How to enter technical textiles markets - the 4th symposium

How to enter technical textiles markets - the 4th symposium, Porto, Portugal, 22-23 March 2007

It is my pleasure, as the conference chairman, to invite you to attend the fourth symposium dedicated to helping companies operate in technical and high-performance textiles markets.
As the global economy makes consumer textile manufacture more and more competitive, textiles companies are coming to see higher added-value products as essential to a profitable future. However, to enter or expand in these markets can be very difficult. All elements of the manufacturing chain need to be re-engineered: not only new product development but also raw materials, machinery, manufacturing processes, marketing and sales techniques, testing and quality control, and certification; from finding new suppliers to targeting new customers.

Whether you are a traditional textiles company seeking to enter the technical textiles market for the first time, a technical textiles company wishing to expand into new market areas, or simply a technical textiles company wanting to keep ahead of the increasing worldwide competition, this symposium is designed to ease that process. It will analyse all the areas which a company needs to consider when making this transition: which markets should I choose? how do I re-engineer the company? what machinery and materials do I need? how can I get advice and funding? how do I make the change?

Speakers will be drawn from a wide range of supplier companies, consultants, industry associations and research organisations. Presentations will include case studies from managers of companies that have successfully engineered this change. It will bring together experts who can answer the inevitable questions that arise when such a process is under consideration. Every session will include an extended workshop led by the session chairman in which participants can discuss their practical concerns and problems directly with the speakers and with fellow participants.

After a first day looking in depth at the fundamental questions listed above, our second day will focus on two particular market areas which offer great opportunities for companies: medical textiles and smart textiles. Questions addressed will include: what are medical textiles and smart textiles? How are these markets going to develop in the future? What do I need to do to develop a business plan to enter these markets?

For a full brochure for the event please click here.
To register please return the form in the brochure or register online at www.technical-textiles.net.

I look forward to seeing you in Porto.

  PS. Please note there is a discounted Early-Bird registration rate but to qualify we need to receive your booking and payment by 31 December 2006.
PPS. All participants will receive a free one-day visitor pass to Techtextil exhibition in Frankfurt and a 6-month subscription to Technical Textiles International magazine

Contact:
Professor Roshan Shishoo
SHISHOO CONSULTING AB
email:sales@intnews.com

http://www.technical-textiles.net