Techtextil & Texprocess Fairs Kick Off With 1,700 Exhibitors

Techtextil and Texprocess 2024 opened their doors on April 23 and collectively witnessed participation of 1,700 exhibitors from 53 countries.

“The 2024 edition of both exhibitions are focusing on the highly relevant subject of AI, due to which the exhibitions are generating future-oriented impulses,” a press release from Messe Frankfurt informed.

“On its 20th anniversary, Techtextil has become larger than ever before and, together with Texprocess, is in great shape,” Detlef Braun, Executive Board Member at Messe Frankfurt said in his inaugural speech.

According to Messe Frankfurt, artificial Intelligence offers new opportunities for innovation.

Developments are emerging that use AI to improve traditional textile manufacturing and processing operations and to make them more efficient.

These include intelligent fault detection during production or optimised material calculations, which make production and processing faster, better and more sustainable.

“On the other hand, AI can be used to create completely new products. AI expands the scope for innovations,” Professor Dr Ingo Rollwagen said in his keynote speech.

“In addition to accelerating and increasing the efficiency of existing processes, it creates added value by improving products,” Dr Rollwagen added.

“In the future, AI will make it possible to not just do the same thing faster but also to create completely new, better, more individual and more sustainable textile solutions,” he stated.

Visitors will find innovative solutions and partners that will propel their companies forward and make them ready for the future, whether progressive start-ups or top-class research institutes.

Techtextil and Texprocess present the most comprehensive spectrum of technical textiles, functional apparel textiles, nonwovens, production and processing technologies at the same time and place.

In the twelve areas of application, the unique innovative strength offered by textile solutions for a wide range of sectors is reflected from construction to medicine.