Textile Shows Unite in '10
-- Tradeshow Week, 5/26/2008
The organizers of three textile and sewn industry tradeshows decided that banding together made more sense than going it alone.
ATME-I/MegaTex (American Textile Machinery Exhibition), SPESA Expo (Sewn Products Equipment Suppliers Assn.) and Techtextil North America, owned by Messe Frankfurt, have reached an agreement to collocate their events to form the Textile & Sewn Products Industry Week May 18-20, 2010, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.
The shows will take place in adjacent halls, and attendees will be able to go to all three events, according to show organizers.
“The changes we have witnessed in the global sewn products industry have convinced us more than ever that all the segments of the industry must work together to remain competitive,” said Benton Gardner, executive vice president of SPESA. “The collocation of SPESA Expo, Techtextil North America and the ATME-I/MegaTex provides a unique opportunity for visitors to see leading exhibitors that supply the full spectrum of their production needs.”
Techtextil North America services high-performance technical textiles and nonwovens; ATME-I/MegaTex is geared toward textile manufacturing technology; and SPESA Expo is an exhibition and symposium focused on equipment, technology and services for all segments of the sewn products industry.
