We cordially invite companies and research institutions to submit their most recent developments for the Techtextil North America Innovation Awards. The awards have been designed to make cutting-edge developments visible, promote unconventional thinking, and intensify dialogue between researchers, manufacturers, and users.
Innovation Awards submission time has closed. Entries are no longer being accepted.
About Innovation Awards
For the first time, we will present the Innovation Awards at Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas, to honor outstanding performance in the fields of research, new materials, products and technologies, applications, and new developments in the field of sustainability.
An independent jury, assembled by Messe Frankfurt Inc., will decide which of the participants is to receive an Innovation Award and be honored at Techtextil North America co-located with Texprocess Americas.
The jury's selection will be based on such criteria as innovation, novelty, information and evidentially, business relevance, readiness for marketing, potential, and creativity. The jury will be free to weigh the individual criteria when making their evaluation.
To reflect these stages, the Techtextil North America Innovation Awards are presented in the following categories:
- New Concept
- New Technology
- New Material
- New Application
- New Product
- New Approaches on Sustainability & Circular Economy
- New Technologies on Sustainability & Recycling
- New Technology & Digitalization
Who Can Apply?
Both exhibitors at Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas are eligible to take part. By entering the competition, each participant accepts the Terms of Participation.
Requirements
You are required to be an exhibitor at either Techtextil North America or Texprocess Americas. You are required to submit the application form along with your research/project documents. Defective or incomplete submissions cannot be considered in the evaluation process.
Apply
We are excited to see your innovative submissions! Please read the full terms of participation before submitting your application.
Please contact Ruhi Shaikh at ruhi.shaikh@usa.messefrankfurt.com if you have any questions regarding the Innovation Awards.