INTERNATIONAL
Automation, digitisation, logistics and AI are essential for the future of textile care and Texcare International in its return to Frankfurt after eight years has plenty on offer in this regard. The textile care industry has been looking to Frankfurt with great expectations of the event which runs 6 to 9 November.
“After a long eight-year wait, expectations for Texcare International are very high,” said Elgar Straub, managing director of VDMA (Textile Care, Fabric and Leather Technologies). “The exhibitors want to show the innovations they have developed in recent years, and only here, at the world’s leading trade fair, can they present them to an international audience.”
The industry is profiting from the globally increased requirements for hygiene and sustainability. On the other hand, it is confronted with a labour shortage and rising costs. Accordingly, great hopes are being pinned on the solutions presented at Texcare. The most important buzzwords here are: automation, digitalisation, logistics and AI.
Rising exports of European and German laundry and textile cleaning
machines
European manufacturers of laundry and textile cleaning technology were able to increase their exports by six % to 1.064 billion euros in the first seven months of 2024. Most of the exports went to the USA, Poland and Turkey.
German exports also grew during this period, albeit only by 1.4 % to €249 million. The most important export markets for German machine manufacturers were Poland, the USA and France. VDMA Textile Care, Fabric and Leather Technologies is the conceptual partner of Texcare.
