Conference Focus
IMI & Alchemie Technology’s Digital Textile Manufacturing Technologies Conference 2024 will inform and
educate brand owners on the importance of innovative technologies within the dyeing, finishing and printing
sectors that can support them to meet their ESG targets and transform the textile industry’s sustainability.
Traditional ESG Impacts of the Textile Industry
Currently, the textile industry accounts for 10% of global emissions - greater than international flights and maritime shipping combined. Textile dyeing and finishing processes are some of the most polluting manufacturing processes on the planet, responsible for over 3% of global CO2 emissions and over 20% of global water pollution. If business as usual
persists, by 2050 the textile industry is projected to represent 25% of the global carbon footprint.
Industry Focus is Changing
Many leading brands are answering the call and working to create favorable ESG initiatives and developing more environmentally friendly manufacturing and dyeing processes. Technology and research are playing a key role in making
the textile industry more sustainable. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) Fashion Industry Climate Action Charter sets targets to degas supply chains and halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Using science-based targets (SBT), the initiative outlines a roadmap for
reducing emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. The Fashion Charter also sets out targets to ensure that 100% of electricity comes from renewable sources with minimal other environmental or social impacts by 2030, owning and exploiting emissions, and putting more emphasis on brands working with their suppliers to reduce emissions.
Digital Textile Manufacturing Technologies’ Disruptive Potential
Join us to learn how disruptive digital textile manufacturing technologies will be key
incentives and drivers for meeting brand owners’ goals, reducing environmental impacts,
and enabling more profitable production by:
– Growing demand for more sustainable production
– Enabling economical shorter runs & less inventory
– Immediate & dramatic reduction of environmental impact
– Lowering energy consumption
– Reducing cost & yielding short-time ROIs
– Reshoring & enabling regional on-demand production
– Industry needs more profitable production
– Digital technology delivers immediate, dramatic, environment and cost benefits
TENTATIVE CONFERENCE
AGENDA & SCHEDULE
Day 1
12:00 pm Registration & Refreshments
2:00 pm Opening Session
Welcome & introductions
Alvin G. Keene, President, IMI, Carrabassett Valley, Maine
Dr. Alan Hudd, CEO & Founder, Alchemie Technology,
Duxford, Cambridgeshire UK
Textile Industry Now & Going Forward
Textile & apparel industries state-of-the-art, challenges, & projections
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Structure & dynamics
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Market size & growth trends
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ESG challenges & targets
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Digital manufacturing technologies potential
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Perspectives from
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Brand Owners
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Economists
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Governmental agencies
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Manufacturers
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Trade organizations & more
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5:30 - 7:30 pm Networking Reception
Day 2
8:30 am Session 2
Digital Textile Manufacturing Technologies
Digital Technology Options for
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Dyeing
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Finishing
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Printing
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Cut & Sew
12:00 - 1:30 pm Networking luncheon
1:30 pm Session 3
Digital Textile Manufacturing Technologies
Textile & apparel industries state-of-the-art, challenges, & projections
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Implementation integration of disruptive clean-tech digital technologies into
production lines -
Impact on overall industry performance and profitability
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Smart factories for textile & apparel manufacture
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The textile & apparel industries of the future
4:00 pm
Adjournment
Speaker-Display Sponsorship
IMI and Alchemie Technology are pleased to offer the Digital Textile Manufacturing Technologies Conference 2024 Speaker-Display Sponsorship to enable digital textile manufacturing technology suppliers and developers to give a presentation on their technologies and have a display during the conference.
Our goal is to develop a “digital textile community” focused on generating excitement about rapidly expanding digital textile manufacturing technologies
For additional information on sponsorship opportunities, click here OR contact Al Keene al@imiconf.com
IMI sponsors conferences and courses worldwide to assist in understanding technology developments, markets, and applications requirements. IMI conferences and courses offer unique opportunities for leading hardware, technology development, consumables, software, and user companies to learn, network, and develop a comprehensive understanding of current as well as future developments impacting successful product implementations, market
entry/expansion, and technology utilization. Since 1990, IMI has held over 700 programs attended by well over 25,000 technical, marketing, and management personnel from companies around the world.
IMI programs are designed to enable attendees to obtain the latest technical, market, and application information while allowing time to network with other attendees in a timely and cost-efficient manner. Attendance at an IMI program enables attendees to meet with an industry’s leading experts in a single location over a short period of time thus maximizing
information transfer efficiency and minimizing travel and time expenses.
For Additional information, contact:
IMI
Carrabassett Valley, ME USA
Phone: +1-207-235-2225
Email: imi@imiconf.com Web Site: www.imiconf.com
Alchemie Technology was founded in the UK in 2013 with the vision to deliver disruptive clean-tech digital manufacturing solutions. Our mission is to transform the textile industry with dyeing and finishing solutions that eliminate the environmental impact of these polluting processes.
The key benefits of our digital approach to textile dyeing and finishing are:
– Reduction of energy consumption by > 85%
– Elimination of wastewater emissions
– Significant cost reductions of > 50%
– Digital manufacturing agility to address the
~25% of materials waste in the supply chain
About Alchemie’s solutions:
– Alchemie EndeavourTM is a breakthrough waterless, low-carbon, digital dyeing technology,
– Alchemie NovaraTM is a non-contact, low energy, low chemistry, digital finishing solution
– Discovery is a laboratory system that
replicates production machines, and can be
used for recipe development, color matching,
and new material process development.
For Additional information, contact:
Alchemie Technology, Duxford, Cambridgeshire UK
Phone: +44 1223 751 644
Email: swalsh@alchemietechnology.com
Website: www.alchemietechnology.com