by Zhong Mengxia

The VDMA Textile Machinery represents a powerful branch of the German mechanical engineering. About 120 member companies， ranging from spinning to finishing， many of them world market leaders， are mostly medium-sized firms and represent around 90 percent of the total volume of the industry.

The goals of VDMA are to increase the competitiveness of their members and to secure the future viability of the textile machinery industry. For this reason， the economic and technical representation of the industrys interests， networking and exchange of experience as well as specialized services are the focus of their work.

In 2020， the German Textile Machinery Association used online methods to hold many online discussions with inviting many well-known experts and managers to share their cutting-edge technologies and equipment. Here， we select the speech contents and pictures of three topics， which are “sustainable denim production： latest spinning and weaving technologies”，“FFP and surgical masks production and packaging technology” and “material efficiency and fiber recycling in textile spinning： approaches for circular economy”for readers.