Being organized by Teknik Ltd and being the first and only exhibition in this field in Turkey, 3rd HIGHTEX Istanbul Technical Textiles and Nonwoven Trade Fair will be realized on 15-18 May 2010 at Tuyap Fair and Congress Center in Istanbul, Turkey  in Hall 7, 8 and 9. HIGHTEX 2010 at which the raw materials, intermediate and finished products of nonwovens and technical textiles and their production techniques will be presented together, will be the largest technical textiles meeting of Middle East and Eastern Europe with over 300 local and international companies. Over 20,000 visitors from Turkey, Middle East and Europe are expected at HIGHTEX 2010 at which the raw materials, intermediate and finished products of nonwovens and technical textiles and their production techniques will be presented together.

4th International Technical Textiles Congress
4th International Technical Textile Congress will also be realized with the cooperation of Teknik Ltd and Dokuz Eylül University Textile Engineering Department, during HIGHTEX 2010 on 16-18 May 2010. Consequently, national and international specialists and researchers will have the opportunity to meet with national and international manufacturers, consumers and investors.

The topics of the 4th International Technical Textile Congress will cover Functional Fibers, Nano-Technical Textiles, Medical Textiles, Protective Clothes, Military Textiles, Filtration Textiles, Composite Materials, Smart and Interactive Textiles, Packaging Textiles, Automotive Textiles, Sportive Textiles, Agricultural Textiles, Civil Engineering and Constructive Textiles, Geo-textiles and Technical Designs.

The following product types will be displayed at HIGHTEX 2010:

• Technology: Airlaid, Crosslapper, Drylaid, Meltblown, Needlepunch, Spunbond, Spunlace, Stitchbond, Thermobond, Weblaiding, Waterlaid, Wilding.

• Machinery: In this category; there are flame retarding technologies, refining and renovation technologies, waste packaging machines, waste and recycling technologies, bonding and separation technologies, printing machines, dyeing- general finishing, narrow weaving, converting machines, fiber tearing machines, flocking- impregnation systems, embossing machines, needling machines, coating and lamination systems, cutting and separation systems, drying systems, laboratory measurement equipment, microorganism protection technologies, multifilament systems, nonwoven processing machines, plastics and other hardening materials, plasma application technologies, robot technologies, rag pulling machines, technical textile weaving machines, tufting machines, braiding machines, adhesive mixture and implementation systems.

• Raw materials: Polymer chips and granules, bands and elastics, bind-latex and foams, fibers and filaments, super absorbents, reinforcement textiles and fibers, tampons, structural composites and patterns, adhesives, hot melts, adhesive films and coating powders, adhesive and pattern materials, surface processing chemicals, acrylic fibers, biodegradable fiber materials, glass fibers, natural fibers, recycled fibers, flame retardant fiber, carbon fibers, metallic fibers, polyester fibers, melting yarns, filament yarns, high-tech yarns, polypropylene yarns, polyester fibers, polyamide yarns, cellulose and synthetic yarns, carded yarns and textile glass fibers.

• Finished products: Agricultural textiles, construction textiles, clothing textiles, road and ground textiles, decoration textiles, industrial textiles, food textiles, medical and hygiene textiles, cleaning and cosmetics textiles, transportation industry textiles, environment protection textiles, packaging textiles, protective textiles, spot textiles.

• Smart textiles