Texprocess will be held in Germany, May 14 to 17, 2019. This is a trade fair for processing textiles and flexible materials. Exhibitors will present latest machinery, systems, processes and services for manufacturing garments as well as textile and flexible materials.

The Texprocess forum will offer a wide range of topics and technical impetus for textile processors, users and retailers. On May 14, VDMA Textile Care, Fabric and Leather Technologies will investigate the impact of digitisation in the garment and textile processing industry and the extent to which the changes triggered by Industrie 4.0 are already part of the value chain. The advancing digitisation of the entire value chain as well as the constantly increasing automation and robotization in processing textiles and flexible materials will also be the main topic at the VDMA Textile Care, Fabric and Leather Technologies’ press conference at Texprocess on May 15. Other topics are 3D product development, networks of cutting, handling and software, predictive maintenance, augmented reality as well as new business models supported by big data and artificial intelligence. Companies will provide an up-to-date overview of the next steps in Industrie 4.0 developments in sewing and garment technology as well as in machines for processing technical textiles.