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Techtextil North America to reunite technology rich textiles industry The show’s theme this year is ‘Accelerating Technology’ and aims to highlight the textile industry’s high level of innovation. 28th January 2021 As the first major textile event since COVID-19 put the brakes on tradeshows in early 2020, Techtextil North America returns to Raleigh from 23-25 August 2021 to reunite an industry hungry for in-person business interactions. The show’s theme this year is ‘Accelerating Technology’ and aims to highlight the textile industry’s high level of innovation and contribution...

Industry 4.0 remained a buzz-word at the recent Texprocess and Techtextil technology trade shows in Frankfurt, Germany, with new tools allowing data to flow seamlessly from digital design and development all the way through the supply chain to help garment manufacturers cut costs, improve quality, increase productivity, speed time-to-market, reduce waste and stay competitive. Other highlights included virtual fit solutions, a new 3D body scanner, and robot-assisted sewing.>

The collocated events were originally slated to be held May 12-14, 2020, in Atlanta. After the pandemic began, the shows were postponed until October, but regulations including travel restrictions and quarantine procedures prompted Messe Frankfurt to change its plans. In July, the in-person editions were postponed until their next editions in 2021 and 2022. “In lieu of a physical tradeshow in 2020, we still wanted to offer our exhibitors a platform for exposure, and our visitors the opportunity to learn about the latest trends and technologies hitting the technical textiles and sewn product...