Together with ivgt e.V. – Industrieverband Veredlung, Garne, Gewebe, Technische Textilien e.V., we are pleased to invite you to the Application Forum at the Messe Frankfurt exhibition grounds.
The event is aimed at advanced quality planners, test technicians, laboratory specialists, and key account managers on the side of textile surface manufacturers producing roll goods and fabricated materials for the transportation and furniture industries, as well as buyers and quality planners from brand companies and OEMs.
Why Material Approvals Are the Bottleneck for Sustainable Textiles
The automotive and furniture industries are under growing pressure to adopt sustainable textiles at scale. Yet one barrier keeps slowing progress: material approvals. When approval processes and component PPAPs cannot keep pace with innovation, even the most promising sustainable materials stall on their way to series production.
The forum will focus on the question of which strategies OEMs – including Volkswagen and Stellantis – are pursuing to increase the use of sustainable textiles in the automotive and furniture industries and which pathways they intend to follow to ensure that the necessary material approvals and component PPAPs do not become a bottleneck slowing down the introduction of new sustainable materials into series production.
Digital Tools That Make Material Approvals Faster and More Efficient
To address this challenge, Brain of Materials has developed digital, machine-readable tools that help suppliers, brand companies, and OEMs process material approvals more efficiently and significantly faster – based on innovative technical supply specifications. These tools enable advanced quality planners, test technicians, laboratory specialists, and key account managers to work with structured, standardized data throughout the entire approval workflow, reducing coordination effort and shortening time to approval.
Look forward to valuable insights and practical perspectives from our speakers:
3:00 PM - Hans Peter Schlegelmilch
Brain of Materials AG
3:10 PM - Dr. Thomas Taddigs
Volkswagen
3:40 PM - Markus Koretz
Stellantis
4:10 PM - Roger Hermasch
Brain of Materials AG
Event Details
📅 Thursday, April 23, 2026
🕒 Starting at 3:00 PM | Closing around 5:00 PM
📍 Portalhaus Messe Frankfurt, Room Frequenz 1
Secure Your Spot Now
Whether you are an advanced quality planner, test technician, laboratory specialist, or key account manager – this is your opportunity to hear directly from Volkswagen and Stellantis how material approvals for sustainable textiles are evolving, and to exchange ideas with experts and industry peers during Techtextil 2026.
