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.
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
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