RUSSIA
Responding to the needs of the technical textiles and fibrous materials market, Messe Frankfurt RUS will turn Techtextil Russia into an annual event. The ninth show will be held at the IEC Expocentre, in Moscow on 20-22 February 2017.
Technical textiles and equipment for its production is recognised as the main factor of Russian textile and light industry development. This sub-sector has been actively promoted and supported by governmental structures at the regional and federal levels, according to Messe Frankfurt RUS, a subsidiary of Messe Frankfurt.
In 2016, 120 companies from 15 countries, including Belarus, Belgium, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, Switzerland, Tunisia, and Russia presented their equipment, technologies and products at Techtextil Russia.
The exhibition is timed to coincide with the Russian Textile Week, which runs from 20-23 February. Four top events will take place at the Expocentre fairground, including Inlegmash, an international exhibition for textile manufacturing and processing; CJF, an event for children’s and junior fashion; and Interfabric, an international exhibition of fabric and textile materials. The central event of the business programme of the Russian Textile Week will be Legpromforum-2017, the international forum of light industry, in which current issues, challenges and prospects for the industry in general and its most dynamic segments will be discussed on the highest governmental level.
