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The Performance Days trade fair has chosen a new Focus Topic that concerns not only our own industry. The textile industry has long been achieving more efficient production by recycling its own waste products and using recycled materials from outside the industry, for example, PET-bottles. © Performance Days

07/10/2020 – Focus Topic: Nothing to Waste – Closing the Loop

Focus Topic: Nothing to Waste – Closing the Loop

25. Performance Days: Stop wasting finite resources!

Finite resources and endless mountains of rubbish set the tone of the upcoming 25th edition of Performance Days. By Editorial staff

The new production line in Taiwan is the first to feature the latest spunlaid technology developed by Freudenberg. © Freudenberg Performance Materials

30/09/2020 – Focus on technology and sustainability

Focus on technology and sustainability

Freudenberg starts up new production line in Taiwan

The installation of a state-of-the-art spunlaid line in Taiwan is completed. The target: production of nonwovens for diverse markets. By Editorial staff

TexCoat: Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the installations in the USA and in Turkey were completed in just 60 days. © Baldwin

30/10/2020 – Innovative precision spray systems

Innovative precision spray systems

Baldwin defies the Corona Pandemic

Baldwin installs six precision spray systems in 60 days for textile manufacturers in the US and Turkey to enhance productivity. By Editorial staff

The extremely hard-wearing and at the same time very fine and light high-end Merino Jersey made in Germany, Upper Franconia, is a completely new product on the market. The yard ware can be further processed in many different ways. © Thümling Textilmaschinen

14/09/2020 – Innovation made in Germany

Innovation made in Germany

Merino wool technology for merino jersey

Thümling Textilmaschinen GmbH and Rothycon Roy Thyroff Consulting present a completely new warp knitting technology. By Editorial staff

The December 2020 edition of Performance Days will unfortunately not take place at the Messe München. © Performance Days

27/10/2020 – Corona: Fair as online event replaces exhibition halls in Munich!

Corona: Fair as online event replaces exhibition halls in Munich!

Performance Days as digital fair

The Performance Days trade fair will take place in December 2020 exclusively as an online event and therefore not on the Munich exhibition grounds. By Editorial staff

Since resource efficiency and recycling will play an increasingly important role in the design of new products in the coming years, it is very likely that the share of natural fibre composites – NFCs – in the composite market will continue to increase. © ipopba/stock.adobe.com

24/08/2020 – Sustainable nonwovens

Sustainable nonwovens

Natural fibres in technical nonwovens – research results

Natural fibres and their use can make an important contribution to the fight against global warming. By Editorial staff

Due to the short-term increase in demand from Chinese customers, Lenzing AG is breaking new ground. For the first time in the history of Austria, a local company is sending goods that are 100 percent produced in Austria directly to China by train. © Lenzing/Scheiblecker

02/09/2020 – Upside-down world

Upside-down world

Lenzing sends fibers by train from Austria to China

For the first time in the history of Austria, a local company is sending goods that are 100 percent produced in Austria directly to China by train. By Editorial staff