• Great expectations for the first leading industry trade show in three years
  

• Industry records significant increase in order intake 
  

"Exhibitors want to show what innovations they have developed in the last three years. They have hardly had the opportunity to show these to a larger audience since the pandemic began. In turn, visitors are looking for solutions for more sustainable, more flexible and also more regional production. Accordingly, the expectations for Texprocess are enormous and linked to the hope that many necessary investments will be made. The pandemic has shown that no virtual meeting can replace face-to-face exchanges on site."

Industry records significant increase in order intake

German manufacturers of Textile Care, Fabric and Leather Technologies ended the year 2021 with positive figures. Incoming orders increased by 35 percent in 2021 compared to the previous year.

In the sewing and garment technology sector, German machinery manufacturers were also able to increase exports in 2021 by 7 percent to 439 million euros. The most important export market from a German perspective was Poland, followed by the USA and France. 

Exports also recovered at European level in 2021. Exports from the EU countries as a whole rose by 8.5 percent to €1.356 billion. The most important markets for EU exports were Germany, the USA and Poland. "Companies' order books are well filled after the pandemic-related slumps in 2020,"

Straub said. "However, rising raw material prices, massive delivery delays for precursors, expensive and difficult transport conditions, and huge increases in energy costs continue to pose major challenges for many technology manufacturers. Added to this are now the unforeseeable consequences caused by the war in Ukraine. "