Messe Frankfurt accomplishes the 1st International Techtextil-Symposium South America (November 07th and 08th at Centro Fecomércio de Eventos, located in State of São Paulo.)

The leading event for textile technology and information exchange in Latin America brings together producers, converters, transformers and users Techtextil South America will present a symposium that offers producers, converters, transformers and users in the emerging markets of Latin America a current update of latest new technologies and market tendencies as well as the opportunity for information exchange. Organized by Messe Frankfurt Feiras, one of the world’s leading trade fairs organizers, the 1st Techtextil-Symposium South America 2006 takes place on November 07th and 08th at Centro Fecomércio de Eventos, located in State of São Paulo. The Techtextil brand with trade fairs being organized in five key regions is considered the most important trade show for this sector in the world, and thus, aims at bringing to the Latin American markets the main technical and informative event. The participants will also be able to attend the accompanying exhibition for technical textiles and nonwovens, where companies will have the opportunity to establish a relationship with professional visitors. “Participants will be updated on the innovations of the sector, they will exchange experiences and will be able to get in touch with new technologies that, today, are responsible for the success of this market in other countries. The symposium will also discuss the tendencies, always with focus on the product groups and in the twelve areas of applications of Techtextil (described below)”, affirms Ligia Amorim, Managing Director of Messe Frankfurt in Brazil. National and international speakers will be part of the programming. The themes will be linked to the market and the technology used in the sector, as well as with the new applications and innovative uses of nonwovens and technical textiles. The Latin American market as a continent of opportunities and Brazil’s future in the automotive sector, geosynthetics, agricultural, shoes, disposable andconsumption products is promising. The internationalization of the nonwovens market and the local impact, besides the growing Asian presence and the main challenges that this may bring, will also be on the agenda. To further illustrate the technology applied to the technical textiles and nonwovens, an overview will be presented on nanotechnology and its reality in South America will be discussed. The congress visitors will also be informed of new production methods, which are changing the panorama in this area of high performance fibers development, recycling and environment. Messe Frankfurt counts on Noûs Consulting partnership to formulate the scope of the symposium. According to Leandro Fraga, partner of the consultancy, Latin America is a continent of countries in ascension, as the economy grows and as the modernization of industrial processes continues to develop, the product evolution and the consumer market intensifies the use of technical textiles and nonwovens. “As the technological development increases the need for performance, the use of components and high performance technical materials grows naturally”, says Fraga. Technical Textiles and nonwovens: products and applications Technical fabrics are products that have base fibers and threads in the final product that are used specifically for technical and practical ends and not purely aesthetic, such as threads, monofilaments, woven, meshes, ribbons, ropes, strings, belts, cables, nets, coated and covered textile materials and textile reinforcements. Nonwovens consist of veiled or blanket structures of fibers or filaments consolidated by mechanical, chemical, thermal or combination processes. These products can be divided into two groups; durable (as internal covering of automobiles, base of carpet geotextile and buckrams for ready-to-wear clothes) and disposable (cleaning cloths, absorbent, diapers, agricultural coverings and disposable clothes for the medical-hospital area). The ten product groups for the exhibitors are: Research/Development/Planning/Consulting Technology/Machinery Accessories Fibers & Yarns Woven Fabrics/Laid Webs/Braiding/Knitted Fabrics Nonwovens Coated Textiles/Canvas Products Composites Bondtec (techniques of stickers and surface) Associations Specialized Publications And the 12 areas of application are: Agrotech (gardening and landscaping, agriculture, animal husbandry, woven fabrics, fences, greenhouses etc.) Buildtech (membranes, lightweight and solid constructions, civil engineering and industrial, engineering, temporary constructions, wheelwork road building, railroads, hydro ways, agricultural constructions etc.) Clothtech (clothing, safety clothes, shoes etc.) Geotech (civil engineering, earth and road construction, dam engineering, dump construction with environmental protection, soil sealing, drainage systems etc.) Hometech (furniture and upholstery, carpets and rugs, floor and wall coverings, windows etc.) Indutech (filtration, cleaning, mechanical engineering, chemical industry, electrical and electronic materials, seals, thermal and sound-insulating products) Medtech (hygiene products and medicine, equipments for rescue services, disposable products etc.) Mobiltech (automobile industries, ship building and aerospace, rail vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles, airbags, tires etc.) Oekotech (environmental protection, recycling, disposal and garbage treatment etc.) Packtech (packing materials, protecting covering systems, big bags, flexible container, sacks, transportable container systems, etc.) Protech (protection for persons and properties,etc) Sporttech (sports clothes, active wear, outdoor, sports equipment and outfits, sports shoes etc.) Facts and Dates 1st International Techtextil-Symposium South America Organization: Messe Frankfurt Feiras Dates: 07th and 08th November, 2006 Venue: Centro Fecomércio de Eventos Time: from 9h00 to 18h00 Ligia Amorim – Managing Director Internet: www.messefrankfurtfeiras.com.br Further information: www.techtextil.com.br Techtextil Worldwide Techtextil editions are presented in even and odd years: Atlanta, Shanghai, Frankfurt, Moscow and São Paulo. In the years 2004 and 2005, these five editions attracted, altogether 1,952 thousand exhibitors and more than 35 thousand visitors. The event counts ten product groups for exhibitors that can be applied in 12 areas (described above). Techtextil addresses exclusively the professionals of the sector and the so called converters, transformers and users, in other words, companies that use technical textiles in the production of final products such as protective clothing, equipment and automotive parts, shoes, hygiene products, and diapers, among others. Techtextil Worlwide – Dates Cinte Techtextil China (Shanghai, China, 19 – 21 September,2006) Techtextil Rossija (Moscow, Russia, 27 February – 1 March, 2007) Techtextil (Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 12 – 14 June, 2007) Techtextil North America (Atlanta, USA, 1 – 3 April 2008) Messe Frankfurt Feiras Brasil (MFF) is a subsidiary of the German company, Messe Frankfurt GmbH, one of the world’s largest trade show organizers with headquarters in Germany. There are 14 subsidiaries and 49 representatives worldwide that assist 113 countries. Present in the national market since 1998, they now organize fairs in the Furniture, Franchising, Textile, Printing and Games sector. Besides Techtextil-Symposium South America, other main events include the International Furniture Sales and Export Fair (FENAVEM), Casas Bahia (the largest event aimed at Brazil’s Detail), ABF Franchising Expo, EXPOPRINT (Pre-press, Printing and Post Press Expo) and Arena Gamer Entertainment (Latin America’s largest games event). Press contact Christine Kern / Sylvia Beckerhoff Telephone: +49 69 75 75-60 84 / 67 38 Telefax: +49 69 75 75-69 50 christine.kern@messefrankfurt.com sylvia.beckerhoff@messefrankfurt.com