• First meeting of the textile processing industry in Europe after three years
  

• Industry records stable order intake and turnover
  

"The current situation, with the after-effects of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, also poses major challenges for the garment and textile processing industry. Here, at Texprocess, customers are looking for solutions for more flexible, regional and sustainable production. Accordingly, hopes are high that the necessary investments will also be made."

At the VDMA TFL press conference, the member companies bierrebi SPA, Expert Systemtechnik GmbH as well as Dürkopp Adler GmbH gave an exemplary overview of the innovations the companies had made in the last three years. On the cutting machines of bierrebi, for example, more than 3 billion parts for T-shirts and underwear are produced every year. Expert Systemtechnik, another manufacturer of fully automatic 2D cutting systems, is presenting the flexibility in cutting with the 2nd generation of their knife cutter, both for the textile and the leather sector. Dürkopp Adler shows how the sewing production of tomorrow is mastered with flexible automation and on-demand production.

Industry records stable order intake and turnover Orders and sales of German manufacturers of Textile Care, Fabric and Leather Technologies continue to be positive: in the period from May 2021 to April 2022, incoming orders increased by 66 percent in real terms and sales also turned positive after two years with a 0.1 percent increase. German machinery manufacturers were able to increase exports by 8 percent to 442 million euros in 2021. The most important export markets from a German perspective were Poland, followed by the USA and France.

Exports of Italian technology manufacturers also recovered in 2021, increasing by 12 per cent to 271 million euros. The most important markets for Italian exports were the USA, China and Turkey. "The stable incoming orders after the pandemic-related slumps give reason for hope," said Straub.