"Challenges in a global Textile Care and Service market"

"Herausforderung in Global Textilpflege und Dienstleistungsmarkt"

Texcare Forum is the conference programme related to the Texcare 2008 exhibition. Cinet, the International Committee for Professional Textile Care, is very pleased to have been able to compile one comprehensive programme, covering all relevant issues and topics which are of great interest to the industry. This was only possible in good cooperation and spirit of all partners involved:

• Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau (VDMA)
• The German research institute Hohenstein
  • Forschungsinstitut für Reinigungstechnologie (WFK)
• The German national associations:
  • INDUSTRIEVERBAND TEXTIL SERVICE (intex)
  • Deutscher Textilreinigungsverband (DTV)
• As well as Cinet and indirectly the member associations, amongst others:
  • TSA (UK)
  • FBT (B)
  • FTN (NL)
  • Netex (NL).

Content
The content of the conference will have a German and a European focus, but will also demonstrate an international perspective. The themes we selected will cover management, marketing, market, quality, environment and technology issues. The state of the art and latest trends and technologies will be explained and at the same time the future perspective will be addressed and discussed.

Target groups
This conference programme is especially of interest to professional textile care companies, drycleaners and laundries alike, textile rental and services companies as well as end-users in the major market area’s. And additionally other stakeholders such as sector experts, consultants and institutes. The admittance is free of charge.

Presentation form
The organisers aim for high quality information and a lively, interactive presentation. For this reason we have invited experts from all over the world to present a full programme of almost 30 lectures. Moderators will lead and comment each session. Presentations will be in English or German with simultaneous translations, accompanied by visual materials, DVD, photographs, et cetera.

Programme
To achieve a good balance for the Texcare 2008 visitor the organisers have decided to prepare a programme for the afternoons of the first four days of the exhibition between 14.00 and 17.00 hrs., leaving sufficient time for the visitors to see the new technologies, machinery and appliances on the exhibition floor.
The Saturday and Sunday afternoons are especially focused on professional textile care sme Organisations. The Monday and Tuesday afternoons are fully dedicated to the textile rental and services companies. As said earlier the programme covers cleaning and textile technology as well as market trends & developments and future marketing concepts in the supply chain.
 

The title of the conference will be:
Challenges in a global Textile Care and Service Market

The programme of the four days will be as follows:

Saturday May 31st 2008 (full programme >>)

• PTC Marketing & Business Strategies
• Quality; performances & services