital Fair online starting on December 9-10, 2020.

The PERFORMANCE DAYS trade fair has chosen a new Focus Topic that concerns not only our own industry. The textile industry has long been achieving more efficient production by recycling its own waste products and using recycled materials from outside the industry, for example, PET-bottles. Nevertheless, textiles exist alongside glass, paper, metal, and plastics as a separate branch of waste management. Despite ambitious efforts at recycling by the waste and textile industries, the efficient use of textile waste as a resource remains a challenge. Compounding this challenge are the difficulties caused by a global world: production, consumers, and disposal sites are miles apart, shared expert knowledge about the other industries is lacking, and international standards and political support are nearly non-existent.

Final destination: the waste bin
Information from the Federal Office for the Environment shows that 0.8% of the oil produced is used in the textile industry for the production of new textiles. But the costly processing chain of this finite resource ends all too quickly in waste. A Greenpeace survey reveals outdated fashions or clothing of worn quality is thrown away within three years, only to land in the trash dumpsters. The European Environmental Agency estimates that 5.8 million tons of used textiles are discarded every year and either incinerated, used for landfill, or taken to mechanical-biological sewage treatment plants. Even if used clothing is collected by state or private companies, in many cases it cannot be sold (as second hand), donated, or recycled (into rags or insulating material). In the best case scenario, it is incinerated and converted to thermal energy.

Recycling and circular design
From an economic and environmental perspective, the term recycling refers to waste-free products, waste avoidance, and waste recovery and disposal. In our industry as it stands, recycling at the end of the product life cycle usually means converting the product into some other product, i.e., not clothing. This is the "Open-Loop" process. Accordingly, textiles are eventually incinerated, but the amount of energy recovered can vary greatly depending on how efficiently the waste incineration plant works. Such devaluing of the product to a product with less value than the original product is known as Downcycling. However, Downcycling is not the only solution: the "Closed-Loop" approach has the goal of making new clothes out of old ones through recycling. The closed loop for renewable natural resources, for example, can mean that natural fibers used in textiles will end up becoming soil, which is the nutrient for new natural fibers, i.e., a cradle-to-cradle approach. Synthetic garments similarly require extracting the man-made fibers and reprocessing them to produce another garment.

Planning for the end in advance
Rather than thinking about recycling opportunities at the end of the product life cycle, brands can already begin developing closed loop options while in the design phase. Among other things, designing out the waste can reduce the environmental impact of the products. To extend the useful life, consider leasing the materials and/or adding labels with instructions for disposal, repair, or repurposing. And, what about the idea of preparing 100% used textiles that can be reintroduced into the supply chain as 100% new textiles? Separating the different types of fiber used in blends is complex, cost-intensive, and further complicated when labels are non-existent (or no longer existing) or it is simply not (yet) technically possible. More and more clothing makers and suppliers are trying to avoid mixing fibers and are switching to "mono-materials" or "mono-components." Shirts are easy to make in this way, but if you add buttons, zippers, etc., the issue becomes more complex.

Nothing to waste - not even time
If you are like many end consumers, brand managers, and producers and want to make use of valuable resources in a more sustainable manner, register now on the trade fair website under "Visitor Login." There you can access a free trade fair ticket for December 9-10, 2020. You can also learn about the complimentary and soon to be expanded offers at the Digital Fair. Don’t forget to sign-up for the free Newsletter mailings. 

•     09.-10. December 2020      DIGITAL FAIR  Trends Winter 2022/23 

UPDATE
CoVid-19 continues to keep the world on edge. Many PERFORMANCE DAYS visitors, as well as exhibitors, have already announced that travelling to Munich in December would be simply impossible for them. Due to the increasing number of infections, further international travel bans and company-internal travel restrictions are now threatening. As a result, the December 2020 edition of PERFORMANCE DAYS will unfortunately not take place at the Messe München, but as Digital Fair! On the planned dates of December 09-10, both approved and advanced new tools will go online and provide further proof of PERFORMANCE DAYS’ expansion of its pioneering role in creating a digital textile trade fair experience.

• Hybrid-Konzept verbindet das Beste aus beiden Welten
• Konsequente Weiterentwicklung der Digital-Strategie von ISPO
• Erstmals werden Endkonsumenten digital in das Event eingebunden

Die Weltleitmesse ISPO Munich findet vom 31. Januar bis 3. Februar 2021 erstmals als Hybrid-Event sowohl physisch in München als auch digital weltweit statt. Das neue Konzept ist die konsequente Weiterentwicklung der Veranstaltung zur Plattform und manifestiert die umfassende digitale Kompetenz, die sich ISPO in den vergangenen zehn Jahren aufgebaut hat. Vor allem vor dem Hintergrund möglicher Reiserestriktionen bieten die digitalen Elemente die ideale Basis für die Einbindung globaler Zielgruppen: Während vor Ort vor allem die Vertreter aus den europäischen Märkten erwartet werden, erleichtert die digitale Verlängerung den Zugang für das interkontinentale Publikum. Neu in diesem Jahr ist zudem die digitale Integration von Endkonsumenten.

„Sport und Outdoor – in diesen Zeiten besonders stark verknüpft mit dem Thema Gesundheit – sind gesellschaftlich so relevant wie nie zuvor. Daraus ergibt sich auch in der Branche ein gestiegenes Bedürfnis nach persönlichem Austausch. Der Wunsch neue Potenziale, Partnerschaften und Geschäftsmodelle zu präsentieren und zu diskutieren, ist größer denn je. So wird es uns von der Industrie gespiegelt und entsprechend haben wir auch unser Konzept aufgesetzt“, erklärt Klaus Dittrich, Vorsitzender der Geschäftsführung der Messe München.

Persönlicher Austausch trifft auf weltweite Partizipation
Neue Teilnahmemöglichkeiten, neue Themen, erweiterte Zielgruppen: Das zeigt sich vor allem in den zahlreichen physischen und digitalen Beteiligungsmöglichkeiten rund um die Fokusthemen Kreativität & Digitalisierung, Gesundheit und Nachhaltigkeit. Neben den Produktpräsentationen in den Messehallen stehen Networking und Matchmaking, Wissenstransfer und Innovationen im Mittelpunkt des Geschehens.

Über die integrierten Hybrid Stages wird die Teilnahme an den Präsentationen, Vorträgen und Workshops nicht nur vor Ort, sondern weltweit ermöglicht. Marken, Key Player und Top-Athleten werden sich hier mit einem Publikum austauschen, das weit über die Messehallen hinaus geht. In die ISPO Munich integriert sind die jeweils eintägigen Konferenzformate ISPO Digitize Summit (1. Februar 2021) sowie die Sports Tech Conference Europe (2. Februar 2021).

Bei der Umsetzung des Hybrid-Konzepts kommt dem ISPO-Team die über die vergangenen zehn Jahre erworbene digitale Kompetenz und Reichweite zugute: Sie basieren auf dem Aufbau eines Ökosystems mit Services entlang der Wertschöpfungskette sowie der Umsetzung der rein digitalen ISPO Re.Start Days im Sommer 2020.

Neu: Digitale Integration von Endkonsumenten
Neben dem Fachpublikum erhalten erstmals auch Endkonsumenten die Möglichkeit der digitalen Partizipation und zum direkten Dialog mit der Branche. Mit Präsentationen, Workshops und Masterclasses haben Marken und Unternehmen die Möglichkeit, sich Sport- und Outdoor-Fans auf der ganzen Welt digital zu präsentieren und mit ihnen in den Austausch zu gehen. Dass diese Integration funktioniert, beweist bereits die ISPO Open Innovation Community: Die rund 80.000 Endkonsumenten bringen bei den Crowdsourcing- und Marktforschungskampagnen ihr Know-how mit ein und liefern den Unternehmen ganzjährig wertvolle Impulse für neue Produkte und Ideen.

Der persönliche Austausch auf dem Messegelände in München bleibt weiterhin dem Fachpublikum vorbehalten.

Markus Hefter, Exhibition Group Director ISPO Munich & OutDoor by ISPO: „Wir sind bereit für die ISPO Munich 2021 und freuen uns auf viele Impulse. Klar ist: Auch wenn sich vieles digital lösen lässt, ist der Wunsch nach persönlichen Treffen und Austausch durch Corona nochmals deutlich verstärkt worden. Wir freuen uns über den starken Rückhalt in der Branche und werden unseren Kunden eine sichere Plattform bieten.“

Maximale Sicherheit und Flexibilität
Für das Vor-Ort-Geschehen bei der ISPO Munich 2021 gilt ein umfangreiches Schutz- und Hygienekonzept, das die Messe München mit der Bayerischen Staatsregierung erarbeitet hat. Die Sicherheit von Ausstellern und Besuchern genießt dabei höchste Priorität. Bereits seit dem 1. September finden auf dem Münchner Messegelände wieder erfolgreich Veranstaltungen statt. Für internationale Besucher gilt: Messeteilnehmer können unter Berücksichtigung bestimmter Einreisebestimmungen aus allen Ländern nach Deutschland einreisen, da sie als Geschäftsreisende mit wichtigem Grund gelten.

Aussteller bekommen durch die Verschiebung von Deadlines und flexiblen Stornobedingungen mehr Flexibilität. Auf Wunsch kann auf vorgebaute Stände zurückgegriffen werden, um kostengünstig und effizient an der Veranstaltung teilzunehmen.

Zu weiteren Fragen rund um das Schutz- und Hygienekonzept steht Ausstellern und Besuchern die Messe München Hotline zu Verfügung. Telefonisch unter +49 89 949 11400 oder per E-Mail corona.support@messe-muenchen.de. Die Service-Zeiten sind wie folgt: Montag bis Donnerstag 09:00 bis 17:00 Uhr und Freitag 09:00 bis 16:00 Uhr.

„We make it happen“ ist zurzeit der Leitgedanke des gesamten imm cologne-Teams. Als Botschaft an die Aussteller und Besucher der imm cologne unterstreicht der Leitsatz das klare Bekenntnis der Koelnmesse zum Messe-Events und signalisiert, dass die imm cologne am 18. Januar 2021 ihre Tore öffnen wird. Zur Erhöhung der Reichweite arbeiten die Kölner Messe-Macher an der Verlängerung des Messe-Events über die neue Plattform imm cologne @home ins Digitale.

„Wir bei der Koelnmesse glauben fest daran, dass mit unserem Hygiene- und Sicherheitskonzept #B-SAFE4business und mit einer positiven Einstellung alles möglich ist“, erklärt Matthias Pollmann, Geschäftsbereichsleiter Messemanagement der Koelnmesse. „Diese progressive Einstellung teilen viele nationale und internationale Aussteller und Besucher mit uns. Sie freuen sich auf den emotionalen Höhepunkt der Branche zum Networken – auch wenn allen klar ist, dass im nächsten Jahr vieles anders sein wird“, so der Bereichsleiter weiter.

Maximale Reichweite durch digitale Formate
Die zweite zentrale Herausforderung für das Team um Matthias Pollmann und Claire Steinbrück ist es, auch die Besucher zu erreichen, die wegen der Pandemie nicht nach Köln reisen können oder wollen. „Mit der Erweiterung der Messe in den digitalen Raum haben wir die besten Chancen, unsere Reichweite zu erhöhen. Die digitale Reichweite wird künftig von all unseren Messen als neues Erfolgskriterium herangezogen werden. Es wird also nicht mehr nur um die Anzahl der Aussteller und die Anzahl der Besucher sowie deren Herkunft gehen – wir wollen uns auch an der digitalen Reichweite messen lassen“, kommentiert Matthias Pollmann die Strategie der imm cologne für die Zukunft. “Es soll gezeigt werden, wie viele Kontakte die Aussteller über den rein physisch anwesenden Besucher hinaus global generieren können“, ergänzt Claire Steinbrück. „Die Gamescom war so etwas wie unser Future Lab für die Konsumentenansprache, und die noch in diesem Monat stattfindende DMEXCO wird unser Blueprint für Fachbesucher-Messen. Aus den Erfahrungen dieser beiden Messen werden wir für die imm cologne bis Ende Oktober einen digitalen Maßanzug schneidern“, skizziert das Messemanagement-Team die Weiterentwicklung der imm cologne zu einem hybriden Format.

Startklar: imm cologne @home ist in der Beta-Phase
Mit der neuen Plattform imm cologne @home erweitert die imm cologne nicht nur die Business Opportunities der Aussteller, sondern erreicht auch ein breites Spektrum an Besuchern. Hierdurch erhält die Messe vielfältige zusätzliche Möglichkeiten der Interaktion. Hier kann man sich mit der Branche virtuell austauschen, mit relevanten Kontakten vernetzen und sein Business voranbringen. Neben verschiedenen digitalen Bühnen mit Live-Streams – zum Beispiel vom anerkannten Vortragsforum „The Stage“ – gibt es offene und thematisch kuratierte Video-Chats im Virtual Café, und online teilnehmende Messebesucher können zudem in privaten Showrooms der imm cologne-Aussteller exklusive Neuheiten erleben.

Aussteller profitieren unmittelbar von zusätzlichen Kontakten und Reichweiten
Anders als gängige Webinar- und Videoconferencing-Systeme bietet die imm cologne @home ihren Ausstellern neben dem Streamen von Inhalten auch die Möglichkeit, in den sofortigen direkten Austausch mit den Kunden zu treten. Die imm cologne @home bietet somit echtes Networking, direkte Gespräche und Lösungen in Echtzeit – ein entscheidender Vorteil für jeden Aussteller.

Auch die Besucher und Aussteller der LivingKitchen werden von dem neuen hybriden Format profitieren. Hier werden nicht nur Events und Vortragsprogramme digital abgebildet, sondern auch alle Funktionen der neuen Plattform auf die LivingKitchen übertragen. imm cologne @home wird als Website und als App den Besuchern der internationale Einrichtungsmesse zur Verfügung gestellt und soll in Zukunft auch zwischen den Messe-Veranstaltungen als Informations- und Kommunikations-Hub und als digitaler Messeplatz für Besucher und Aussteller genutzt werden können.

Digitaler Content von imm cologne & Ausstellern für das Erfolgskonzept hybride Messe
„Wir werden bis Ende Oktober entscheiden, welche Tools wir aus dem großen Baukasten der DMEXCO auf die imm cologne übertragen werden. Dafür ist uns auch die Meinung unserer Aussteller wichtig. Entscheidend ist alles, was sie in ihrem Business unterstützt“, so Pollmann. Dabei appelliert er auch an die Branche: „Den Weg in die hybride Zukunft können und wollen wir nicht allein gehen. Um die virtuellen Besucher zu erreichen ist es von entscheidender Bedeutung, dass neben dem Content, den wir als imm cologne generieren können, auch unsere Aussteller digitalen Content produzieren! Denn auch hier gilt, genauso wie bei der physischen Messe: Wir stellen die Plattform und aktivieren die Besucher zur Teilnahme; die Produkte, die Innovationen, die Geschichten – das ist Content, der von den Ausstellern selbst kommen muss.

„You make it possible – we make it happen.“
Für die imm cologne ist es wichtig, dass sowohl die Aussteller als auch die Besucher realisieren, dass die Messe nur ein Erfolg für sie selbst, für die Branche und für den Wirtschaftsstandort Deutschland bzw. Europa werden kann, wenn sie den Leitgedanken der imm cologne für sich adaptieren. „You make it possible – we make it happen,“ formuliert Matthias Pollmann deshalb seine Einladung an die Branche zur imm cologne.

Die Veranstalter der Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics sind entschlossen, digitale Lösungen zu nutzen und so Aussteller und Besucher zu unterstützen, die weder an der Frühjahrsausgabe der Intertextile in Shanghai im März, noch an der kommenden Herbstausgabe vom 23. - 25. September teilnehmen konnten und können. Zu der in diesem Monat stattfindenden Messe werden rund 3.400 Aussteller aus mehr als 20 Ländern und Regionen erwartet. Mit der mobilen Intertextile-App, einer Online-Business-Matching-Plattform mit verschiedenen Zusatzfunktionen, nutzt die Intertextile weiterhin ihr vielfältiges Netzwerk in der Textilindustrie, um bei der Adressierung von Beschaffungsbedarf und der Entwicklung neuer Geschäftschancen zu helfen.

"Um uns auf die Herbstausgabe der Intertextile vorzubereiten, haben wir in engem Kontakt mit Ausstellern und Besuchern aus Übersee gestanden. Uns ist bewusst, dass einige im September möglicherweise nicht nach China reisen werden können. Wir verstehen, dass in diesen Zeiten alternative Lösungen notwendig sind, um unseren Ausstellern und Besuchern dabei zu helfen, die durch den Ausbruch von COVID-19 verursachten Hemmnisse zu überwinden. Deshalb haben wir die derzeit verfügbaren Online-Tools und -Dienste evaluiert und nach neuen Wegen gesucht, um die Branche digital zu verbinden ", sagte Wendy Wen, Senior General Manager der Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd.

"Unsere digitalen Lösungen werden allen Szenarien gerecht - Lieferanten und Einkäufer aus dem In- und Ausland, die seit dem Ausbleiben der Frühjahrsausgabe von Intertextile bestrebt waren, miteinander in Kontakt zu treten, und dies gleichzeitig als Werbemöglichkeit oder Geschäfts- und Networking-Angebote vor der Herbst-Ausgabe nutzen. Dies wird einen nahtlosen Informationsaustausch für internationale Online- und Offline-Geschäfte vor, während und nach der Messe ermöglichen, um die Erholung der Branche wirklich zu unterstützen ", so Frau Wen weiter.

Maximierung der Bekanntheit und der Geschäftsmöglichkeiten von Marken:
Mit den digitalen Lösungen der Intertextile erhalten Aussteller Zugriff auf deren wertvolle Datenbank - mehr als 100.000 Käufer aus über 100 Ländern und Regionen. Um inländische Käufer zu erreichen, können Aussteller die mobile Intertextile-App herunterladen und selbst Produktinformationen und Fotos hochladen. Sie können mit Käufern interagieren indem sie ihre jüngsten Unternehmensneuigkeiten, Entwicklungen und Verkaufsförderungsmaßnahmen teilen.
Die Aussteller haben außerdem Zugriff auf die Kontakte der Käufer, sodass sie über die integrierte Messenger-Funktion der App Online- oder Vor-Ort-Meetings im Voraus planen können. Die mobile App enthält Informationen zur Messe wie beispielsweise Updates zu Karten, Verkehr und Rahmenprogrammen, was sie zu einem All-in-One-Tool für Aussteller macht, die Komfort auf der Messe und gleichzeitig zusätzliche Aufmerksamkeit bevorzugen, die nicht auf die dreitägige Ausstellungsdauer beschränkt ist.

Als besondere Maßnahme als Reaktion auf COVID-19 erweitert die Intertextile ihr Angebot für Aussteller und Besucher, auf deren Online-Business-Matching-Plattform Connect PLUS zugreifen zu können. Diese wird normalerweise nur zur Planung von Geschäftstreffen vor Ort vor der Messe verwendet. Connect PLUS ist jetzt verfügbar für Online-Business-Matching vor und nach der Messe. Basierend auf datengesteuerten intelligenten Empfehlungen können Aussteller Käuferprofile aus Übersee aus der Intertextile-Datenbank abrufen und proaktiv Verbindungsanfragen senden. Mit Instant Messaging- und Videoanruffunktionen eignet sich die Plattform für Aussteller, um Käufer aus Übersee zu kontaktieren, die nicht an der Intertextile teilnehmen können. Dies ist auch ein perfektes Instrument für das Business-Matching nach der Veranstaltung und zur Steigerung der Sourcing-Effizienz. Aussteller können darüber hinaus Sponsoren-Pakete nutzen, um auf der Plattform zu werben und so ihre Bekanntheit steigern.

Weitere Informationen zu den digitalen Lösungen der Intertextile finden Sie online: https://intertextile-shanghai-apparel-fabrics-autumn.hk.messefrankfurt.com/shanghai/en/Online_Platforms.html

Online-Inhalte für Teilnehmer aus Übersee
Das Team der Intertextile bereitet eine verstärkte Weitergabe von Inhalten vor der Veranstaltung in Form von Webinaren vor, die als "Textile e-Dialogue" -Serie bezeichnet werden. Durch die Bewerbung von Aussteller-Webinaren vor der Veranstaltung über Newsletter und die Website der Messe, wird dies dem Online-Publikum ermöglichen, um sich über die neuesten Branchennachrichten zu informieren und gleichzeitig mit den Ausstellern über Fragen und Antworten zu interagieren.

Während der Messe werden Rahmenprogramme wie Produktpräsentationen für Käufer vor Ort und das Online-Publikum live übertragen, die wiederum in Echtzeit Fragen stellen und Antworten bekommen können. Die Präsentationen werden aufgezeichnet und zum Anzeigen und Teilen auf Social-Media-Plattformen zur Verfügung gestellt, so dass Aussteller und Käufer aus Übersee und aus verschiedenen Zeitzonen die Highlights der Messe nach Belieben kennenlernen können.

Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics - Die Herbstausgabe 2020 findet vom 23. bis 25. September gleichzeitig mit der Yarn Expo Autumn, der CHIC und der PH Value im Nationalen Ausstellungs- und Kongresszentrum (Shanghai) statt. Die Messe wird von der Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd., dem Sub-Council of Textile Industry, CCPIT, und dem China Textile Information Center gemeinsam organisiert.

• 84 exhibitions still planned until the end of the year

After a shutdown of almost six months due to the Corona pandemic, major exhibitions for trade visitors and the general public will be held again in Germany from September onwards, often in modified formats and sometimes with digital supplements.
 
“Many exhibitors and visitors are waiting for trade fairs to restart, because they will once again stimulate demand through the presentation of innovations and personal trust-building communication,” explains Jörn Holtmeier, Managing Director of AUMA – Association of the German Trade Fair Industry, the importance of the restart for the German economy.
 
“Through their participation exhibitors and visitors show that they expect high benefits from trade fairs even under altered conditions. In addition to business success, side-effects for companies such as image building are included, for example through showing innovative force, or being present in trade media or by direct exchange of experience within the industry.”

Caravan Salon is the largest exhibition to kick off
Twelve exhibitions are planned in September alone, including several international events, from the CARAVAN SALON in Dusseldorf as the largest show to restart, the compact version of the IFA Berlin right in the first week of September to the INTERBOOT in Friedrichshafen at the end of the month.

Messe Dusseldorf’s President & CEO Wolfram N. Diener, is looking forward to the restart of trade fair operations in Germany: “We want to signalise: Trade fairs can work in corona times, too. In close cooperation with authorities, partners and customers, we have realised the CARAVAN SALON 2020 under high hygiene and safety standards. The result: Around 350 exhibitors in eleven exhibition halls are presenting the entire spectrum of mobile travel.”

Exhibitions are not major events
The trade fair industry is not affected by the extension of the ban on major events in Germany by the Prime Minister’s Conference on 27 August 2020. Trade fairs have already been considered separately since 6 May 2020. Accordingly, a total of 84 exhibitions listed by AUMA, are currently planned for the months of September to December, 47 of them with international or national relevance and 37 with regional relevance. Dates for trade fairs, taking place in the near future are listed by AUMA at www.auma.de/Exhibition-Data.

Comprehensive concepts for health protection, which are approved by the responsible health authorities, are the basis for the industry meetings. “The trade fair organizers are doing everything possible to create safe and promising conditions for exhibitors and visitors. Size and quality of the exhibition grounds offer very good conditions for implementing hygiene and distance regulations”, says AUMA Managing Director Jörn Holtmeier.

AUMA has listed the key points of the protective measures as well as the safety concepts for all exhibition sites in Germany on its website at https://www.auma.de/en/exhibit/legal-matters/hygiene-and-distance-concepts-at-trade-fairs-in-Germany.

AUMA Chairman Philip Harting: "Those who focus on trade fairs can gain market shares”
"The principle is: Whoever dares wins. Anyone who bets on trade fairs in the coming months will have an earlier chance than others to receive a direct, unfiltered response to innovations, because at trade fairs customers can check and test the product. Once the customer is convinced of the quality, he simply decides faster.

Winning new customers in particular is extremely difficult with the help of digital formats. Many companies have experienced this in recent weeks and months. Along the way an exhibitor also gets valuable advice for the enhancement of his products". And, according to Harting, those who exhibit at trade shows find suitable cooperation partners faster, both professionally and personally, to help them weather the crisis better. Last but not least, he says, one can initiate urgently needed business deals, perhaps not as extensive as usual, but small orders often enough turn into large ones in the medium term.

Trade fairs offer just as great a benefit to visitors in the current situation. The AUMA Chairman: "Trade fair visitors can personally negotiate with potential new suppliers at an early stage, experience technology and design innovations earlier than others. And they may find suggestions on how retailer can inspire hesitant consumers".

Orientation for the sports and outdoor industry on June 30 and July 1, 2020 

• Digital live conference for the sports and outdoor industry
• Main topics: digitization, sustainability and health
• European Outdoor Group and Association of German Sports Retailers support event

In the course of the current corona pandemic, the international sports and outdoor industry is facing far-reaching challenges. The ISPO team also had to cancel OutDoor by ISPO 2020 and the ISPO SDG Summit and postpone the ISPO Digitize Summit. However, the focus and motto of the current anniversary year, "50 years of tomorrow", will remain.
 
Based on the feedback and needs of the most important industry stakeholders, ISPO developed a digital live conference for the sports and outdoor industry. The ISPO Re.Start Days on June 30 and July 1 2020 offer orientation and growth strategies during and after Corona.

Based on this year's anniversary, ISPO proclaimed "50 years of tomorrow" at the beginning of this year. The existing events, supplemented by new formats, were intended to further promote sports and the outdoors and to make them drivers of global, sustainable change. However, the developments around the corona virus made the original planning obsolete. OutDoor by ISPO 2020 had to be cancelled, the premiere of the ISPO SDG Summit is postponed to 2021 and the ISPO Digitize Summit will be held at ISPO Munich 2021. But also, or especially under the new circumstances, the ISPO group continues to focus on its motto.

Digital format for a restart
"Corona is changing the world, the rules are just being rewritten" says Klaus Dittrich. The Chairman of the Board of Management of Messe München is certain: "We are living up to our pioneering role even in these difficult times and are making a fresh start with the sports and outdoor industry. We are focusing everything on the '50 years of tomorrow'.”

European Outdoor Group supports  SPO Re.Start Days
The digital live conference is aimed at an international audience and is developed in close cooperation with industry associations such as the European Outdoor Group (EOG) and the Association of German Sports Retailers (vds). Mark Held, President of the European Outdoor Group: "Access to nature is important and helpful for the well-being of all people.
This is where we continue to see a growing importance and major role for the outdoor industry. At the same time, however, we must discuss the negative consequences of the crisis for society and the economy as a whole and rethink the challenges it poses. We can only do this together and we will be fully involved.”
 
Focus on digitization, sustainability and health 
The event will focus on three main topics: Digitalization, Sustainability and Health. The program is dedicated to best cases in times of Corona and will present ideas, projects and campaigns implemented at short notice. Experts will talk about the boost the pandemic is giving digitization, which aspects of it will be preserved and which counter-movements are already forming as a result. Industry experts will show in which areas consumers are questioning the behavior of companies and how brands should react.

ISPO Re.Start Days

• Date: June 30 – July 1, 2020
• Ticket prices:
  o Standard ticket: Euro 99
  o Student ticket:  Euro 29
• Further information at www.ispo.com/ispo-restart-days and details about the program  at  www.ispo.com/ispo-restart-days/programm-ispo-restart-days#!

• Staying on the pulse of textile development with the "Digital Fair"
• The virtual trade fair steps up to the starting block

Although the industry will not be meeting in person to share the latest trends in functional fabrics for the Summer 2022 season on April 22-23 in Munich, PERFORMANCE DAYS is still going to take place — in a new format! The organizers have responded quickly to the new situation and have created a virtual alternative to stay in touch with visitors, exhibitors and partners that enables them to share the innovations in the industry: the DIGITAL FAIR is born.

Even if a personal impression of the latest fabric trends for summer 2022 is not possible this season, interested "trade fair visitors" can still find all the important developments on the website www.performancedays.com.   

Visitors to the DIGITAL FAIR www.performancedays.com/digital-fair.html, can not only see the interesting fabrics at the popular PERFORMANCE FORUM, they can also experience everything a visitor could do at the real fair — just in digital form. Here is an overview:

SUPPLIER WORLD  
Initiating a contact has never been easier than it is now with the exclusive online profiles of each exhibitor. The curated exhibitors show their most important fabrics, as well as brand new videos of their latest products and expanded information. Visitors can get to know the suppliers digitally, make direct contact, and even order fabric samples online.  

COLOR TRENDS
Appropriately matching designer Nora Kühner’s webinar, the new color trends for summer 2022 will soon be available online as "early color information." The color chart for winter 2021/22 trends can already be ordered free of charge on the website.

EXPERT TALK WEBINARS
What about the lectures we look forward to attending at the fair? No problem! The Expert Talks will take place as webinars on April 22 and 23, 2020. The program agenda will be posted on the website soon. The webinars include a presentation of the fabric highlights of the PERFORMANCE FORUM by Ulrike Arlt, as well as a talk on the new color trends by Nora Kühner. If you register in time for the webinar, you will be able to ask questions during the talks. The webinars (less the interactive comment function) will be available online after the fair.

FORUM FABRICS, FORUM ACCESSORIES
The 240 best fabrics are shown by category along with the best accessories: The categories include a range from Baselayer to Outer Midlayer and 3-Layer as well as Safety & Durability fabrics. All products shown in the forum are sustainable — the materials,     
processing, and treatments! The products on exhibit at the PERFORMANCE FORUM have been carefully selected by the PERFORMANCE FORUM JURY, which, because of the current situation, met via video conference link. A written summary of the trends per category provides visitors a quick overview. Fabric samples can be tested and samples ordered all with one click. Two AWARD winners have been chosen and can be found in this area with all their details as well as all Jury Like fabrics and accessories.

FOCUS TOPIC
Visitors interested in the current FOCUS TOPIC can learn virtually about the current topic, which features natural fibers and natural functions like new yarn technologies and treatments. The theme "INSPIRED BY NATURE — FROM FIBERS TO GREEN TREATMENTS" summarizes facts and good-to-know information while letting you read up on the 24 best fabrics for this topic.   

SPORTSFASHION by SAZ
PERFORMANCE DAYS has put together a comprehensive opportunity at short notice so that visitors and exhibitors can get in touch with each other despite all adversity and exchange information about all the latest trends. The magazine SPORTSFASHION by SAZ as partner has produced an online edition of the DIGITAL FAIR that provides more details about the exhibitors and trends and can be viewed and downloaded as a PDF by all trade fair visitors and exhibitors for free.    

The next regular event is planned for October 28^th and 29^th in Munich.

The productivity of a laundry depends on unbroken process flows and transparent commodity streams. Thanks to increasing digitalisation and consistent integration of data, the through-put of textiles in laundries is being continually improved. The solutions required for automation in the sector are therefore a high priority at Texcare International, from 20 to 24 June in Frankfurt am Main.
 
The be-all and end-all for the laundry sector is the ability to monitor the quantity, quality and storage location of the textiles that are circulating on site, at all times. The data collected form the basis for precise price calculations, throw up any weak points in the system and serve to provide documentation for third parties. But it is only when all the machinery and plant involved in a given textile service are interlinked on a single network that the logistics of the laundry service run seamlessly, with minimal down-time of the machinery, reduced quantities in circulation and the resultant increase in productivity that is closely associated with it.

Transparent tracking for each individual laundry item
Automation in the processing of workwear is already well advanced. As the dirty laundry is sorted on arrival, each item is recorded using an identification system such as a barcode or RFID technology. From this moment on, all the stages that the textiles undergo are controlled. ‘Readers’ or ‘gates’ on the premises enable each item to be recorded as it progresses through the system, right up to the point of order picking; and they monitor whether an item is sent to a repair station or directed into storage. In addition, high-frequency transponders (UHF tags) can monitor the movements of laundry items outside of the laundry: in hospitals, for instance, identification systems have been installed, which record the despatch and return of apparel and enable an extensive process of textile management via data transfer procedures.

Robots for the soiled laundry area
This already high degree of automation in a workwear laundry facility is, however, capable of still further refinement. Artificial intelligence can simplify the ‘dirty’ work in the reception area: robots separate and sort the soiled clothing and x-ray machines, cameras and metal detectors are used to identify any foreign bodies. The advantages of such systems are particularly in evidence in hospital laundries: medical instruments, which regularly find their way into the laundry bags, are automatically separated from the clothing, thus minimising damage to the items themselves and to the machinery. The useful life of the textiles is extended and costs are reduced. Moreover, there is no danger of infection for the staff.

Real-time laundry processes
Whilst individual control and traceability are already widespread in the professional treatment of work apparel, when it comes to flat linen, often only generalisations about quantity, quality and storage location for the textiles are possible. “In order to assess a business’s efficiency, calculate prices and efficiently control processes and procedures, laundries need reliable figures […],” observes Martin Rauch, CSO of the Jensen Group, who operate on a worldwide basis.

In the pursuit of automated production, ultra-modern information and communications technologies assume a key role. They synchronise the machines involved in a given production process and facilitate communication and cooperation between plant, product and the human being. This way, you get self-organising, flexible production with unbroken processes and high levels of utilisation of equipment. With the synchronisation of commodity streams and information flow in the laundry, all items arrive at the right processing station at the appropriate time. A central database controls all the processes in the entire laundry, regulates the machinery and the linked sub-systems, chooses the correct processing programmes and optimises machine use.
 
Data accompanies the laundry throughout
“Trolleys of laundry standing around, waiting times at the machines, excessive buffering and time spent searching for items are all lost capital […],” says Matthias Schäfer, who is responsible for product management, laundry logistics / smart laundry at Kannengiesser (Vlotho).

When data and goods flows are successfully synchronised throughout a flat-linen laundry, each washing station contributes its information along with that of other stations, right from the initial sorting of the soiled linen through to the folding machines. The laundry can, therefore, be monitored throughout the entire operation, as the information from each station is sent on with the item, either automatically or – after the drier – in the form of bar-coded labels. (“Stabilisation of production through the synchronisation of material and production flows.”)

RFID identification systems do indeed enable complete transparency to be built into the passage of goods through the various stages, as each chip or tag carries the necessary information for each individual item. In view of the high cost of the transponders, ‘chipping’ of flat linen is, however, currently an option for only very few laundries. So the textile care sector is waiting on more economical, more functionally reliable solutions from the machinery and plant manufacturers.
 
Smart to the very end of the chain
Further potential for automation resides in the picking and packaging. Collecting together items for delivery manually is subject to error and that leads to customer complaints. With intelligent storage facilities and transport solutions, smart stacking management and the networking of equipment with the laundry’s information system, order picking becomes simpler, quicker and more reliable. To ensure that the integration can function, modern machines are equipped with interfaces, so that each new installation can be linked seamlessly into a laundry’s existing system. The same goes for accessory machines, which exchange all the important information relating to preparation and repair online.

User friendly apps
Digital developments are not only large scale: they are to be found on a smaller scale as well. For launderettes, too, apps provide important information on the status of the equipment, enable operators to see what is going on, even at considerable distances, as well as being able to provide digital payment models. Moreover, in heavily used laundry facilities, they can take on the entire job of time management, as Andreas Barduna, Head of Business Management, Miele Professional (Gütersloh) is very aware.

At Texcare International, from 20 to 24 June 2020, machinery and plant manufacturers from all over the world will be presenting their smart solutions for the laundries of tomorrow. The focus will be very much on artificial intelligence and smart information systems, which will help maximize the degree of automation within the sector.