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Early bird pricing ends soon for Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas 2020

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There is less than one week remaining to purchase early bird tickets for the upcoming editions of Techtextil North America & Texprocess Americas, once again co-located in Atlanta from May 12-14, 2020. Prices will increase on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 11:59pm ET.

There is less than one week remaining to purchase early bird tickets for the upcoming editions of Techtextil North America & Texprocess Americas, once again co-located in Atlanta from May 12-14, 2020. Prices will increase on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 11:59pm ET.?

Tickets to the Official Techtextil North America & Texprocess Americas Reception, Symposiums and Sustainability Forum are all currently available at a reduced rate with early bird pricing. Tickets to these events are limited and likely to sell out.

Each show-specific symposium features eight paid sessions on various topics and can be purchased through a one, two or three day pass, and the all-new, Sustainability Forum will feature companies leading the charge on sustainable manufacturing in a two-part format. While the full 60+ speaker lineup has not been released, this year’s sessions will include speakers from:

Techtextil North America Symposium

  • Georgia Tech’s School of Materials Science and Engineering
  •  Natick Soldier Research Center
  • Freudenberg Performance Materials
  • Kimberly Clark




Texprocess Americas Symposium

  • Bluewater Defense
  • The University of Georgia’s Department of Textiles, Merchandising & Interiors
  • Target
  • Lab141


Sustainability Forum

  • Nike
  • Sustainable Textile Solutions
  • ZDHC
  • Eton Systems



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