The Network@Texprocess presentation platform for IT companies almost fully booked up

IT systems are becoming increasingly important in the apparel industry. In this modern age of fast fashions, fashion companies can use them to accelerate processes, reduce costs and improve quality. The exhibitors making presentations at Texprocess, Leading International Trade Fair for Processing Textile and Flexible Materials, in Frankfurt am Main from 24 to 27 May 2011 include the market leaders for IT solutions in the textile-processing sector. Aimed primarily at small to medium-sized companies, the information stands of the Network@Texprocess IT market place are already almost fully booked up. Altogether, around 60 IT companies will exhibit at the sector’s new leading international trade fair.

Detlef Braun, Member of the Board of Management of Messe Frankfurt: “We are delighted that we have been able to anchor the growing and highly innovative IT sector in Texprocess. With the biennial cycle of events, the high level of internationality and the Network@Texprocess market place, we can cater very well for the needs of IT companies.”

Renowned IT specialists, such as Assyst, AVM, Deister electronic, Expert Systemtechnik, Gerber Technology, Grafis Software, Human Solutions, ImPuls, Insys Interactive Systems, Koppermann, Lectra, MobiMedia, Parametric Technology, Setlog, Texdata, Textrace, TXTE Solutions and Update Texware, have signed up to exhibit at Texprocess in Hall 4.0. An up-to-date list of exhibitors can be found on the internet at www.texprocess.com. The Network@Texprocess IT market place, at which small to medium-sized companies show their products on information stands, is also located in Hall 4.0.

These exhibitors present IT solutions for pattern design, product lifecycle management, enterprise resource planning systems, the trade and internal and external logistics processes. The high-tech systems help, inter alia, to accelerate the production process, cut costs and optimise fit. The trends include 3D visualisation, 3D body scanning and RFID technology.

Texprocess from 24 to 27 May 2011 covers the entire textileprocessing value chain. Market leaders present the latest machines, plant, processes and services for the apparel and textile-processing industry. The conceptual partner of Texprocess is VDMA Garment and Leather Technology. The leading international trade fair for textile processing is aimed at specialists from the fields of apparel manufacturing, textile processing and technical-textile processing, as well as the trade, handicrafts, service providers and the science and training sectors. The processors of technical textiles come from the automobile, aerospace, upholstery, mattress, packaging and industrial-safety sectors. Texprocess is held concurrently with Techtextil, International Trade Fair for Technical Textiles and Nonwovens, from 24 to 26 May 2011. Further information about Texprocess can be found on the internet at www.texprocess.com.

Techtextil
Techtextil, International Trade Fair for Technical Textiles and Nonwovens, will be held parallel to Texprocess from 24 to 26 May 2011. Over 1,200 exhibitors from 45 countries form the world’s foremost marketing and sourcing platform for users and manufacturers of technical textiles and nonwovens with an infinite spectrum of potential technological applications. Additionally, an extensive conference programme will illustrate the innovative nature of the sectors
involved.

You will find further information at www.techtextil.com

Background information on Messe Frankfurt
Messe Frankfurt is Germany’s leading trade fair organiser, with approx. € 450 million* in sales and more than 1,770 employees worldwide. The Messe Frankfurt Group has a global network of 28 subsidiaries, five branch offices and 52 international Sales Partners, giving it a presence for its customers in more than 150 countries. Events “made by Messe Frankfurt” take place at more than 30 locations around the globe. In 2010, Messe Frankfurt organised 88 trade fairs, of which more than half took place outside Germany. Messe Frankfurt’s exhibition grounds, featuring 578,000 square metres, are currently home to ten exhibition halls and an adjacent Congress Centre. The company is publicly owned, with the City of Frankfurt holding 60 percent and the State of Hesse 40 percent.

For more information, please visit our website at: www.messefrankfurt.com