1945 professional visitors from 23 countries including Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Latvia, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey and Ukraine attended Techtextil Rossija 2007, the Trade Fair for Technical Textiles, Nonwovens and Protective Clothing, that took place on May 29 – 31, 2007 in the IEC Crocus Expo.
The next edition of Techtextil in Moscow will take place May 27 - 29, 2008. Due to a harmonization of the show names, within the brand policy, Techtextil Rossija will be renamed Techtextil Russia.
They highly appreciated the exhibitor’s level, product variety and trade fair organisation. Techtextil Rossija 2007 presented 100 manufacturers from 18 countries including Austria, Belgium, Belorussia, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Taiwan and Turkey on 4,000 sqm.
The key peculiarity of Techtextil Rossija 2007 is high quality in every aspect of the fair. General organization on top-level and professionalism of trade visitors determined the success of the event. Techtextil Rossija 2007 opened the new chapter of this brand in Russia and presented a great number of innovations and latest new technologies to the visitors.
“The high professional level of the trade visitors and their number shows that Techtextil has great potential in the Russian market. We are sure that this trade fair will develop further and will establish its leading position among professional platforms in the sphere of technical textiles and nonwovens” - pointed out Eugen Alles, Managing Director of Messe Frankfurt RUS.
It is also clear that Techtextil Rossija proved to be a highly professional platform for establishing new business relations, for business development and for effective entering the markets of Russia and CIS countries.
The business program of the fair attracted a lot of attention and great interest among professionals representing various industries and specialized media sources. The presentations covered issues such as the concept of preventive/protective materials and technologies based on nonwoven sorbents against oil products pollution; protective finishing of textiles; press-buttons and zipper fasteners in protective clothing; innovative textiles based on glassfiber, etc. Many participants of Techtextil Rossija 2007 decided positive on taking part in next year’s trade fair Techtextil Russia.
In 2007, Techtextil Rossija was held concurrently with “Telogreyka” trade fair organized by MVK. This synergy gave the professional visitors additional opportunity to see a wider range of products and to tackle more business targets.
It also enlarged the number of professional visitors, which was beneficial for exhibitors of the both fairs. Messe Frankfurt RUS and MVK plan further development of their cooperation in the sphere of visitor promotion. In 2008 the two trade fairs will also be held concurrently.