222 companies are presenting their collections for the spring summer 2024 season, and they do this with the need to generate sales and communication.. As a matter of fact, Manuel Román, president of the Spanish Components Association (AEC), underlined this Monday that the fair has increased by 21% and 27% in terms of exhibitors and fair counters compared to last year’s editions. The desire to do business is so high that the indicators point to a contraction in consumer and important markets as much as Germany, the thermometer of the sector. They are clinging to a positive fact from the AEC: footwear exports exceeding 3,000m eurosA figure that continues to recover after the pandemic and directly affects the component industry.
31% of participating companies are foreign (69), with special participation from Italy, France, Portugal, Bangladesh, Germany and China. In total, customers will be able to see an exhibition offer of 14,500 square meters in Feria Alicante’s Hall 2 (where IFA replaces it). 2,000 square meters for the three hundred and ten companies and machines represented, leather and leather (with 31.69 companies), components that complement the flagship (22% and 49%), accessories are just some of the data obtained from an event. (16%, 36% enterprises), textiles and synthetics (14% and 32%), machinery and technology (11% and 25%), prefabricated and manufactured products (6% and 14%), and chemical products (4% and 6%) ).
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Futurmoda draws attention to the characteristics of the “industry,” emphasizing the existence of machines due to the importance gained in recent years with robotization, sensorization, additive manufacturing, 3D printing, direct printing, interconnection, predictive maintenance and process control.
The show is not only the second most important show in Europe, but also tries to have its own identity that is increasingly different from the others. initiatives such as the involvement of technological institutes for footwear and textiles, secondary schools and institutes that will offer the latest training programs for the footwear industry as well as consultants specializing in sustainability and certification. “Futurmoda will set the trends for the spring-summer 2024 season, which will be dominated by the development of alternative recycled materials and new, more sustainable, low-impact products that support the regenerative process from a circular design perspective.” Colors will be hyper-bright with reference to the digital world and combine with warm neutral tones for balance.