Venue: Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Date: May 18-20, 2010
Textile and Sewn Products Industry Week is the co-location of three key industry trade shows in the Americas - ATME-I/MEGATEX, SPESA EXPO, and Techtextil North America. The three shows will take place in adjacent halls during the same dates, providing tremendous value for textile and sewn products industry professionals at all levels of the textile and sewn products manufacturing and application supply chains. This new event will create a truly “must attend” industry event for the Americas in 2010
ATME-I®/MEGATEX is the largest show of its kind in the Americas, drawing buyers of textile equipment and services throughout the entire textile processing and applications chain. The very best textile manufacturing technology in the world will be on display for textile equipment buyers worldwide. ATME-I® was established in 1915 and has evolved to reflect the changing face of textiles technology and production service solutions.
Exhibitors will display products from the following categories: Machinery for Spinning Preparation, Man-Made Fiber Production, Spinning, Winding, Texturing, Twisting, Auxiliary Machinery and Accessories, Testing and Measuring Equipment, Pneumatic Equipment and Air Conditioning Plants, Transport, Handling and Packaging Equipment, Equipment for Liquid, Solid and Air Recycling, Software for Design, Data Monitoring and Processing and Integrated Production, Automatic Controls and Data Collection Systems (including Process Controls), Technical Information Sources, Education and Associations and Professional Services, Machines, Apparatus, Accessories, Supplies, and Services Required in General Maintenance of Plants and Equipment, Allied Industrial Activities, Weaving Preparatory Machinery, Weaving, Tufting Machinery, Auxiliary Machinery and Accessories, Knitting and Hosiery Machinery, Auxiliary Machinery and Accessories, Washing, Bleaching, Dyeing, Printing, Drying, Finishing and Make-up Machinery and Accessories, Other Machinery and Other Accessories, Cut and Sew Machinery and Accessories for the Making-up Industry, Textile Testing and Measuring Equipment, Laboratory Equipment, Electrical Equipment, Air Compressors and Air Dryers, Lubricants and Lubricating Equipment, Mill and Process Supplies for Weaving, Knitting and Finishing Plants, Dyestuffs and Chemical Products for the Textile Industry, Associated Goods and Services for the Textile Industry, Agents and Distributors.
SPESA EXPO is the most comprehensive exhibition and seminar series in the Western Hemisphere focused on the complete sewn products industry supply chain and its full range of equipment, technology, and services. The sewn products industry includes manufacturers of apparel, footwear and leather products, upholstered furniture, home fashions, technical textiles, transportation interiors, automotive interiors, and much more. SPESA EXPO 2010 will cover every aspect of the global sewn products concept-to-delivery lifecycle, from design to product development, engineering to pre-production, sourcing to production, and logistics to distribution. SPESA EXPO is an all-inclusive industry event offering the latest innovations and best practices for the sewn products industries through three days of exhibits and educational programming. Techtextil North America is the premier exhibition for high performance technical textiles and nonwovens in North America. The show is owned by Messe Frankfurt and is an off shoot of Techtextil, the world’s largest trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens which takes place in Frankfurt, Germany.
Exhibitors will display products from the following categories: Sewing Equipment (automated, blindstitch, chainstitch, coverstitch, cycle, lockstitch, overlock, quilting, safety stitch, attachments, twin needle, and specialty machines, parts, supplies, motors, and needles), Cutting and Spreading Equipment (knives, shears, scissors, die-cutting, automatic and manual spreading equipment, strip cutting, slitting, rewinding machines, and cutting, spreading, pinning tables, parts and supplies), Digital, Screen, and Transfer Printing Equipment, Embroidery and Monogramming Equipment (digitizing software, parts, supplies, hoops, needles, and accessories), Laundry and Wet Processing Equipment (dryers, dye extractors, washer extractors, parts and supplies), Pressing, Fusing, Vacuum Equipment (boilers, cleaning, spot removal, embossing, fusing, heat transfer, appliqué, sealing, presses, finishing, parts and supplies), Product I.D. and Labeling Equipment (anti-counterfeiting devices, bar code, label attaching, label printing, FRID, parts and supplies), Other Equipment and Supplies (attaching, compressors, defect flagging, needle detection, digitizers, plotters, ergonomic products, fabric inspection, shading, folding, knitting, materials handling, mattress making, thread trimming, turning, ultrasonic, welding, and equipment for production, performance control, analysis and display), Computer Software (2D/3D CAD, color management, compliance management, CAD/CAM, cut planning, materials utilization, demand planning and forecasting, E-Commerce, Electronic Data interchange, embroidery digitizing, Enterprise Resource Planning, fit management, Global Trade management, logistics, shipment tracking, product costing, Product Data Management, product Lifecycle Management, production planning, quality management, shop floor control, sourcing, Supplier Relationship Management, Standard Data Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Warehouse Management), Environment (recycling, sustainability), Fabrics and Materials (elastic, lace, embroidery, leather, suede, linings, interlinings, narrow fabrics, nets, meshes, non-wovens, ribbons, stripping, webbing), Findings/Trimmings/Components/Accessories (appliqués, emblems, transfers, beaded trims, beads, sequins, closures, buckles, buttons, clips, eyelets, grommets, frogs, hook & eye, hook & loop, snaps, zippers, foam, heat transfers, knitted collars, components, labels, overhead conveyors, shoulder pads, threads, trimmings, yarns, waistbands), Contract and Full Package Manufacturer, Sourcing Agent, Services/Associations/Publications (Association, educational institution, auction and liquidation services, consulting firms, financing services, banking, leasing, full package services, industrial parks, free zones, offshore contractors, overseas agents, product information, publications, trend and forecasting, website development services), Supplies (adhesives, coatings, chemicals, cleaning equipment, design / marking / duplicating papers, hangers, model forms, needles, tickets and coupons), Supply Chain Services (agents, sourcing agencies, brokers, color services, contract cutting, die cutting, contract embroidery and screen printing, converter, design studios, dyeing, bleaching, finishing, fashion trend and color services, freight carriers, consolidators, forwarders, label printing, lamination, combining, laundry, finishing, garment dyeing pre-production service bureaus, patterns, markers, repair, sublimation, testing, trading), Warehousing/Distribution/Materials Handling (baskets, carts, hampers, folding, packaging, garment hanging, sorting, logistics, shipping containers, textile waste disposal, unit production, materials handling).
Techtextil North America remains the only trade show in the Americas that assembles all vertical aspects of the technical textile industry. From research and development, through raw materials and production processes, finally ending in conversion, further treatment and recycling.
Exhibitors will display products from the following categories: Research, Development, Planning and Consultancy (international institutions, national research institutes, universities and polytechnics, industrial research centers, planning and consulting companies), Technology, Machinery and Accessories (production processes, processing technology, machines and equipment, control and monitoring methods, purification and regeneration technology, disposal and recycling technology, technical accessories, laboratory and measuring equipment, quality assurance), Fibers and Yarns (man-made fibers, glass fibers, metal fibers, natural fibers, other fibers), Woven Fabrics, Laid Webs, Braiding, and Knitted Fabrics (also includes tapes, strings, cords, belts, ropes, cordage, nets), Nonwovens, Coated Textiles (coated textiles, laminated textiles, tent fabrics, packaging materials, sacking, tarpaulin fabrics, awning materials, end-product manufacturing, accessories), Composites (reinforcing textiles, composite textiles, prepregs, structural components and moldings, fiber-reinforcing plastic for concrete parts, pipes and containers, membrane systems, films and sheeting, textile-reinforced plastic for concrete parts, pipes and containers, textile sheet products for laminating with solids such as metal, plastic and glass), Bondtec (finishing processes, adhesive, sealing and molding materials, laminating and coating materials, raw materials and additives, application processing, material pretreatment, plastics and other hardening masses, adhesive mixing and application equipment, robot technologies, surface treatment technologies, plasma treatment, flocking), Associations and Publications.
Irish companies interested in attending this event, please complete and return the attached response form to nicola.hale@mail.doc.gov or access the official show website at http://www.taspiw.com/.