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01.12.2019

MS PRINTING AT HEIMTEXTIL

  • Focus on Productivity and Efficiency

MS Printing Solutions at the next Heimtextil will focus on presenting textile printing solutions to boost cost-effective and high-quality productions, answering to Industry leaders in home and contract textile who need: productivity, quality and beneficial production process.

Attendees will see a JP4 EVO 3200 printer at work, with Bellagio reactive ink made by JK Group. This is one of MS' solutions which streamlines printing processes, reduces production times and maintenance costs, improving efficiency by:

  • Focus on Productivity and Efficiency

MS Printing Solutions at the next Heimtextil will focus on presenting textile printing solutions to boost cost-effective and high-quality productions, answering to Industry leaders in home and contract textile who need: productivity, quality and beneficial production process.

Attendees will see a JP4 EVO 3200 printer at work, with Bellagio reactive ink made by JK Group. This is one of MS' solutions which streamlines printing processes, reduces production times and maintenance costs, improving efficiency by:

  • making the best use of production buildings, minimizing the space occupied by printers: JP4 EVO is compact and functional.
  • taking full advantage of manufacturing-process, reducing downtime therefore improving productivity-performances: JP4 EVO can be fed by external roll unwinder ensuring timing optimization.
  • using inks with a custom-made waveform, lowering the most common defects due to the interaction between ink and printheads, improving your productivity and competitiveness

The show will be the occasion for the Technical and Sales Teams to illustrate all details which characterize Minilario.  The printing machine, launched at the last ITMA, is the ideal choice for those searching for: flexibility, quality, speed, energy efficiency and sustainability, all in one.

The 64 print heads installed on the innovative printing carriage allow Minilario to reach the shocking but real printing speed of 18m/min, fitting the Home and contract textile demand of productivity and quality, applying a cost-effective production process.

The show will offer the opportunity to remark MS's sustainability commitment, started with #transparentaswater project based on the 100/90/10 paradigm aimed to engage the whole Textile Printing Industry in a big change. The commitment continued with MS’s adhesion to the “Sustainable Technologies” project launched by ACIMIT which selects textile machinery and systems manufacturers whose production specifications ensure a low environmental impact, combining sustainability and innovation. MS' printing machines may boast “Green Label” as “Suppliers of Sustainable Technologies” (come and visit us to go deeply inside our sustainability commitment).

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Special exhibition “Textile Future by Trevira CS” presented by studio aisslinger (c) studio aisslinger
05.11.2019

Trevira at Heimtextil 2020

Special features: over 30 top clients at a joint stand and a special exhibition highlighting trendsetting textile concepts for the contract market

Trevira, which manufactures high-quality, flame retardant polyester fibres, will be repeating its successful joint booth concept at the upcoming Heimtextil fair, due to take place from 7-10 January 2020 in Frankfurt. Together with 32 of its major customers, Trevira will be located on a stand of over 2000 msq in Hall 4.2.

The participants of the Trevira CS joint stand will cover the entire textile value chain: from the fibre production and yarn manufacture, to the colouring, weaving and warp and weft knitting stages, to the textile editor. Trevira’s customers will present their latest Trevira CS products for home and contract textiles at individual stands, demonstrating their contribution to the value chain. This year, Trevira welcomes a new partner to its Heimtextil stand, design and engineering specialist ima-tuve.

Special features: over 30 top clients at a joint stand and a special exhibition highlighting trendsetting textile concepts for the contract market

Trevira, which manufactures high-quality, flame retardant polyester fibres, will be repeating its successful joint booth concept at the upcoming Heimtextil fair, due to take place from 7-10 January 2020 in Frankfurt. Together with 32 of its major customers, Trevira will be located on a stand of over 2000 msq in Hall 4.2.

The participants of the Trevira CS joint stand will cover the entire textile value chain: from the fibre production and yarn manufacture, to the colouring, weaving and warp and weft knitting stages, to the textile editor. Trevira’s customers will present their latest Trevira CS products for home and contract textiles at individual stands, demonstrating their contribution to the value chain. This year, Trevira welcomes a new partner to its Heimtextil stand, design and engineering specialist ima-tuve.

“We’re excited that our joint fair booth has proved to be so popular and that we are increasing the number of Trevira CS customers joining us for Heimtextil year on year. This means that we can once again look forward to displaying the extensive range of possibilities and applications available in Trevira CS,” said Trevira CEO Klaus Holz.

Trevira’s joint booth, which will be situated in Hall 4.2, immediately next to the Messe Frankfurt exhibition “Interior. Architecture. Hospitality”, will also feature a special showcase, “Textile Future by Trevira CS” especially for the contract market. To curate this special display, Trevira is proud to have secured a collaborative partnership with renowned Berlin design company studio aisslinger. The studio is known for its outstanding work in experimental and product design, innovative materials and architectural concepts.  As a designer, studio founder Werner Aisslinger is particularly interested in how the newest technologies and unusual materials can be integrated into product design. Besides a focus on furniture, his most recent projects include interior design concepts for hotels and workspaces.

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Trevira GmbH

 50. Ausgabe: Heimtextil feiert ein halbes Jahrhundert Weltleitmesse (c) Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH
25.09.2019

50th edition: Heimtextil celebrates half a century as a leading trade fair

  • Heimtextil celebrates its anniversary: from 7-10 January 2020, the global home textiles industry will meet for the 50th time in Frankfurt am Main.

With a great anniversary party, a showcase presenting design classics from the past few decades, an anniversary film and other activities, Heimtextil will review the past half century since its first edition in 1971.

‘50 editions over the course of the past five decades are a rarely experienced phenomenon in the fast-moving global trade fair industry and are practically an eternity’, says Detlef Braun, CEO of Messe Frankfurt. ‘Like no other trade fair, Heimtextil stands for product variety, international clout and undisputed market leadership in the textile sector’. As a design show, it constantly reinvents itself, continues to present
state-of-the-art home trends as it has always done and makes the furnishing trends of tomorrow tangible’.

Big celebration party on the Wednesday of the trade fair

  • Heimtextil celebrates its anniversary: from 7-10 January 2020, the global home textiles industry will meet for the 50th time in Frankfurt am Main.

With a great anniversary party, a showcase presenting design classics from the past few decades, an anniversary film and other activities, Heimtextil will review the past half century since its first edition in 1971.

‘50 editions over the course of the past five decades are a rarely experienced phenomenon in the fast-moving global trade fair industry and are practically an eternity’, says Detlef Braun, CEO of Messe Frankfurt. ‘Like no other trade fair, Heimtextil stands for product variety, international clout and undisputed market leadership in the textile sector’. As a design show, it constantly reinvents itself, continues to present
state-of-the-art home trends as it has always done and makes the furnishing trends of tomorrow tangible’.

Big celebration party on the Wednesday of the trade fair

Messe Frankfurt will be inviting exhibitors and visitors to the highlight of the celebrations, the big Heimtextil @ Night party in hall 11.1 on Wednesday, 8 January 2020. Heimtextil exhibitors from the very beginning will be warmly welcomed and paid special attention. As part of the celebrations, Messe Frankfurt will present an anniversary film with a look back at earlier Heimtextil editions as well as music acts from the last five decades.

In hall 9.0, Heimtextil will present design classics from the past 50 years in a special showcase area. Here, the trade fair will invite people to take a journey through time and a tour of discovery through five  decades of Heimtextil history. The presentation is based on editorials from interior magazines. Four rooms incorporate colours, shapes, furniture and design objects from past decades. The showcase is complemented by a café that will be realised in cooperation with Schöner Wohnen, Europe's largest living magazine.

Exclusive offer: anniversary scarf in the Heimtextil look

To mark the anniversary, Heimtextil will launch a textile accessory of its  own creation: a scarf in the look of the current trade fair campaign. The scarf in the unisex colour combination of petrol, turquoise and lilac will be available for exhibitors and visitors to buy during the trade fair.

 

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Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH

WHERE I BELONG: Heimtextil stellt die Designtrends für 20/21 vor (c) Bart Hess for Heimtextil
Trendbuch Cover - Bart Hess for Heimtextil
11.09.2019

WHERE I BELONG: Heimtextil presents the design trends for 2020/2021

Heimtextil will launch the new 2020/2021 trend season with the general theme “WHERE I BELONG”. For the official Heimtextil Trend Preview, Stijlinstituut Amsterdam director Anne Marie Commandeur  introduced the new design themes. The presentation in the run-up to Heimtextil (7-10 January 2020) took place at the Textile Museum’s Textile Lab in Tilburg, the Netherlands on 11 September 2019 and was streamed worldwide.

This season, Stijlinstituut Amsterdam is responsible for the Trend Book content and Trend Space implementation at the upcoming international trade fair for home and contract textiles. Alongside Stijlinstituut Amsterdam, London-based studio FranklinTill and Danish agency SPOTT trends & business contributed to the 20/21 global forecast for perspective-related interior design. Together with the Heimtextil management team, these Trend Council participants gave insights into future styles during a workshop.

Heimtextil will launch the new 2020/2021 trend season with the general theme “WHERE I BELONG”. For the official Heimtextil Trend Preview, Stijlinstituut Amsterdam director Anne Marie Commandeur  introduced the new design themes. The presentation in the run-up to Heimtextil (7-10 January 2020) took place at the Textile Museum’s Textile Lab in Tilburg, the Netherlands on 11 September 2019 and was streamed worldwide.

This season, Stijlinstituut Amsterdam is responsible for the Trend Book content and Trend Space implementation at the upcoming international trade fair for home and contract textiles. Alongside Stijlinstituut Amsterdam, London-based studio FranklinTill and Danish agency SPOTT trends & business contributed to the 20/21 global forecast for perspective-related interior design. Together with the Heimtextil management team, these Trend Council participants gave insights into future styles during a workshop.

At the annual international Trend Council workshop, identity was an ever-present topic: part of a broader discussion on gender and cultural diversity, on tolerance and curiosity. Today, the self-identification process seems more complex than ever. Identities are now formed through experiences that take place simultaneously, on different levels. Locally, nationally, globally, both online and offline. Identity therefore can consist of many different layers. In fact, individuals can all have multilayered identities.

Heimtextil Trends 20/21 Overview:

MAXIMUM GLAM

Pleasure seekers revel in layering theatrical influences and glamorous showtime aesthetics, forging a fantastic marriage between the crafted and digitally rendered. Textiles show a ‘more is more’ attitude through a mash-up of glam, gradients and spectrums, fake fur, pile and fringe, jacquard weaves and fantastic prints. The flashy, kitsch colour range becomes brutally glam thanks to electric sheen, synthetic shimmer, digital glitch and artful blur. A riot of clashes and rebellion.

PURE SPIRITUAL

Idealists seek perfection and purity, restoring equilibrium by connecting with the uber-natural. They embrace technology for good while shifting between realism and mysticism in pursuit of a personal haven. To address a renewed bond with nature, organic matter, raw materials and pure textiles are selected which show nature’s traces, organic structures and irregularities. Shades are created from the earth and cultured by man. An elemental and pure range reflects the source of their existence.

ACTIVE URBAN

Urban dwellers confront the challenges of the fast paced, shape-shifting, man-made environment by searching for utilitarian, adaptable solutions. They value tech performance while making smart use of  available and renewable resources. Functionality is prioritised, while looking cool and working well remains key. Interior/sportswear hybrid textiles show smooth surfaces and a fun mash-up of graphic textures. The palette shows uniform blue, asphalt grey and caterpillar yellow.

HERITAGE LUX

Preservers of historic legacies treasure sensuousness alongside the uncanny, enlightenment together with darkness, for a whole new immersive experience. This new narrative translates to a love for luxury and splendour, decoration and embellishment. Finding beauty in history and nature through ornamental patterning and alluring surface enhancement. Reflecting on ancient history results in a palette featuring enigmatic blood red, sapphire and a lustrous mother-of-pearl.

MULTI-LOCAL

Hyper-locals go global, celebrating inclusivity over appropriation, honouring traditional craftsmanship and adjusting the world’s gaze to embrace exchange, creative integrity and diverse identities. Indigenous style meets global influences. This is a celebration of crafted and decorative pattern, from tribal and folkloric to geometric and abstract. Textile colours become part of a wider cultural narrative, linked to local community, cultural heritage and private identity.

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Textilfachmesse mtex+ schärft Profil und erhöht internationale Anziehungskraft (c) mtex+ / Kristin Schmidt
Technische Textilien und textile Leichtbaukomponenten präsentierten diese tschechischen Aussteller auf der mtex+ 2018 in der Messe Chemnitz. Die 8. mtex+ findet am 9./10. Juni 2020 als „Fair & Convention for Hightech Textilies“ erstmals im neuen Carlowitz Congresscenter in der Chemnitzer City statt.
20.02.2019

Textilfachmesse mtex+ schärft Profil und erhöht internationale Anziehungskraft

  • 8. Auflage als “Fair & Convention for Hightech Textiles” am 9./10. Juni 2020 erstmals im Carlowitz Congresscenter Chemnitz – Textile Inhalte der Leichtbaumesse LiMA werden in das neue Format integriert


Die mtex+ schärft ihr Profil und wechselt in eine attraktive Umgebung. Die 8. Auflage der internationalen Leistungsschau mit dem Titel „Fair & Convention for Hightech Textiles“ findet am 9. und 10. Juni 2020 erstmals im neuen Carlowitz Congresscenter in der Chemnitzer City statt. *

  • 8. Auflage als “Fair & Convention for Hightech Textiles” am 9./10. Juni 2020 erstmals im Carlowitz Congresscenter Chemnitz – Textile Inhalte der Leichtbaumesse LiMA werden in das neue Format integriert


Die mtex+ schärft ihr Profil und wechselt in eine attraktive Umgebung. Die 8. Auflage der internationalen Leistungsschau mit dem Titel „Fair & Convention for Hightech Textiles“ findet am 9. und 10. Juni 2020 erstmals im neuen Carlowitz Congresscenter in der Chemnitzer City statt. *

„Die mtex+ ist eine von dialogorientierten Experten verschiedener Branchen geschätzte Fachveranstaltung der kurzen Wege und intensiven Kontakte. Das moderne und anregende Ambiente am neuen Ort begünstig unser Anliegen, die bestmögliche Atmosphäre für ein vertrauensvolles Miteinander zu schaffen“, erläutert Dr. Ralf Schulze, Chef des Veranstalters C³ GmbH, Chemnitz. „Auf diese Weise fungiert die mtex+ künftig noch stärker als bisher als Ideen- und Inspirationsquelle für Entwickler und Produzenten sowie für Anwender von Hightech-Textilien ganz unterschiedlicher Art - Composites ausdrücklich eingeschlossen. Textile Verbundmaterialien werden immer wichtiger für viele Weiterverarbeiter. Deshalb leiten wir die textilen Inhalte der in der Vergangenheit parallel zur mtex+ veranstalteten Leichtbaumesse LiMA in unser neues Messe-Format über. Textiler Leichtbau in all seinen Facetten ist einer der Schwerpunkte der mtex+.“

Zu den Themen der 8. mtex+ gehören Verfahrens- und Prozessentwicklung, Textiltechnik, digitalisierte Wertschöpfungsketten, Dienstleistungen mit branchenübergreifendem Anwendungspotenzial sowie Recycling. Highlights im Programm sind u. a. Workshops zu effektiver und nachhaltiger Produktion, zu Smart Textiles, zu Akustik-Textilien, eine Sonderschau zu Gesundheits- und Schutztextilien sowie ein unterhaltsamer Netzwerkabend unter dem Motto „Exzellente Verbindungen“.

Aus Sicht des Verbandes der Nord-Ostdeutschen Textil- und Bekleidungsindustrie e.V. (vti) trifft dieses Konzept exakt den Bedarf des Zielpublikums. „Chemnitz liegt inmitten der sich dynamisch entwickelnden mitteldeutschen Industrie- und Forschungsregion“, betont vti-Hauptgeschäftsführer Dr.-Ing. Jenz Otto. „Wer hier seine Produkte und Dienstleistungen präsentiert, befindet sich in einem hoch interessanten Markt. Außerdem fungiert die mtex+ unweit der Grenze zu Tschechien und Polen als branchen- und länderübergreifendes Dialogforum für potenzielle Kooperationspartner in diesen sowie in weiteren osteuropäischen Ländern.“

Die mtex+ findet auch künftig im Zwei-Jahres-Turnus in Mitteldeutschlands Industriemetropole Chemnitz statt. An der 7. Auflage im Frühjahr 2018 hatten sich 159 Aussteller aus sieben Ländern (im Verbund mit der Leichtbaumesse LiMA) beteiligt. Von den rund 1.000 Fachbesuchern kamen 22 Prozent aus dem Ausland.

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vti-pressedienst      mtex+ press service

“mtex+” textile fair & convention raises profile and increases international appeal (c) mtex+ / Kristin Schmidt
These Czech exhibitors presented technical textiles and lightweight textile components at the 2018 “mtex+” at Chemnitz Trade Fair Centre. The 8th “mtex+” is being held as the “Fair & Convention for Hightech Textiles” in the new Carlowitz Congresscenter at the heart of Chemnitz for the first time on 9 – 10 June 2020.
20.02.2019

“mtex+” textile fair & convention raises profile and increases international appeal

  • 8th edition to be held as the “Fair & Convention for Hightech Textiles” at the Carlowitz Congresscenter Chemnitz for the first time on 9 – 10 June 2020 – Textile themes from the LiMA exhibition for lightweight design are being integrated in the new format

 
The “mtex+” is raising its profile and is moving to an attractive setting. The 8th edition of the international exhibition entitled “Fair & Convention for Hightech Textiles” will be held in the new Carlowitz Congresscenter at the heart of Chemnitz for the first time on 9 and 10 June 2020.
 

  • 8th edition to be held as the “Fair & Convention for Hightech Textiles” at the Carlowitz Congresscenter Chemnitz for the first time on 9 – 10 June 2020 – Textile themes from the LiMA exhibition for lightweight design are being integrated in the new format

 
The “mtex+” is raising its profile and is moving to an attractive setting. The 8th edition of the international exhibition entitled “Fair & Convention for Hightech Textiles” will be held in the new Carlowitz Congresscenter at the heart of Chemnitz for the first time on 9 and 10 June 2020.
 
“The “mtex+” is a trade event that experts from various sectors greatly appreciate on account of its emphasis on dialogue and in-depth contacts – and because everything is on the spot. The modern, exciting ambiance at the new venue facilitates our desire to create the best possible atmosphere for cooperation in a trusting environment,” Dr Ralf Schulze, Managing Director of C3 GmbH, the organising company, explains. “In its future form, the “mtex+” will act as a source of ideas and inspiration for developers and manufacturers as well as for users of all kinds of high-tech textiles, specifically including composites, to a greater degree than in the past. Textile composite materials are becoming increasingly important for many processors. That’s the reason why we’re transferring the textile themes of the LiMA lightweight design exhibition, which has been held alongside the “mtex+” in the past, into our new trade fair format. Lightweight textile design in all its facets will be one of the major emphases at the “mtex+”.”    
 
The major topics covered by the 8th “mtex+” will include process development, textile engineering, digitalised value-added chains, services with potential for use across different sectors as well as recycling. The highlights of the programme will include workshops on effective and sustainable production, smart textiles, acoustic textiles, a special exhibition on health and protective textiles as well as an entertaining network evening entitled “Excellent connections”.

The North-Eastern German Textile and Clothing Industry Association (vti) believes that this concept exactly matches the needs of its target audience. “Chemnitz is located at the heart of the Central German industrial and research region, which is developing with great dynamism,” says vti Managing Director, Dr.-Ing. Jenz Otto. “Any firm that presents its products and services here will find itself in a very interesting market. Located not far from the border with the Czech Republic and Poland, the “mtex+” will also act as a dialogue forum for potential cooperation partners across sector and international boundaries, both for these and other Eastern European countries.”
 
The “mtex+” will continue to be held in Central Germany’s industrial city of Chemnitz every two years in future too. 159 exhibitors from seven different countries (in conjunction with the LiMA lightweight design exhibition) attended the 7th edition in the spring of 2018. 22 percent of the approx. 1,000 trade visitors came from abroad.

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vti-pressedienst      mtex+ press service

(c) Trevira GmbH
06.02.2019

Trevira CS at Heimtextil 2019

At this year’s Heimtextil from 8-11 January 2019 in Frankfurt, Trevira GmbH presented a new Trevira CS joint stand on an impressively huge scale under the motto “Textile Values”. Its fair stand concept, scaled up for 2019, attracted a large number of visitors. Together with 26 top Trevira CS customers, Trevira told the story of the entire textiles value chain across a 2,200+ msq site. Visitors were taken on a journey that started with the basics – fibre production and yarn manufacture – before moving on to the dyeing, weaving and warp and weft knitting stages and ultimately to the end of the journey, the textile editing.

Trevira GmbH’s CEO Klaus Holz said, “I think we have once again “upgraded” our presence at Heimtextil. If I say this I’m not only talking about size and number of participants in our stand, but rather about value. Including all kinds of Trevira CS partners from yarn producers to fabric manufacturers and textile editors, our stand was reflecting the entire textile value chain.”

At this year’s Heimtextil from 8-11 January 2019 in Frankfurt, Trevira GmbH presented a new Trevira CS joint stand on an impressively huge scale under the motto “Textile Values”. Its fair stand concept, scaled up for 2019, attracted a large number of visitors. Together with 26 top Trevira CS customers, Trevira told the story of the entire textiles value chain across a 2,200+ msq site. Visitors were taken on a journey that started with the basics – fibre production and yarn manufacture – before moving on to the dyeing, weaving and warp and weft knitting stages and ultimately to the end of the journey, the textile editing.

Trevira GmbH’s CEO Klaus Holz said, “I think we have once again “upgraded” our presence at Heimtextil. If I say this I’m not only talking about size and number of participants in our stand, but rather about value. Including all kinds of Trevira CS partners from yarn producers to fabric manufacturers and textile editors, our stand was reflecting the entire textile value chain.”

The highlight of the stand was Trevira’s new trend show for the contract market, “Trends in Contract by Trevira CS”. The show gave visitors, especially (interior) designers and decorators, an opportunity to find out more about innovative textiles and colour trends on the home and contract market.

Head of Marketing Anke Vollenbröker said, “We are extremely pleased that our trend show met with such great interest, and it was fantastic to see so many interior designers participating in our trend gallery tours. The trend area proved to be a source of inspiration for numerous visitors and demonstrated the expertise of our Trevira CS partners when it comes to outstanding design.”

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Trevira GmbH

Final report Heimtextil 2019 (c) Messe Frankfurt
11.01.2019

Heimtextil 2019: A lively start to the new furnishing season gives hope for a good business year ahead

The international home textiles industry has enjoyed a promising start at Heimtextil in Frankfurt am Main, which finished Friday, 11 January. The challenging economic situation and uncertainty in the retail sector were countered by a positive and confident mood at the world’s leading trade fair.

The international home textiles industry has enjoyed a promising start at Heimtextil in Frankfurt am Main, which finished Friday, 11 January. The challenging economic situation and uncertainty in the retail sector were countered by a positive and confident mood at the world’s leading trade fair.

3025 exhibitors from 65 countries* took the international trade fair for home and contract textiles to a 15-year high: ‘Exhibitors and visitors accepted the new trade fair concept with great enthusiasm and confirmed the trade fair’s position as the world’s most important meeting place for the industry. The quality of the decision-makers impressed the exhibitors, as did the number of new business contacts from 156 countries, especially international ones – thus enabling Heimtextil to set a new benchmark’, says Detlef Braun, Member of the Board of Management of Messe Frankfurt. ‘Around 67,500 visitors* ensured that there was a busy atmosphere in the halls, despite a slight decline due to various reasons, such as difficult travel conditions on account of the storms in the alpine region and airport strikes in Germany’. [*For comparison, 2018: 2,975 exhibitors from 64 countries; 68,584 visitors from 135 countries, FKM-tested)]

3025 exhibitors from 65 countries* took the international trade fair for home and contract textiles to a 15-year high: ‘Exhibitors and visitors accepted the new trade fair concept with great enthusiasm and confirmed the trade fair’s position as the world’s most important meeting place for the industry. The quality of the decision-makers impressed the exhibitors, as did the number of new business contacts from 156 countries, especially international ones – thus enabling Heimtextil to set a new benchmark’, says Detlef Braun, Member of the Board of Management of Messe Frankfurt. ‘Around 67,500 visitors* ensured that there was a busy atmosphere in the halls, despite a slight decline due to various reasons, such as difficult travel conditions on account of the storms in the alpine region and airport strikes in Germany’.

One topic that occupied both exhibitors and visitors was the current and future economic situation. A further challenge is the increasingly evident changes that are happening in trade. Increasing revenues and revenue shares in online retailing stand in the way of the efforts made by the stationary retail trade to maintain their inner-city businesses. ‘The small business specialist trade, but also department stores and multibrand stores, and thus the heart of our visitor target groups, are under pressure from the constantly increasing levels of e-commerce. With Heimtextil and our consumer goods fairs in general, we offer these retailers in particular clear perspectives and diverse inspiration in an ambiguous world’, continues Braun.

Heimtextil made it easier for its visitors to access valuable inspiration and business momentum thanks to an optimised trade fair concept and the associated new hall structure. ‘The new concept brought more visitors to the stand’, was the feedback from Andreas Klenk, Managing Director of Saum & Viebahn from Kulmbach in Franconia about hall 8.0 which offered textiles editeurs and manufacturers of curtain and sun protection systems a common platform for the first time. ‘It was the right decision to merge the different segments. We had high quality discussions with respect to both export and domestic business, and are satisfied with the trade fair’.

As part of the new concept, Heimtextil expanded its unique product range across the entire exhibition site and also included the new hall 12, which has been an additional architectural highlight on the Frankfurt exhibition grounds since September.

Top international companies from the Bed & Bath Fashion segment presented their wares here. For the company Curt Bauer from Aue in Saxony, the première of the new hall was a successful one. ‘We're very enthusiastic about the new hall 12. The product range there was very well received. We are very satisfied with the quality of visitors to our stand. In addition to a good frequency of German visitors, we are particularly pleased about growth from China and Russia’, says Managing Director Michael Bauer.

Natural materials, PET and ocean plastics 
Heimtextil set a standard in terms of sustainability: after the first global climate protection agreement for the textile industry was signed by 40 leading fashion companies, organisations and associations at the World Climate Conference in Katowice last December, the focus in Frankfurt was also on environmental progress in the textile industry. Numerous exhibitors presented progressive solutions, for example in the recycling of PET bottles and ocean plastic as well as in the use of certified natural materials. ‘Sustainability was the theme for us at this year’s Heimtextil. Major media players visited us and the 'Green Tour’ guided tour stopped by. We presented many things, including our first vegan duvet and fair silk products, all 100 per cent produced in Austria’, says Denise Hartmann, Marketing Manager at Hefel Textil. The topics of water consumption in the textile industry and microplastics also increasingly came to the fore. The exhibitor directory ‘Green Directory’ alone contained around 150 progressive companies listing sustainably produced textiles. The offer was supplemented by its own lecture series as well as theme-specific tours, which provided valuable impetus and
underpinned the pioneering green position of the trade fair.

Sleep becomes new lifestyle theme
Heimtextil also focused on sleep as one of the upcoming lifestyle trends. While a balanced diet and sufficient exercise are now a natural part of a healthy lifestyle, restorative sleep is still neglected* although it is one of the most important building blocks for long-term physical and mental well-being. At Heimtextil, a number of new products and aspects came to the fore that help people become sensitised to and analyse their sleep behaviour and promote healthy sleep. Around the redesigned hall 11.0 and in the adjoining lecture area ‘Sleep! The Future Forum’, representatives from the national and international bed industry enjoyed attractive product presentations and superb speeches on the topics of sustainability, hospitality, sport and digital.

In addition to the renowned trend show, the trade fair also focused on contract business, particularly in the hotel and hospitality sector, as well as decorative and upholstery fabrics, digital printing solutions and wallpapers.

The next Heimtextil in Frankfurt am Main – its 50th edition – will take place from 7 to 10 January 2020.

*According to a forsa investigation commissioned by the Techniker Krankenkasse

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Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH

(c) Devan
03.01.2019

Devan Chemicals promotes deep silent sleep via its R-Vital™ Range with a new, CBD- encapsulated frabric treatment

Belgian firm to highlight health & wellness solutions at the Heimtextil show in Frankfurt
Devan Chemicals NV, the Ronse-based developer of finishing technologies for textiles, plans to showcase some of its latest health and wellness solutions at the upcoming Heimtextil trade show in Frankfurt, Germany. Heimtextil, the world’s largest international trade fair for home and contract textiles, takes place this Jan. 8-11 at the Messe Frankfurt, where Devan will occupy Booth B28 in Hall 11.0. Millions of people suffer from insomnia, insufficient sleep or other sleep disorders. Revitalising the body through sleep is vital for all. To help, Devan has now added cannabidiol, or CBD, to its R-Vital™ sleep-promoting range of microencapsulated active ingredients that enhance textiles with anti-oxidative effects. This rich CBD tincture or extract has a balancing effect that helps facilitate a good night’s sleep.

Belgian firm to highlight health & wellness solutions at the Heimtextil show in Frankfurt
Devan Chemicals NV, the Ronse-based developer of finishing technologies for textiles, plans to showcase some of its latest health and wellness solutions at the upcoming Heimtextil trade show in Frankfurt, Germany. Heimtextil, the world’s largest international trade fair for home and contract textiles, takes place this Jan. 8-11 at the Messe Frankfurt, where Devan will occupy Booth B28 in Hall 11.0. Millions of people suffer from insomnia, insufficient sleep or other sleep disorders. Revitalising the body through sleep is vital for all. To help, Devan has now added cannabidiol, or CBD, to its R-Vital™ sleep-promoting range of microencapsulated active ingredients that enhance textiles with anti-oxidative effects. This rich CBD tincture or extract has a balancing effect that helps facilitate a good night’s sleep.

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Marketing Solutions NV

(c) Trevira GmbH
Room acoustics section of the booth at Heimtextil 2018
22.10.2018

Trevira expands its joint fair booth for Heimtextil 2019

Following the success of Trevira GmbH’s joint booth concept at Heimtextil 2018, the company will be expanding its plans next year. At the 2019 Heimtextil, due to take place from 8-11 January in Frankfurt, Trevira be presenting a new joint booth. At over 2000 msq, the new booth in Hall 4.2 will be significantly larger, up from 1300 msq in 2018, and next year will also see an increase in the number of major customers joining Trevira at Heimtextil, from 16 this year to 22 in 2019.

Following the success of Trevira GmbH’s joint booth concept at Heimtextil 2018, the company will be expanding its plans next year. At the 2019 Heimtextil, due to take place from 8-11 January in Frankfurt, Trevira be presenting a new joint booth. At over 2000 msq, the new booth in Hall 4.2 will be significantly larger, up from 1300 msq in 2018, and next year will also see an increase in the number of major customers joining Trevira at Heimtextil, from 16 this year to 22 in 2019.

Trevira has expanded its fair booth concept for 2019. Together with 22 of its biggest customers, the manufacturer of high-quality, flame retardant polyester fibres will tell the story of the entire textile value chain. Starting with the basics - fibre production and yarn manufacture – the exhibition will then move on to show the colouring, weaving and warp and weft knitting stages, eventually taking the visitor right up to the textile editing. Meanwhile, Trevira’s customers will reveal their Trevira CS collections for home and contract textiles at individual stands, demonstrating their contribution to the value chain. Visitors will catch a glimpse of the complex and complicated world of textiles manufacturing, while also gaining an insight into how polyester fibres are transformed into attractive, functional fabrics conveying true visual and sensory appeal along with authentic value.

Trevira GmbH’s CEO, Klaus Holz said: “The overwhelmingly positive market response to our joint booth at Heimtextil 2018 showed us that we are moving in the right direction, and we will continue to build on this concept in 2019, working together with an even larger group of Trevira CS customers to create a shared exhibition space displaying the entire textile value chain.”

29.05.2018

Must-See für Innenarchitekten: das Angebot für die textile Objektausstattung der Heimtextil 2019

Trends und Neuheiten für textile Objektausstattung stehen im Mittelpunkt der Interior.Architecture.Hospitality Expo – individuell, nachhaltig, funktional. Neu und besonders interessant für die Hotellerie ist die Erweiterung des Produktportfolios rund um das Thema Bett.

Textilien sind aus einer umfassenden Objektplanung sowie aus der Hotellerie nicht wegzudenken. Grund dafür sind bei Weitem nicht nur sich schnell ändernde Lifestyle- und Einrichtungstrends, sondern vor allem ökonomische und funktionale Argumente. Wohn- und Objekttextilien sind wahre Verwandlungskünstler, Seelentröster und zugleich High-Tech-Wunder.

Trends und Neuheiten für textile Objektausstattung stehen im Mittelpunkt der Interior.Architecture.Hospitality Expo – individuell, nachhaltig, funktional. Neu und besonders interessant für die Hotellerie ist die Erweiterung des Produktportfolios rund um das Thema Bett.

Textilien sind aus einer umfassenden Objektplanung sowie aus der Hotellerie nicht wegzudenken. Grund dafür sind bei Weitem nicht nur sich schnell ändernde Lifestyle- und Einrichtungstrends, sondern vor allem ökonomische und funktionale Argumente. Wohn- und Objekttextilien sind wahre Verwandlungskünstler, Seelentröster und zugleich High-Tech-Wunder.

Die Heimtextil ist für die Branche der erste  Pflichttermin des Jahres. Auf der weltgrößten Messe für Wohn- und Objekttextilien richten sich von rund 3.000 Ausstellern allein 500 Aussteller unter dem Titel Interior.Architecture.Hospitality speziell an die Objektbranche. Das Rahmenprogramm besteht aus hochkarätigen Expertenführungen, informativen Vorträgen sowie der renommierten Trendaussage der Heimtextil zu Material und Interior Design. Die Nachfrage nach textilen Lösungen für Architektur, Innenarchitektur und Hotellerie wächst von Jahr zu Jahr. 2018 wurde das Angebot für diesen Bereich um ein neues Veranstaltungsformat ergänzt, die Interior.Architecture.Hospitality Expo in Halle 4.2. Auch 2019 wird die Expo der Mittelpunkt für die Objektausstattung auf der Heimtextil sein.

Interior.Architecture.Hospitality Expo – die Zukunft der textilen Objektausstattung
Die Interior.Architecture.Hospitality Expo ist genau auf die Bedürfnisse von Innenarchitekten, Hoteleinrichter und Planer ausgerichtet. Nach dem sehr positiven Feedback auf die erste  Veranstaltung 2018 werden auch zur Heimtextil 2019 in Halle 4.2 die neusten ästhetischen und funktionalen Lösungen für die Objektausstattung präsentiert: von Textilien mit Akustikfunktion oder speziellen  Abrieb-Eigenschaften bis hin zu modularen Teppichen, Sonnenschutz oder innovativen Wandbelägen. Neu und besonders interessant für die Hotellerie wird die Erweiterung des Produktportfolios rund um das Thema Bett sein. Auf der Expo finden Hotelplaner dann auch Bettsysteme, Matratzen, Bettwaren und –wäsche für die speziellen Bedürfnisse in Hotels. Das gestalterische Gesamtkonzept wird im nächsten Jahr vom Atelier ushitamborriello aus der Schweiz geplant und umgesetzt. Ushi Tamborriello gehört zu den gefragtesten Innenarchitekten und  Szenebildnern und schafft mit ihrem Team international viel beachtete Rauminszenierungen.

Auch bei den textilen Bodenbelägen gibt es spannende und innovative Lösungen für den Objektbereich. Erneut zeigt dies eine besondere Inszenierung: „Unter der Marke Carpet by Heimtex präsentiert der Verband der Deutschen Heimtextilien-Industrie (Heimtex) auch im kommenden Jahr 2019 auf der Heimtextil moderne  Teppichböden seiner Mitglieder in einem stylischen Umfeld“, kündigt Hauptgeschäftsführer Martin Auerbach an. „Die Zielgruppe von Carpet by Heimtex aus dem Bereich Architektur/Innenarchitektur und Objektausstattung, erwartet ebenfalls in Halle 4.2 eine Erlebniswelt, die nahezu alle Sinne anspricht. Kernelement des neuen Standes wird eine dominierende effektvolle Installation sein, die zum Verweilen und  Erfahren einladen wird. Darüber hinaus wird es wieder ausreichend Raum für Kommunikation und Beratung durch die ausstellenden Hersteller geben.“

Information und Know How Erweiterung für Objektplaner
Ein Magnet für Objektplaner, Hotelentscheider, Interior Designer und Innenarchitekten sind auf der Heimtextil die Fachvorträge im Rahmen der Interior.Architecture.Hospitality Lectures. Mit einer großen Bandbreite an Themen von demographischen Einflüssen auf die Objektplanung über Urbanisierung bis hin zu den Möglichkeiten und Visionen, die sich durch digitalen Textildruck im Interior Design eröffnen. Zur Heimtextil 2019 wird es darüber hinaus erstmals Vorträge unter dem Titel „Printed Interior Decoration Lectures“ geben. In Zusammenarbeit mit der ESMA (European Specialist Printing Manufacturers  Association), einem Zusammenschluss von europäischen Herstellern für industriellen Druck, und Thomas Pötz, einem international anerkannten Experten für Inkjet-Druck und erfahrenen Strategieberater,  informieren Spezialisten über neueste Technologien und Möglichkeiten, Wand- und Bodenbeläge sowie Dekostoffe nach eigenen kreativen Entwürfen für die Objekteinrichtung zu individualisieren. Bei den  Printed Interior Decoration Lectures haben Objektausstatter Gelegenheit, sich mit wichtigen Branchenpartnern aus diesem Bereich zu vernetzen. Die ESMA ist Veranstalter der Printed Interior Decoration  Konferenz (printedinteriordecoration.org), einer internationalen Weiterbildungs- und Networking-Plattform, die Technologie-Anbieter und Kreative aus Industriedruck, Design und Architektur zusammenbringt.

Führungen für Innenarchitekten und Hotel-Entscheider
Einen großen Mehrwert für Objektplaner und Innenarchitekten sowie wertvolle Orientierungshilfe bieten die Interior.Architecture.Hospitality Tours auf der  Heimtextil. Die geführten Messerundgänge speziell für Innenarchitekten, Hoteliers oder Hausdamen werden in Zusammenarbeit mit renommierten Branchenpartnern angeboten, darunter AIT, AHGZ/Hoteldesign sowie AHGZ/Housekeeping, der Bund Deutscher Innenarchitekten (bdia) und das Online-Portal World Architects. Renato Turri von World Architects zieht nach der Heimtextil 2018 positive  Bilanz: „Die Guided Tours von World-Architects auf der Heimtextil waren sorgfältig kuratiert und genau auf die Bedürfnisse von Architekten, Innenarchitekten, Designern und Fachbesuchern maßgeschneidert. Bei so zahlreichen guten Ausstellern ein großer, aber lohnender  Aufwand. Geführt von renommierten Architekten und Innenarchitekten konnten die Teilnehmer im angenehmen Rahmen die Messe-Highlights entdecken und den Dialog mit den Ausstellern suchen.  Entsprechend positiv war das Feedback aller Anspruchsgruppen. Als Textil-Fan haben mich vor allem die enorme Vielfalt an qualitativ hochstehenden Produkten und die Professionalität der Aussteller  beeindruckt."

Auch für Hotelplaner und Hausdamen bietet die Heimtextil einige Highlights. Eine geführte Messetour speziell für Hausdamen machte deutlich, welches Potenzial Objekttextilien in diesem Segment  haben. Die Stimmen nach der letzten Veranstaltung waren rundum positiv: „Der Rundgang war für die Hausdamen in zweierlei Hinsicht sehr wertvoll. Er gab ihnen Orientierung in einem unüberschaubar großen Angebot
hunderter Aussteller aus der ganzen Welt und stellte zudem exemplarisch die Leistungsfähigkeit sehr verschiedenartig aufgestellter Dienstleister vor, die alle gemeinsam haben, sich auf ebendiese Zielgruppe,  die Hotellerie, spezialisiert zu haben“, sagt Rolf Slickers, Geschäftsführer Servitex GmbH. Und Bernhard Egner, Floringo GmbH, bestätigt: „Die Hausdamen waren sehr interessiert an unseren neuen Bio-Serien,  d.h. Tüchern und Bademänteln mit 100% Baumwolle aus kontrolliert biologischem Anbau und geprüftem Verarbeitungsprozess gemäß GOTS.“ Auch die österreichische Hefel Textil GmbH gehörte zu den besuchten Ausstellern bei der Tour. Mag. Jürgen Grabher, Verkaufsleiter Deutschland, betont das gestiegene Bewusstsein dafür, wie wichtig erholsamer Schlaf für Körper, Geist und Seele geworden ist. „Schlafen bleibt aber immer sehr individuell und somit ist Hefel Bettwaren mit einer großen Vielfalt und für unterschiedliche Bedürfnisse der Konsumenten bestens geeignet.“


Neuheiten und Trends der letzten Heimtextil
Zur letzten Veranstaltung konnten sich Objektausstatter von der Fülle an zukunftsweisenden Produkten und Materialien überzeugen. Ein guter Indikator für das Innovationspotenzial, das Textilien im Bereich des Interior Design und der Objektausstattung bieten, ist der AIT Trend. Die Auszeichnung vergibt das Architekturmagazin AIT seit 2011 jährlich im Rahmen der Heimtextil. Für das AIT Trendscouting sind jeweils am ersten Messetag rund 30 (Innen-) Architekten im Auftrag der AIT in den Hallen unterwegs, um die neuesten Branchentrends aufzuspüren. Aus den nominierten Produkten wählt schließlich eine Expertenjury die Preisträger aus.
Eines der Unternehmen, das sich über diese besondere Auszeichnung freuen konnte, war Expo-Aussteller Maasberg aus Deutschland. Geschäftsführer Gunther Maasberg äußerte sich  hochzufrieden: „Wir sind auf die Heimtextil gekommen, um zu prüfen, auf welche Resonanz unsere feischee-coex Kollektion im Markt trifft. Und es war überragend! Vor allem als wir den AIT Trend Award  gewonnen haben. Die Jury besteht aus der Crème de la Crème der Innenarchitektur – es ist eine ganz besondere Auszeichnung.“

Die Coex-Faser, eine speziell aufbereitete Baumwolle, ist schwer entflammbar,  auf Höchsttemperatur waschbar und sorgt derzeit u.a. im Klinikbereich für Bewegung. Sie ist Teil eines deutlichen Trends bei den Objekttextilien, bei dem neben dem sehr hohen Anspruch an Flexibilität erkennbar auch das Interesse am Thema Nachhaltigkeit steigt. Das gilt besonders für Innovationen, die Ökologie und Ökonomie auf einen Nenner bringen. „Hier auf der Heimtextil, im Umfeld der Expo, liegt der Fokus auf Innovationen und auf Nachhaltigkeit.

Das ist genau der richtige Ort für uns“, sagt auch Maasbergs Geschäftspartnerin Simona Pesaro, Sales Coex bei Torcitura Padana SpA in Italien. Dass  Umweltbewusstsein längst kein Nischenthema innerhalb des Interior Designs mehr ist, zeigte auch die irische Firma Chieftain Fabrics. Mit ihrem recycelbaren Bio-Kunstleder, das sie im Rahmen der Expo präsentierte, stattete sie bereits Großprojekte wie den Dublin Airport und das Fußballstation in Chelsea aus. Gesundes Wohnen und Arbeiten war ein weiteres Top-Thema.

So stellte etwa Drapilux auf der Expo  mehrere Neuheiten vor, die Räume klimatisieren oder den Schall dämmen können. Sie sind darüber hinaus ökologisch, antibakteriell, wasserfest sowie schwer entflammbar. Das A und O: Aller Hightech zum Trotz  wirken die Textilien sehr natürlich. Zur Heimtextil 2019 erwarten Objektausstatter besonders im Umfeld der Interior.Architecture.Hospitality Expo wieder spannende Neuheiten, Gelegenheit zum Networken und Inspiration für ihre Arbeit.

09.04.2018

Heimtextil India and Ambiente India 2018 launch Bespoke Living in their fifth edition

  • Special display arena will showcase exquisite signature collections from interior décor and home textile sectors

India’s premium fairs for home textiles, homeware and interior décor, Heimtextil India and Ambiente India have launched Bespoke Living, an exclusive product showcase space dedicated to companies dealing with signature collections at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 27th – 29th June 2018.

With four successful editions in a row, Heimtextil India and Ambiente India also slated on the same dates, have become the country’s leading business trade fairs to showcase the finest quality of dining, living, giving and home textiles. The launch of Bespoke Living aims to highlight one of a kind brands who deal with uniquely crafted designs that will range from plush statement pieces to extensive signature collections for home and retail furnishing.

  • Special display arena will showcase exquisite signature collections from interior décor and home textile sectors

India’s premium fairs for home textiles, homeware and interior décor, Heimtextil India and Ambiente India have launched Bespoke Living, an exclusive product showcase space dedicated to companies dealing with signature collections at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 27th – 29th June 2018.

With four successful editions in a row, Heimtextil India and Ambiente India also slated on the same dates, have become the country’s leading business trade fairs to showcase the finest quality of dining, living, giving and home textiles. The launch of Bespoke Living aims to highlight one of a kind brands who deal with uniquely crafted designs that will range from plush statement pieces to extensive signature collections for home and retail furnishing.

The term luxury décor is not restricted to brand names anymore. With trends like fully furnished luxury houses, theme dominated homes and tastefully designed retail showrooms rapidly picking up in the country, consumers are open to different styles and unique designs.
Be it the very popular Scandinavian themed houses to colourful cultural artefacts creating a soothing aura, Indians now want their homes and businesses to reflect their personal style with statement interiors.

Halls dedicated to Bespoke Living will feature selected designer brands from India and around the world showcasing their premium collections. This product showcase arena will be beneficial for interior designers, architects, hotel buyers, buyers of luxury goods and luxury homes developers. Business visitors can gain knowledge about the upcoming trends, source timeless pieces, build new connections with people sharing the same interest and experience the quality of the products in person. Exposure to best in class products and latest trends presented here will help them create a better home design experience for their clients.

Excelling in statement leather pieces the brand Three Sixty will showcase their latest leather collection that comprises of rugged travel accessories and signature furniture pieces. Inspired by the world’s deserts and explorers who traversed them, the brand designs fully customisable handmade products which are available in beautiful shades of tan, sure to up the sophistication quotient of home and retail interiors.     
        
“Our latest collection at Bespoke Living will showcase our ever evolving tastes and designs. We believe luxury need not be synonymous with breaking open the bank. Traditional Indian craftsmen can craft the most beautiful signature pieces and provide quality beyond compare, shared Mr Vikash Gupta, CEO, Three Sixty. International exhibitors present at the show will showcase exquisite artefacts like decorative ceramics with glaze, handmade clay wreaths with metal leaves, ceramic vases and other decorative items to make every home unique.

Apart from this specially curated design platform, Heimtextil India and Ambiente India 2018 will host the Interior Lifestyle Awards that will bring creative masters from the interior decor and home textile sectors together by recognising their art and giving them an international platform to showcase their designs.
The trade fair will also organise the Hospitality Day, a hospitality and retail procurement programme that will bring top class purchase managers from the industry to build new contacts and source quality products. Together, Heimtextil India and Ambiente India together will host over 100 companies from countries like India, Indonesia, Switzerland and Thailand showcasing trendsetting designs in the interior décor and home textile industry.

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Messe Frankfurt

20th anniversary of the JEC Innovation Awards (c) GROUPE JEC - Thierry-Alain TRUONG
07.03.2018

20th anniversary of the JEC Innovation Awards

  • JEC Group pays tribute to the winners at JEC World 2018

The 2018 session of JEC World, the reference trade show organized by JEC Group, is in full swing and the focus is on innovation!
The JEC Innovation Awards ceremony, which took place on the Agora stage on Wednesday, March 7 at 5 pm, opened with a presentation by Yves Rossy, aircraft pilot and inventor of the first jet-powered wingpack. Then the jury revealed the names of the composite champions up for a JEC Innovation Award. Eleven winning innovations were chosen, out of the thirty finalists that had been previously selected from more than 100 applications from all over the world.

  • JEC Group pays tribute to the winners at JEC World 2018

The 2018 session of JEC World, the reference trade show organized by JEC Group, is in full swing and the focus is on innovation!
The JEC Innovation Awards ceremony, which took place on the Agora stage on Wednesday, March 7 at 5 pm, opened with a presentation by Yves Rossy, aircraft pilot and inventor of the first jet-powered wingpack. Then the jury revealed the names of the composite champions up for a JEC Innovation Award. Eleven winning innovations were chosen, out of the thirty finalists that had been previously selected from more than 100 applications from all over the world.

“JEC Group supports innovation. In 1998, it created the first award dedicated to composites, as a way to promote and reward the sector’s champions. Thanks to the work of JEC Group’s teams, the program has become an international benchmark. Each year, we receive more than a hundred applications from all over the world. Selection is now based on criteria like the level of involvement of the innovation’s partners in the value chain, the technical nature of the innovation, or its commercial applications,” explains JEC Group President & CEO Frédérique Mutel.
A new feature this year is that the jury revealed the winners during the ceremony, and the public could choose their favorite innovation before, during, and after the ceremony. So there is still time to vote! Votes are opened until Thursday March 8th, 5pm http://innovationawards.jec-world.events
Did you miss the ceremony?

11 AWARD WINNERS:
AEROSPACE APPLICATION

Winner:
AeroComposit, JSC (Russia) and its partner Solvay (United Kingdom)

  • Infusion technology for an aircraft wing

The use of infusion technology to manufacture primary structural components for an aircraft wing. The technology makes it possible to create extra-long, integrated composite structures with complex aerodynamic shapes.

AEROSPACE PROCESS 
2 tied winners!
Winner: Airbus (Germany) and its partners, BMW Group (Germany), Technical University of Munich (TUM) (Germany), Neue Materialien Bayreuth GmbH (Germany), Werkzeugbau Siegfried Hofmann GmbH (Germany), BASF SE (Germany), Foldcore GmbH (Germany), Neenah Filtration (Germany) and SGL Carbon GmbH (Germany)

  • Complex structural applications for MAI sandwich technology

Cost-effective production of a complex 2.5D structure made of thermoplastic composite sandwich, with very short cycle times: under 5 minutes for aerospace materials and 2.5 minutes for automotive materials.

Winner: M. Torres Diseños Industriales SAU (Spain)
Moldless process to manufacture one-piece parts
A new manufacturing process for oversized one-piece reinforced composite structures, without requiring the use of complete molds.

AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATION
Winner: Ford Werke GmbH (Germany) and its partners, Gestamp (United Kingdom), GRM Consulting (United Kingdom) and University of Warwick (United Kingdom)

  • Lightweight composite automotive suspension part

Structural suspension part made of lightweight composite, using a brand-new patented process for prepreg/SMC/steel overmolding that was designed using a new computer-aided engineering (CAE) technology.

AUTOMOTIVE PROCESS
Winner: Audi AG (Germany) and its partners, Voith Composites GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), Dow Automotive (Switzerland), and Zoltek Corp. (United States)

  • Series production of a rear panel module made of carbon composite

For the first time, the potential of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) is used to full advantage in series production with a new rear panel module and cost-effective production technologies.

CONSTRUCTION & INFRASTRUCTURE
Winner: Komatsu Seiren Co., Ltd. (Japan) and its partners, Kanazawa Institute of Technology (Japan) and Nagase ChemteX Corporation (Japan)

  • Cabkoma cable made of CFRTP

Komatsu Seiren has developed a cable made of molded carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP), using a very cost-effective process that consists in polymerizing a thermoplastic epoxy resin in situ.

MARINE
Winner: Uljanik JSC (Croatia)

  • Composite cargo decks for a vehicle carrier

On the SIEM Cicero, a vehicle carrier with a capacity of 7,000 vehicles, glass-fiber reinforced composites are used for a number of the structures for the cargo decks, thereby considerably reducing the ship’s weight, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

RAILWAY
Winner: ELG Carbon Fibre Ltd. (United Kingdom) and its partners, Alstom Transport (United Kingdom), Magma Structures (United Kingdom), the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom), and the University of Huddersfield (United Kingdom)

  • A bogie frame made of optimized lightweight carbon fiber

This project has developed the very first carbon-fiber bogie frame that uses a recycled material, making it possible to overcome the obstacles to a commercial adoption of this type of structure.

SPORTS & LEISURE
Winner: BMW Group (Germany) and its partners EDAG Engineering GmbH (Germany), KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH (Germany), Chr. Karl Siebenwurst GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), TUM-LCC (Germany), Automation W + R GmbH (Germany), and FHG-IGCV (Germany)

  • A modular construction system for the rear swing arm suspension of a motorcycle

A modular system to produce a complex-shape swing arm suspension reinforced with carbon fiber. The system can adjust the mechanical properties on a case-by-case basis, for a competitive cost and weight compared to metal solutions.

SMART CITIES
Winner: MC Materiales Compuestos (Argentina) and its partners, Plaquimet (Argentina), Purcom (Brazil), IS Groupe - Composite Integrity (France), and G12 Innovation (Brazil)

  • The Wet Core Pod composite housing module

The Wet Core Pod is a composite housing module with an industrialization potential that can facilitate the most complex, costly and difficult step in a construction project.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Winner: Cetim-Cermat (France) and its partner, CETIM (France)

  • “3-in-1” line for producing recycled composites

A modular line that uses an innovative thermomechanical process to make large panels from recycled composites or plastics. The panels are then thermoformed into parts.
 

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Dorothée David & Marion RISCH, Agence Apocope

STFI Leichtbauzentrum vti-pressedienst ++ press service mtex+ & LiMA
16.02.2018

Messe-Duo mtex+ und LiMA in Chemnitz

Technische Textilien treffen Leichtbau beim internationalen Messe-Duo mtex+ und LiMA am 29./30. Mai 2018 in Chemnitz
Tschechien und Österreich stark vertreten / Kooperation von mtex+ und SALTEX Dornbirn vereinbart

Technische Textilien treffen Leichtbau beim internationalen Messe-Duo mtex+ und LiMA am 29./30. Mai 2018 in Chemnitz
Tschechien und Österreich stark vertreten / Kooperation von mtex+ und SALTEX Dornbirn vereinbart

„Exzellente Verbindungen – Technische Textilien treffen Leichtbau“ lautet künftig der gemeinsame Slogan des am 29./30. Mai 2018 in Chemnitz (Deutschland) stattfindenden Messe-Doppels mtex+ und LiMA. „Er bringt das auf der jüngsten gemeinsamen Beratung von den Fachbeiräten befürwortete engere Zusammengehen beider Messen auf den Punkt. Ein folgerichtiger Schritt, denn die Themen Technische Textilien und Leichtbau weisen eine ständig wachsende Schnittmenge auf, die Grenzen sind fließend“, erläutert André Rehn, Leiter Messen der C³ GmbH, Chemnitz. „Zudem existiert in der sozusagen gastgebenden mitteldeutschen Industrieregion ein überdurchschnittlich stark ausgeprägtes Forschungs- und Entwicklungspotenzial auf den genannten Gebieten. Die Akteure hier spielen wahrlich Zukunftsmusik. Nicht minder wichtig für Aussteller wie für Fachbesucher sind die von uns so bezeichneten ‚exzellenten Verbindungen‘. Wer zu unserem kleinen aber feinen Messe-Duo der kurzen Wege und erschwinglichen Preise kommt, weiß: In Chemnitz habe ich mehr Zeit und Gelegenheit für den Aufbau und die Pflege vertrauensvoller Geschäftskontakte als bei kaum überschaubaren Großveranstaltungen, auf denen eilige Betriebsamkeit herrscht. Wir schaffen die Basis für die langfristig tragfähige Qualität solcher Kontakte. Die nahezu parallel, am  28. und 29. Mai, auf unserem Messegelände stattfindende 16. Chemnitzer Textiltechnik-Tagung ist ein zusätzlicher Anreiz, uns zu besuchen. Auch sie schlägt thematisch die Brücke zwischen moderner Textilherstellung und vielfältigen Leichtbau-Anwendungen.“ Die 7. Int. Messe für Technische Textilien mtex+ und die Leichtbaumesse LiMA präsentieren sich künftig im Internet gemeinsam unter: www.mtex-lima.de.

Wie Projektleiterin Katja Bauer berichtet, haben sich zum Messe-Doppel bereits interessante Aussteller aus Deutschland, Frankreich, Österreich, der Schweiz und Tschechien angekündigt. Insgesamt elf Firmen präsentieren sich am umfangreichen Kollektivstand des in Prag ansässigen Textilverbandes ATOK und des tschechischen Techtex-Cluster CLUTEX.  Die in Österreich wirkende Smart-Textiles Plattform hat die Teilnahme von sieben Firmen angekündigt. „Wir waren bereits die letzten Jahre mit einem Gemeinschaftsstand auf der mtex+ dabei und wollen unsere seinerzeit geknüpften Kontakte erweitern“, erläutert Smart-Textiles-Koordinater Günter Grabher. „Wir freuen uns, dass die Messegesellschaften von Chemnitz und Dornbirn vor wenigen Tagen offiziell die Kooperation zwischen der mtex+ und der SALTEX vereinbart haben.“  Kernstück der Übereinkunft ist die gegenseitige Gewährung von vorteilhaften Bedingungen für die Präsentation von Firmen aus den Textilregionen Vorarlberg und Ostdeutschland.  „Aus unserer Sicht ergänzen sich die Profile beider Veranstaltungen in optimaler Weise“, sagt Dr.-Ing. Jenz Otto, Hauptgeschäftsführer des Verbandes der Nord-Ostdeutschen Textil- und Bekleidungsindustrie e.V. (vti), Chemnitz. Er kündigte an, dass sich mehrere Mitgliedsfirmen des vti am 12. und 13. Sept. 2018 erstmals mit einem Kollektivstand auf der SALTEX präsentieren werden. 

Hauptthemen der mtex+ sind funktionalisierte Textilien, textile Verfahrens- und Prozessentwicklung  sowie Herstellung und  Recycling  von  textilen Verbundstoffen. Die Sonderausstellung „flexible.protect“ zeigt innovative Schutz- und Sicherheitstextilien. Die Themenschau „health.textil“ sowie eine Projekt-Werkstatt sind Gesundheitstextilien für Klinik, Pflege, Kur und Wellness gewidmet.

Die 2. SALTEX stellt Smart Textiles in den Mittelpunkt und führt deren Entwickler mit (potenziellen) Anwendern aus Branchen wie Bautechnik, Mobilität, Medizin sowie aus dem Sport- und Lifestyle-Sektor zusammen. Zweites Schwerpunktthema sind textile High-Performance Materials (HPM). Zum Programm gehören zudem das Smart-Textiles-Symposium sowie Besuche in Vorarlberger Textilfirmen. Die SALTEX wird erstmals parallel zur 57. Internationalen Fasertagung Dornbirn-GFC veranstaltet.

More information:
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25.01.2018

Trevira's CS Joint Booth at the 2018 Heimtextil trade fair a tremendous succes

At this year's Heimtextil, which took place from 9-12 January in Frankfurt, Trevira impressed visitors with a brand new fair concept. The company worked together with sixteen of its biggest customers to create a joint booth covering 1,305 square metres of Hall 4.2, drawing a large crowd.

Head of Marketing, Anke Vollenbröker, explained, "Thanks to our new approach and booth concept, we were able to present our brand Trevira CS in an open and welcoming manner plus highlight the good relationship we have with our customers."

Trevira CEO Klaus Holz added, "We are really pleased with the very positive feedback we have had from all sides in response to our grand Trevira CS joint booth. We would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the booth's success. The extremely positive market reaction has reassured us that this is a concept we can build on in the future."

At this year's Heimtextil, which took place from 9-12 January in Frankfurt, Trevira impressed visitors with a brand new fair concept. The company worked together with sixteen of its biggest customers to create a joint booth covering 1,305 square metres of Hall 4.2, drawing a large crowd.

Head of Marketing, Anke Vollenbröker, explained, "Thanks to our new approach and booth concept, we were able to present our brand Trevira CS in an open and welcoming manner plus highlight the good relationship we have with our customers."

Trevira CEO Klaus Holz added, "We are really pleased with the very positive feedback we have had from all sides in response to our grand Trevira CS joint booth. We would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the booth's success. The extremely positive market reaction has reassured us that this is a concept we can build on in the future."

A Trevira exhibition formed the centrepiece of the joint booth, showcasing the winning fabrics from the 2018 Trevira CS Creativity Competition, which this year featured "Colour" as its major theme. At the heart of the display, visitors could find out more about Trevira with the help of twelve tablets providing information in a variety of formats, including a staff presentation and a flyer about the new Trevira Sinfineco® brand.

Encircling this core and thereby completing the joint booth concept, sixteen major customers grouped their individual stands around this centrepiece to display their own new Trevira CS collections for residential and contract usage. The customers joining Trevira to create the booth were Baumann Dekor Ges.m.b.H., Engelbert E. Stieger AG, FIDIVI Tessitura Vergnano S.p.A., Georg + Otto Friedrich, Jenny Fabrics AG, Johan van den Acker Textielfabriek B.V., Mattes & Ammann GmbH & Co. KG, Pugi R.G. S.R.L., Spandauer Velours GmbH & Co. KG, SR Webatex GmbH / Getzner Textil AG, Swisstulle AG, Tessitura Mario Ghioldi & C. srl, Torcitura Fibre Sintetiche S.p.A., Torcitura Lei Tsu S.r.l. / Ilcat S.p.A., Vlnap a.s. / Wagenfelder Spinning Group and Wintex S.r.l..

Another major section of the Trevira booth was dedicated to the world of acoustics. Increasingly, customers are (re)discovering textiles as a way to significantly improve the quality of room acoustics, and this part of the booth also attracted numerous visitors.

A special highlight at the joint booth were the Trevira CS sports shoes, worn by Trevira staff as a key element of the brand's trade fair outfit. The shoes are an Adidas Originals Special Edition of the iconic Stan Smith Silhouette, which Adidas manufactured in cooperation with Kvadrat.

In keeping with annual tradition, the new Trevira CS Gold and Silver Club members were announced during the Heimtextil fair. The new members were presented with their awards at a formal ceremony on Tuesday evening (9 January).

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04.08.2017

Joint booth with 18 top clients – Trevira implements a new approach at Heimtextil 2018

At Heimtextil, which is to be held in Frankfurt from 9 to 12 January 2018, Trevira GmbH will be represented together with some important Trevira CS clients in Hall 4.2 at a 1,305 m2 booth.
The core of this joint booth will be a Trevira exhibition. Participating clients will present their latest Trevira CS collections for home textiles and commercially used textiles at individual stands around this core exhibit. The joint stand is located in close proximity to the new exhibition “Interior. Architecture. Hospitality. EXPO” of Messe Frankfurt.
“We are delighted to be able to make a significant contribution to the new thematic focus of Hall 4.2 with our trade fair concept for next year. It enables us to offer a platform to our clients allowing them to reach important decision-makers. In

At Heimtextil, which is to be held in Frankfurt from 9 to 12 January 2018, Trevira GmbH will be represented together with some important Trevira CS clients in Hall 4.2 at a 1,305 m2 booth.
The core of this joint booth will be a Trevira exhibition. Participating clients will present their latest Trevira CS collections for home textiles and commercially used textiles at individual stands around this core exhibit. The joint stand is located in close proximity to the new exhibition “Interior. Architecture. Hospitality. EXPO” of Messe Frankfurt.
“We are delighted to be able to make a significant contribution to the new thematic focus of Hall 4.2 with our trade fair concept for next year. It enables us to offer a platform to our clients allowing them to reach important decision-makers. In

addition, visitors to the trade fair will appreciate being able to find such a large number of Trevira CS novelties and collections in a one-stop-shop,” says Anke Vollenbröker, Head of Marketing at Trevira GmbH.
Trevira CEO Klaus Holz is pleased that the idea of a joint stand has been so well received by their clients. “The high level of demand shows that our concept of a comprehensive partnership with our clients pays off. Our long-standing clients appreciate that we not only offer them high quality and sustainably produced fibres and yarns, but that we also support them with our technical expertise and in marketing their Trevira fabrics.”


The following clients will be represented with a large selection of their beautiful and modern Trevira CS fabrics at the joint booth in January: Baumann Dekor Ges.m.b.H., Engelbert E. Stieger AG, FIDIVI Tessitura Vergnano S.p.A., Jenny Fabrics AG, Johan van den Acker Textielfabriek B.V., Mattes & Ammann GmbH & Co. KG, Pugi R.G. S.R.L., Spandauer Velours GmbH & Co. KG, SR Webatex GmbH / Getzner Textil AG, Swisstulle AG, Tessitura Mario Ghioldi & C. srl, Torcitura Fibre Sintetiche S.p.A., Torcitura Lei Tsu S.r.l., Vlnap a.s. / Wagenfelder Spinning Group, Wintex S.r.l., Mersem Teksil San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti, Teksko Kadife Kumas San. Ve Tic. A.S.

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