Textilmaschinen

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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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VDMA members successfully met Indian Textiles and Nonwovens: German textile machinery ranks first.

India is a very important market for the German textile machinery industry, with an export of more than €255 million (+ 8 %) in 2017. Many German machinery builders have longstanding relations with Indian customers and quite a number of them also provide production plants and training centres in India. Not surprisingly, about 370 decision-makers and experts from the textile and nonwoven related industry attended the VDMA conference and B2B event called “German Technology meets Indian Textiles and Nonwovens” in Mumbai on 15-16 May 2018 (www.germantech-indiantextile.de).

Investment Promotion Scheme India: New ATUFS Application Requirements for Textile Machinery Manufacturers

For the VDMA, it is clear that ISO 9000 or ISO 14000 certifications demanded by the Indians disadvantage, in particular, SMEs and they are not a prerequisite for the production of high-quality textile machinery. The Association and the VDMA liaison office India represent the interests of the member companies.

Press Release: German Technology Successfully Met US and Mexican Textiles and Nonwovens

The VDMA Textile Machinery Association has accomplished successful events for the textile industries in the US and Mexico. More than 80 decision-makers of the US textile, nonwoven and carpet industry as well as 25 leading textile machinery and accessories manufacturers participated in the VDMA textile machinery conference on November 6 in Charlotte (NC). The following two-day event on 8-9 November in Mexico City attracted nearly 450 customers and 30 textile machinery and accessories manufacturers, making it one of the most successful events of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association ever.

Kolumbien: erfolgreiches Textilmaschinen-Symposium und B2B-Forum

Vom 10. bis 14. Juli 2017 präsentierten sieben VDMA-Mitgliedsunternehmen ihre Technologien und Lösungen vor über 100 Vertretern der kolumbianischen Textilindustrie in Bogotá und Medellín. Eine Zielmarktanalyse im Vorfeld, gezielte B2B-Gespräche sowie Besichtigungen von zwei bedeutenden kolumbianischen Textilherstellern Artextil und FABRICATO rundeten die Geschäftsanbahnungsreise ab. Diese wurde von der AHK Kolumbien organisiert und vom Fachverband Textilmaschinen aktiv unterstützt. Alle teilnehmenden Firmenvertreter konnten neue Kontakte zu potentiellen Kunden und Vertretungen knüpfen und zum Teil sogar Aufträge abschließen.

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.