The 53rd Dornbirn Man-made Fibers Congress (MFC) will be held in Dornbirn, Austria, Sept. 10-12, 2014. The congress is without any doubt the most important event for the global man-made fibers (MMF) community. It is organized by the Austrian Man-made Fibers Institute and supported by the Brussels-based European Man-Made Fibers Association (CIRFS).
最重要的纤维
Man-made fibers are by far the most important global fiber consumption sector. Up to the 1990s, the ratio of natural versus man-made fibers was even at 50:50. In the last 15 years, the ratio has changed completely, mostly due to the increasing demand for industrial textile applications and nonwovens. At the moment, the ration is some 68 percent for MMF, and 32 percent for natural fibers. In the year 2012, world fiber production was 85.9 million metric tons (mt). The fiber breakdown and the share of each fiber material speak for themselves:
Is There A Future?
第53届Dornbirn-MFC的座右铭是：“传达人造纤维的未来。”如果人们看着全球MMF生产地点的状况：在1950年代至1990年代中期，欧洲和美国在人造纤维市场中占据主导地位，那么这个座右铭是非常合适的。随着中国的兴起，这种情况已经完全改变。该表显示了2012年人造纤维生产的位置：
广泛的行业
Dornbirn-MFC organizers say that all the presentations are under the guideline “Innovation, Efficiency and Competitiveness.” As ever, Dornbirn is well-known and appreciated by the broad (sometimes even too wide) spectrum of papers in three different sessions. Some 100 lectures will be given by experts — representatives from the man-made fibers industry, the processing chain and academic research. All of them will use the Dornbirn communication platform for an intensive exchange of ideas. And this platform is very much needed: The organizers mention that “The global challenges of the developments in the financial sector and economies show that along with innovation (cost) efficiency and competitiveness become the decisive key factors for success of the European fiber industry.”
开幕式
As in every year, the traditional plenary session on the opening day will start with presentations from Austria-based Lenzing AG’s Friedrich Weninger for the Austrian Man-made Fibers Institute and Frédéric Van Houte of CIRFS, and the awarding of the Paul Schlack Prize for outstanding research achievement. These presentations will be followed by a lecture by Oliver Börsch of Germany-based Bionic Strategy, titled “The Re-enchantment of the World – Survival Strategies with Brands as Modern Storytellers in an Engineered World.”
短暂休息后，位于布鲁塞尔的欧洲协会的皮埃尔·维尔茨（Pierre Wiertz）为非织造和相关行业（Edana）服务，将谈论非织造的新发展；经济合作与发展组织（OECD）的彼得·阿斯克（Peter Askew）将对抗菌测试方法的标准化进行演讲。该讲座应该非常有趣，因此需要，因为在世界各地，测试各种测试的测试方法和标准通常会产生混乱，而不是提供有用的指导方针。
当然，每个事件都是一个昂贵的事情。组织者强调了一个事实，即他们享有该行业的主要赞助商的坚定承诺和支持，并写道：“由于积极参与扩大的基础，国会的持续扩张也可以在动荡的时期得到保证。透明
Key Factors For Success
Following are the main themes:
- global strategies in a changing environment;
- fiber and filament innovations;
- nonwovens/filtration;
- 汽车；和
- 关键技术。
国会的主要主题是“不断变化的环境中的全球战略”，将处理一些决定性的关键成功因素。欧盟委员会将发表有关“ 2020年体验视野”的论文，该论文将重点介绍创新和可持续资源。本文将是Fenwis GmbH关于未来纺织品和MMF市场和开发项目的报告。
Invista will report on its market research results on consumer trends in textiles. Italy-based Radici Partecipazione S.p.A. will report on “sustainability as a source for market opportunities meeting the challenges of an integrated production.” The well-known German research institute and university RWTH Aachen will close with an industry report, focusing on textile industry workers.
Key Technologies
One of the most important factors for every successful industry is key technologies. This now enlarged section will report on recent findings in the areas of finishing, coating, machinery for spinning/extrusion and joint academic research and industry developments.
Today, quality is an important prerequisite for success. The enhancement in quality is another topic of the congress. Guidelines for this section are global strategies for a change, market specials, new business models and fiber/filament innovations referring to oil- and bio-based fiber raw materials, carbon fibers and functionalities.
The ever-increasing importance of nonwovens is reflected in a section that will have presentations about nonwovens and filtration. Another will cover automotive applications as well as transport products in trains, ships and airplanes.
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The Dornbirn-MFC is an event not to be missed not only for people in the man-made fibers industry but also for professionals who want to know more about the future of nonwovens and the European textile industry. And, last but not least, as at every important gathering of the global textile industry, networking is the key word. More information can be obtained at dornbirn-mfc.com.
April 29, 2014
