Registration for the 13^th edition of Techtextil North America, and the third edition of Texprocess Americas is now open, organisers report. The 2016 event is scheduled to run from 3-5 May at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA.

JEC Americas will once again be co-located on the same show floor, to provide a dynamic synergy creating the largest technical textiles, nonwovens, textile machinery, composites, sewn products and equipment trade show in the US.

“We’re excited to once again offer the North American textile industry a vast product offering through the co-location of Techtextil North America, Texprocess Americas and JEC Americas as the platform that will blend together the technical textile, sewn products and composites value chain with a goal of enhancing the visitor experience,” said Dennis Smith, President of Messe Frankfurt.

Vast product offering

Techtextil North America, Texprocess Americas and the co-location of JEC Americas are expected to draw visitors from top industry executives, buyers, engineers, technical directors, plant managers, product development managers, media and more.

With exhibitors from around the world, the tri-located event will bring decision makers from all of the major industries that touch technical textiles, sewn products, equipment, technology and composites together in one place to experience the latest in innovation. Many new country pavilions are expected to be on the show floor this year. Countries include Turkey, Pakistan, Taiwan and Belgium. Visitors can expect to see returning pavilions from Italy, Portugal, China, Germany and Supply Chain USA.

Programme highlights

Premier Symposium will be held concurrently with the show floor. For three days over 100 speakers will present during Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas. Throughout the conference visitors will also have the opportunity to speak with industry experts on topics that include smart textiles, advancements in nonwovens, long and short term future uses of technology, welding, reshoring, geosynthetics, cutting and sewing floor techniques and more.

A must visit show floor attraction is the annual Graduate Student Poster Program Posters, according to organisers. Graduate students from around the world will have a platform to share their research findings with peers and potential employers/sponsors.

SEAMS Association will once again organize the Supply Chain USA Pavilion. Dedicated to promoting sound economic growth for the US sewn products companies, the not-for-profit organization supports the industry through various measures which includes attending important international trade shows. In 2014 the Pavilion supported by SEAMS hosted 34 exhibiting companies.

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www.texprocessamericas.com