Techtextil Show Set for April

Atlanta — The fifth edition of the Techtextil North America (TTNA) trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens will be held April 1-3, 2008, at the Cobb Galleria Centre here.

TTNA 300-plus exhibitors are drawn the ranks of researchers, raw material producers, processing equipment makers, converters, recyclers and other manufacturing firms.

"The 2008 event will again focus on the high performance areas of technical textiles and attract an elite collection of researchers, manufacturers and product specifiers," said Stephanie Everett, show manager.

National pavilions will highlight companies from Canada, Germany, Italy, Portugal and China.

The program includes 65 presentations in 13 sessions, with the keynote address by Glen Raven Inc. president Alan Gant on the topic of new global developments in specialty fabric production.