Organisers have rescheduled Heimtextil to run in June.
The international trade fair for home and contract textiles recently cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic. It will take place as a one-time Summer Special from June 21-24. In addition, Techtextil and Texprocess, the respective trade fairs for technical textiles and nonwovens and for the processing of textile and flexible materials will take place at the same time.
Olaf Schmidt, vice president for event organiser Messe Frankfurt textiles and textile technologies, is pleased the show will proceed. He says, “It is great to see the high level of trust that our exhibitors have in us, even after more than two years of the pandemic.
“The need to return to personal business meetings and new global contacts in face-to-face exchanges before the end of this year is as strong as ever. That is so even if the reunion this year will take place in a different setting than usual.”
Long standing Heimtextil exhibitors have already confirmed their participation. Schmidt says national and international buyers can experience global trends and innovations along large parts of the textile value chain bundled in one place. He says, “The close proximity to Techtextil and Texprocess provides Heimtextil buyers with exciting new perspectives. These include innovative functionalities of technical textiles and nonwovens as well as processing technologies for the home textiles industry. Through these synergies, we create additional incentives to attract national and international buyers.
He adds that the simultaneous presence of retailers, interior designers, textile engineers, architects, material experts from research and development, as well as machine and technology specialists, will give exhibitors at all three trade fairs an opportunity to establish business contacts in completely new constellations through cross-networking.
