The VDMA Textile Machinery Association (Germany), in association with VDMA West India Office, media partners and Indian textile associations such as Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI), will host a two-day B2B Forum & Conference in Mumbai on May 15th and 16th this year.
The event, which will be themed “German Technology meets Indian Textiles and Nonwovens”, will see practice-oriented technology topics along the entire textile chain – from spinning to finishing and dyeing – being discussed in two parallel sessions by the industry experts from around 30 VDMA member companies.
All the decision-makers of textile, nonwoven and carpet manufacturing firms in India have been requested to register by April 30th, 2018 to make company presentations and conduct B2B meetings at the conference to enhance trade.
Further, key aspects such as energy- and material-efficiency, lifecycle costs and industrial internet (Industry 4.0) will enrich the programme with interactive discussions among the participants.
State-of-the-art technology will also be presented in three sessions: Textile machinery & components for the fibre and yarn industry; Textile machinery & components for the technical textiles and nonwovens industry; and Textile machinery & components for the apparel, home textile and carpet industry.
While elucidating the importance of such event, Regina Brückner, Chairperson – VDMA Textile Machinery Association, said, “The knowledge needed to keep up in the textile business is changing at a faster rate, which makes lifelong learning a must. The knowledge transfer at the VDMA event will improve the competitiveness of the Indian textile industry not only in the short but also in the medium and long-term.”
She added that the students of today are the decision makers and managers of tomorrow, so there is a need to keep them updated.
The body organised a similar forum in Coimbatore in 2013 when 16 German textile machinery manufacturers showcased their latest innovations to 270+ participants from the Indian textile industry.
The likes of Arvind Mills, Birla Textile Mills, Bombay Rayon Fashions, Century Enka, Kusumgar, Mafatlal Industries, Nakoda, Welspun India, Reliance Industries, Raymonds, SRF and VTX Industries then attended the forum in Coimbatore.
Markedly, VDMA hosted similar events in Charlotte, USA and Mexico City in November last year. The events primarily discussed the role of technical management, production managers, quality and maintenance managers along with the mill owners.
ANDRITZ, AUTEFA Solutions, Brückner Trockentechnik, DILO Systems + TEMAFA, Lindauer DORNIER, Erhardt+Leimer, Groz-Beckert, HAS Group, INTERSPARE, Karl Mayer, KÖRTING HANNOVER, MAHLO, A. MONFORTS Textilmaschinen, NEUENHAUSER, Oerlikon Manmade Fibers BARMAG, Oerlikon Manmade Fibers NEUMAG, PLEVA, RESEDA BINDER, Georg SAHM, Saurer Components branch Hammelburg (Saurer Temco), SEDO TREEPOINT, Textechno, THIES, Trützschler Spinning and Welker Vakuum were the major companies that attended the event in November.
The association also conducted its first ever Chinese B2B forum in Shanghai in October 2017 under the theme “Build the future for successful manufacturing in China with automation technologies”.
