04/12/2024 – ADD International Textile Conference 2024 — auf Deutsch lesen
Crucial impulses for circular economy and recycling
Over 450 participants from 25 countries attended the Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference – one of the most important European technical congresses – in Stuttgart, Germany, on November 21 and 22.
Professor Michael R. Buchmeiser, Chairman of the Board DITF, opens the Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference in Stuttgart. © DITF
The organizers present the certificates to the winners of the Best Poster Award 2024 (from left): Professor Götz T. Gresser (DITF), Johanna Beuscher (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences), Bruno Peliteiro (CeNTI, Portugal), Chrysanthi Oikonomidi (AMIBM, Netherlands), Professor Andreas Herrmann (DWI), Professor Chokri Cherif (ITM). © DITF
78 presentations in plenary sessions and three parallel sessions were on the agenda at the Liederhalle Kongresszentrum in Stuttgart. Experts from industry and research reported on research results and marketable textile innovations in the fields of high-performance fibers, bio-based fibers, fiber composites, medical textiles, functionalization and textile mechanical engineering.
This year’s key topic was the challenge posed by the circular economy and recycling. Sustainability means developing and producing high-tech textiles with innovative functionalities without negative effects on the environment and society – and at the same time operating profitably. This requires not only suitable technologies, but also the right choice of materials and the correct handling of substances and material flows. The presentations covered everything from the relevant UN and EU directives to their concrete implementation in companies.
Under the motto “From the idea to practice”, the Forschungskuratorium Textil e. V. presented successful cooperation projects from the IGF-ZIM program in a separate transfer session, in which representatives from science and industry jointly developed and successfully implemented products and processes.
Speakers from this year’s partner countries Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg gave a comprehensive insight into the textile industry and research in the three countries with lectures and discussion contributions. The conference program was complemented by exhibition stands from 24 companies and institutes as well as over 100 scientific posters. Three of the poster presentations were honored with the Best Poster Award of the Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference 2024.
textile network was also at the conference and was impressed by the numerous innovative ideas of the speakers and exhibitors. We have captured our impressions of the conference in a picture gallery.
Next year, the ADD International Textile Conference will take place on November 27 and 28. The DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials e.V. will then invite participants to Aachen.
