The leading event and innovation platform, 55th Dornbirn Man-made Fibers Congress which is scheduled to be from September 20-22, is set to welcome around 800 researchers and technicians from 30 nations. The considerable interest and rising number of participants of retail and brands will complete the innovation network. Like every year, the guiding principle of the event is sustainability, manifested in the content of the lectures, as well as expressed by the fact that Dornbirn-MFC is a certified Green Event.

The thematic focus of the 55th Dornbirn-MFC will be on fibers and textiles in automotive, fibers for nonwovens, latest fiber innovation, finishing and functional additives and textiles.

To facilitate interaction and experience the congress will schedule panel discussions and workshops in the program. The Young Scientist Forum will take place the day before the beginning of the congress. A high-calibre panel discussion will conclude the plenary on the opening day. The closing of the whole congress will be a panel discussion supervised by a well-known marketing professor at the University Niederrhein.