18/01/2016
Mtex+ – Czech Republic becomes a partner country
The Czech Republic has become a partner country in mtex+, the 6th International Trade Fair for Technical Textiles, which takes place between 31 May and 2 June 2016 in Chemnitz, Germany. This was agreed recently at a meeting in Prague between the Czech Textile Federation Atok, the Federation of the North-East German Textile and Clothing Industry (vti), the Czech Techtex network Clutex and trade fair organiser Messe Chemnitz.
Michael Kynast, head of the Chemnitz trade fair mtex+ (r.), supported by the Moscow-based foreign trade expert Igor Salomakhin, established contacts with Russian textile businesses Photo: Stefan Möbius
A friendly atmosphere dominated the recent visit from a delegation from mtex+ and vti to their Atok and clutex partners in the Czech Republic. The photo shows (left to right) Petr Moravec, from Silk & Progress, Brnenec; vti board chairman Friedmar Götz; Jan Hermansky, from Svitap, Sivtavy; vti managing director Bertram Höfer; and Michael Kynast, head of the Chemnitz trade fair Photo: Stefan Möbius
Michael Kynast, head of the Chemnitz trade fair mtex+ (r.), supported by the Moscow-based foreign trade expert Igor Salomakhin, established contacts with Russian textile businesses Photo: Stefan Möbius
Representatives of the research and development network highSTICK plus, covering the embroidery industry of the Vogtland, will be attending mtex+ to demonstrate how optical fibres with diameters of up to 18 millimetres can be integrated into various materials by means of embroidery technology Photo: Wolfgang Schmidt