The 52nd DORNBIRN-MFC continues to be geared towards the European/American lead event in the field of man-made fibers. The capability of the man-made fibers world to manage the future challenges is underlined by topics like sustainability, innovation, communication and the dialogue with the young generations. Life cycle analyses are helping to get an overall picture and are gaining importance. For the third consecutive time registration numbers of early bird participants show a strong increase and underline the interest in this event.
Enlarged Spectrum of Lectures Lead to Better Overall Pictures
Thank to the coordinated worldwide activities of the programme committee, in depth contacts to academic research institutes, international roof organisations and cluster events, the plenary session will be opened by Mr. Weninger/President of the AUSTRIAN MAN-MADE FIBERS INSTITUTE (AUSTRIAN-MFI). His speech will deal with the challenges and potentials that are waiting to be exploit for the industry. Welcome addresses from the province of Vorarlberg and the ITMF will follow. Within the framework of the opening session the awarding of the PAUL SCHLACK WILHELM ALBRECHT prize will take place, followed by a short presentation of the awarded work.
CIRFS (European Man-made Fibres Association)/Brussels will report about the future challenges for the European man-made fibers industry, followed by HUVIS Corporation/Korea with a presentation about the current status of the Korean man-made fiber industry and the trends of technological developments, the German Institute of Textile- and Fiber Research, Center for Management Research/Denkendorf with a lecture on: "The Textile Revolution - Trends and Challenges at the New Start of the Textile Industry". The morning plenary session will be closed with a presentation of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition Inc./San Francisco on the topic: "The HIGG Index and Collaboration in the Apparel Industry".
