IMB 2009 will  again be held on Koelnmesse’s new fair grounds. Thanks to the infrastructure, location, accessibility, facilities and services, IMB 2006 left no wish unfulfilled in terms of the overall trade fair experience ...more

A full range of services from A to Z
The list of product groups encompasses all sectors related to the making up of flexible materials. At IMB 2006 manufacturers and traders of technologies and services from the following segments of the value chain were exhibiting:

• Research & Development
• Design, CAD/CAM, cutting
• Joining, sewing, embroidery
• Product preparation, finishing
• Material flow
• Distribution logistics
• Information Technology
• Energy, air-conditioning, disposal, recycling

Hall plan with product areas [pdf]

Processing technical textiles:
Where function determines the process
In addition to machinery and processes for the production of technical textiles, for the first time technical textiles/materials will be shown at IMB – World of Textile Processing ...more [pdf]

IT suppliers together under one roof
In response to the growing interest in and significance of this segment, IT-related products will be grouped together at IMB for the first time in Hall 8 ...more

Trade visitors from all over the world
IMB 2006 was visited by over 250,000 trade visitors from 115 countries – the top-level decision-makers and key buyers from every manufacturing country in the world from the following areas: 

• Clothing, shoes 
• Home textiles, upholstered furniture
• Automotive industry, aviation, vehicle construction
• Heavy textiles, packaging materials, canvas
• Filter production
• Medical textiles
• Insulating materials, construction textiles, renovation
• Research, development, training, inspectorates