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Industry Meeting VDMA Textile Care, Fabric and Leather Technologies

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FROM FIBRE TO FASHION - Joint annual assembly of VDMA Textile Care, Fabric and Leather Technologies (TFL) and VDMA Textile Machinery (TXM); only our members and selected guests are invited.

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Wed. 04.06.25 15:00 - 22:30 hrs.
Thu. 05.06.25 08:00 - 16:30 hrs.
  • Hotel Maximilian’s
  • Maximilianstraße 40
  • 86150 Augsburg
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  • English

FROM FIBRE TO FASHION - Joint annual assembly of VDMA Textile Care, Fabric and Leather Technologies (TFL) and VDMA Textile Machinery (TXM); only our members and selected guests are invited.

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We have set up a call-off contingent at the hotel. Please book your room at Hotel Maximilian's, Maximilianstrasse 40, 86150 Augsburg, Germany by 15/04/2025 at the latest by calling +49 821 50360 - Booking code: VDMA TFL
Classic single room 239 EUR / Superior single room 254 EUR 
Room rate per night incl. breakfast

Wed. 04.06.25

15:00 - 15:30 hrs.

Coffee break / Welcome coffee

Arrival, registration and opportunity for talks

15:30 - 15:30 hrs.

Opening Event

First Joint Meeting of VDMA associations Textile Care, Fabric and Leather Technologies and Textile Machinery

15:30 - 15:35 hrs.

Welcome

Elgar Straub

Elgar Straub

Managing Director

VDMA Textile Care, Fabric and Leather Technologies, Munich, Germany
Dr. Harald Weber

Dr. Harald Weber

Managing Director

VDMA Textile Machinery, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

15:35 - 15:55 hrs.

Overview economic developments including live voting

Elgar Straub

Elgar Straub

Managing Director

VDMA Textile Care, Fabric and Leather Technologies, Munich, Germany
Dr. Harald Weber

Dr. Harald Weber

Managing Director

VDMA Textile Machinery, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

15:55 - 16:45 hrs.

Global challenges

Oliver Richtberg

Oliver Richtberg

Head of Department

VDMA Foreign Trade Department, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

16:45 - 17:00 hrs.

Short break

17:00 - 17:00 hrs.

VDMA TFL Industry Meeting

for members of VDMA Association Textile Care, Fabric and Leather Technologies

17:00 - 17:20 hrs.

Personnel matters Baord VDMA TFL

Elgar Straub

Elgar Straub

Managing Director

VDMA Textile Care, Fabric and Leather Technologies, Munich, Germany

17:20 - 17:35 hrs.

Report on activities of the associations

17:35 - 17:45 hrs.

Outlook Texprocess 2026

Olaf Schmidt

Olaf Schmidt

Vice President Textile Fairs

Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY

17:45 - 17:55 hrs.

Greetings from the Partner Association

17:55 - 18:00 hrs.

Conclusion

18:30 - 19:00 hrs.

Bus departure evening event

19:00 - 19:00 hrs.

VDMA TFL and VDMA TXM together@tim

Guided tour and Dinner | tim -Textil- und Industriemuseum, Augsburg

19:00 - 19:30 hrs.

Aperitif and appetizers

19:30 - 19:45 hrs.

Speech by the Chairmen of TFL and TXM and by Deputy Museum Director tim

Dr. Michaela Breil

Dr. Michaela Breil

Dr. Janpeter Horn

Dr. Janpeter Horn

Managing Director

August Herzog Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, Oldenburg, GERMANY
Günter Veit

Günter Veit

Managing Director

VEIT GmbH, Landsberg, Germany

19:45 - 20:30 hrs.

From raw materials to fashion

Guided Tour

20:30 - 22:30 hrs.

Dinner

22:30 - 22:45 hrs.

Bus departure hotel

Bus departure hotel

Thu. 05.06.25

08:00 - 08:30 hrs.

Bus departure for Textiltechnik Augsburg (ITA)

08:30 - 09:40 hrs.

Visit Institute for Textile Technology Augsburg (ITA)

Visit to the test fields "Textile Recycling"

Professor Mesut Cetin MBA

Professor Mesut Cetin MBA

Managing Director

ITA Institut für Textiltechnik Augsburg gGmbH, Augsburg, Germany

09:40 - 09:40 hrs.

Bus departure Technology Center Augsburg (TZA)

10:15 - 10:15 hrs.

Presentations

Technologiezentrum Augsburg (TZA)

10:15 - 10:45 hrs.

Overview of the tour, projects


Professor Mesut Cetin MBA

Professor Mesut Cetin MBA

Managing Director

ITA Institut für Textiltechnik Augsburg gGmbH, Augsburg, Germany

10:45 - 11:30 hrs.

Technological challenges Textile and Textile Processing Machines - from AI to recycling

Professor Thomas Gries

Professor Thomas Gries

Head of Institute

RWTH Aachen Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA), Aachen, Germany

11:30 - 11:45 hrs.

Coffee Break

11:45 - 12:30 hrs.

Panel discussion

"Textile and fashion production in transition"

Dr. Holger Erth

Dr. Holger Erth

Member of the Management Board

Forschungskuratorium Textil e. V., Berlin
Professor Thomas Gries

Professor Thomas Gries

Head of Institute

RWTH Aachen Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA), Aachen, Germany
Dipl-Ing. Hans Peter Hiemer

Dipl-Ing. Hans Peter Hiemer

Managing Director

ASSYST GmbH, Aschheim, Germany
Verena Thies

Verena Thies

Managing Director

THIES GmbH & Co. KG, Coesfeld, Germany

12:30 - 13:30 hrs.

Lunch

13:30 - 14:00 hrs.

Bus departure company visit

14:00 - 16:00 hrs.

Company visit VEIT GmbH, Landsberg/Lech

16:00 - 16:30 hrs.

Bus departure hotel

16:30 - 16:30 hrs.

End of Meeting

Documents and downloads:

Program Industry Meeting 20250604_05
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Accompanying program_Industry_Meeting_2025-06-04
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