Techtextil, the leading international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens, concluded its 16th edition in a four-day run at Messe Frankfurt this month. The 3rd edition of Texprocess, the international trade fair for textile processing which succeeded IMB, was also held concurrently with Techtextil in the same venue. Attendance figures which Messe Frankfurt released showed both shows successful and sustainable. Compared with its previous edition two years ago, Techtextil recorded 4.4% increase in exhibitors, totalling 1,389 from 52 countries, while visitors increased 3.9% to 28,491 from 102 countries. Since the previous edition, exhibitors from all of Asia increased from 184 to 212, while those particularly from China increased from 76 to 84. At the same time, Texprocess acquitted itself well compared with its previous edition in 2013. Exhibitor numbers has increased 1% to 273 from 33 countries, and visitor numbers increased 10% to 13,335 from 94 countries -58% of them coming from outside Germany. Texprocess also benefitted from its concurrent venue with Techtextil; an additional 7,600 visitors crossed its portals from Techtextil.
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