The Fiber Year
Andreas W. Engelhardt, former senior manager at Oerlikon Textile International Business, is the founder and president of The Fiber Year GmbH. The company’s target is to provide international expertise, analyses, strategy consulting and customized solutions. The company’s strategic advantage after broadening its scope is to offer a holistic approach from fibers to fabrics following the general idea to bridge fiber and filament manufacturing with subsequent processing activities in knitting, weaving and nonwovens fabric production.
TFY 2026

World Survey on Textiles & Nonwovens
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News
1. September 2026
The 12th edition has been released in September with some improvements over last year’s issue. The content comprises top-20 industries which jointly account for 95% of […]
17. July 2026
The world economy has shown notable resilience in 2025, projected +3.4% in IMF‘s World Economic Outlook April 2026, despite prolonged geopolitical tensions, trade conflicts and higher trade […]
2. November 2025
It has been a privilege for The Fiber Year to deliver a speech about “A Bouquet of Challenges to Manmade Fibers” at the ITMF Annual Conference […]
Fiber Outlook 2040
Upcoming Events
September 202665th Dornbirn Manmade Fibers Congress
Dornbirn, AustriaOctober 2026ITMF & IAF Conference
Fortaleza, BrazilNOV 2026ITMA Asia & CITME 2026
Shanghai, PR China
