Texcare International continues to expand. For the first time, Messe Frankfurt is opening Hall 9 in addition to Hall 8 for Texcare International 2016, to meet exhibitor demand for additional exhibition space, as well as to offer more space for new and young companies.
The inclusion of hall 9 offers improved presentation opportunities for exhibitors and, owing to the increase in the area covered and the number of exhibitors, the organisers expect the fair to be even more attractive to visitors.
Industry 4.0 will be a key factor at the coming fair. Intelligent networking of machines and product flows optimises processes, saves energy and changes the occupational profile. Many processes in modern industrial laundries and dry cleaners are already fully automatic. These processes can be further optimised by machinery and plant linked in ‘SmartFab’ terms and capable of exchanging information not only with each other but also with an enterprise resource planning system. For example, there could be an ‘intelligent wardrobe’ to regulate the laundry process at the customer’s.
Energy and resource efficiency continue to play a vital role in modern textile care. How can water, electricity and heat consumption be further reduced and intelligently controlled? In the textile-service field, sustainability is becoming a new quality feature along the entire value chain – from cotton growing to bed sheets in the hotel.
The demands on personal protective clothing and equipment are growing continuously. In addition to coatings, garments include sensors and electronic components that can, for example, warn of poisonous smoke or measure the wearer’s body temperature. Making highly complex functional clothing is a top subject at Texcare for manufacturers, research institutes and at the Texcare Forum.
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