Textilmaschinen

Welcome to the homepage of the Textile Machinery Association

The VDMA Textile Machinery represents a powerful branch of the German mechanical engineering. About 120 member companies, ranging from spinning to finishing, many of them world market leaders, are mostly medium-sized firms and represent around 90 percent of the total volume of the industry.

Our goals are to increase the competitiveness of our members and to secure the future viability of the textile machinery industry. For this reason, the economic and technical representation of the industry's interests, networking and exchange of experience as well as professional services are the focus of our work.

Topics include competition studies, ITMA and ITMA ASIA, market access restrictions and machine safety regulations, research, young engineers, standardisation, digitisation, support with trade fair policy decisions, symposia/B2B events in customer markets, marketing conferences, the entrepreneurs' meeting "Textile Machinery Forum”, media relations, statistics, manufacturer sourcing service and much more.

Decisions are made by the Executive Board of the Association and the Walter Reiners-Stiftung (Foundation) of the German Textile Machinery Industry for the promotion of young engineers. Important committees of the Association are the Exhibition and Marketing Committee, the Technology and Research Advisory Board as well as China Management Meeting.

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Machines for the production of materials for respirator masks, social distancing masks and protective gowns

Whether masks, surgical gowns or disinfecting wipes, the production of the textile starting material is the first step in a multi-stage production process. Members of the VDMA are at the beginning of this technological chain.

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Turn of the year 2020 / 2021:Sector, topics and perspectives - back and forth

The general conditions for the mechanical engineering industry have been dominated by the corona pandemic since the spring. The smouldering conflict between China and the USA with its effects on international trade has almost receded into the background.

Indonesia market - 40 percent of spinning machines older than 20 years

During a VDMA web conference, Ms Sherlina Kawilarang, Vice-President, Indonesia Textile Association (API), informed member companies about the current situation of the Indonesian textile industry.

Interview with Johann Philipp Dilo on the hybrid VDMA General Assembly 2020

Johann Philipp Dilo, CEO Dilo Group, and Thomas Waldmann, managing director of the VDMA Textile Machinery, were among the few representatives of the textile machinery industry who were admitted to the "presence event" of the VDMA General Assembly 2020 on 9 October due to corona-related conditions. After the meeting the managing director asked Mr. Dilo for his impressions.

REACH: Entries in SCIP database - Check your concern!

From January 2021, articles containing "Substances of Very High Concern" (SVHC, REACH candidate list) will be subject to additional obligations for their suppliers. Irrespective of whether the efforts of the VDMA to keep the bureaucratic effort within limits will be successful, machine and plant manufacturers will have to deal with the issue.

Interview management change at CEMATEX

For the European textile machinery industry organisation – CEMATEX – the VDMA provided its president for the last 4 years. Fritz P. Mayer, former Chairman of the Textile Machinery Association (from 2008 to 2016), successfully ran for office in 2016 according to the rotation principle practised in CEMATEX.

EU Taxonomy Regulation for Sustainable Finance

The EU Taxonomy aims to contribute to the European Green Deal by encouraging private investment in green and sustainable projects. To access sustainable financing, economic activities and products must meet defined criteria and limits.

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ITMA ASIA & CITME 2020 postponed to June 2021!

As the organisers of ITMA ASIA CITME announced on 22 April, ITMA ASIA CITME 2020 will not be able to take place in October 2020 as planned due to the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. The new date has been set for 12 to 14 June 2021. The venue remains the National Exhibition and Convention Centre (NECC) in Shanghai.