Messe Frankfurt continues to expand its international textile network with the announcement of Val:ue Milan. Moving beyond the traditional trade fair model, Val:ue Milan debuts as a prestigious, boutique-style business hub exclusively dedicated to elected fabrics and accessories for apparel. Taking place from February 3 to 5, 2027, at The Mall in Porta Nuova, the event breaks away from conventional formats through a strictly curated environment designed for strategic networking. By bridging the gap between high-end international manufacturers and top-tier segment buyers, Val:ue Milan further strengthens the Group’s global portfolio with a unique, high-impact concept built around a refined and carefully selected offering.

Highly specialized meeting point

With the launch of Val:ue Milan, Messe Frankfurt introduces a highly specialized meeting point designed for selected manufacturers, brands and industry professionals operating at the highest end of the textile sector, set within one of the world’s most influential fashion capitals. Milan stands as a strategic hub for design, innovation and manufacturing excellence, a unique ecosystem offering the ideal conditions to foster exchange, creativity and new business opportunities across the international high-quality textile community.

Prime solutions and supplies in the heart of the Italian fashion system

Val:ue Milan establishes itself as a selective project with an upscale soul, focusing on excellence in fabrics, accessories, and cutting-edge textile solutions. In this setting, the most qualified international producers meet buyers, designers, and product managers to transform the quest for quality, creativity, and technological reliability into high-profile partnerships.

“Milan is the crossroads”

«Milan is the crossroads where fashion excellence meets industrial expertise and major international brands,» says Donald Wich, Managing Director of Messe Frankfurt Italia.

«With Val:ue Milan, we are creating a project that brings these strengths together while opening them to an international dimension, a platform designed to connect selected suppliers from the world’s leading sourcing regions with the European market. The aim is to establish a distinctive hub in Milan for high-end procurement, capable of engaging with existing industry players through a distinctive identity and a profile of excellence».

«With the launch of Val:ue Milan, we are strategically expanding the reach of our global Texpertise network,» states Detlef Braun, Member of the Executive Board of Messe Frankfurt. «Milan offers an unparalleled stage where a deep-rooted culture of design

meets international prestige, making it the natural setting for this new format. This boutique-style business hub sets a new benchmark within our portfolio, reflecting our long-term vision to strengthen our presence in key fashion capitals through a highly differentiated approach, delivering sophisticated, strategic solutions across the entire textile value chain».

Val:ue: a name defined by excellence and substance

The name ‘Val:ue’ is a defining statement that unites a global community around a shared vision: a celebration of substance over interchangeability, distinctive quality over homogenization, and enduring professional partnerships over volatile trends.

Val:ue Milan serves as the strategic meeting point for a dedicated ecosystem of professionals who define the soul of luxury: from the masters of noble materials to the architects of transparent supply chains and innovative aesthetics. These are the shared values that find their collective stage in Milan. Through this launch, Messe Frankfurt not only consolidates its presence in Italy but fosters a vibrant network of excellence within its global textile community, Texpertise.

Messe Frankfurt Texpertise

A world leader with over 60 trade fairs in 14 countries, Messe Frankfurt covers the entire textile value chain through Texpertise. This global network harmonizes internationally renowned events with a network of over 500,000 professionals, confirming its position as the primary business and information platform for the global textile industry.

Texpertise Newsroom

Providing information on the international textile industry and the global textile trade fairs organized by Messe Frankfurt: www.texpertise-network.com

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Contacts

Alice Neotti / Valentina Di Gioia Phone: +39 02 88 07 781
press@valuemilan.com

Messe Frankfurt Italia Srl Corso Sempione 68
20154 Milano www.messefrankfurt.it

Hajera Sharifi
Phone: +49 69 75 75-6687
hajera.sharifi@messefrankfurt.com

Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1
60327 Frankfurt am Main www.messefrankfurt.com

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As one of the world’s largest industries, the apparel sector has a little ability to influence the outcome of these geopolitical developments. As in previous crises, our role as an industry federation is to articulate how the industry should respond and adapt in order to maintain stability and resilience.

We believe that the best way to deal with external shocks is to build the strongest possible foundations for our industry, to improve productivity and to reduce unnecessary waste of capital, material and human resources. Achieving this requires sustained investments in supply chain processes and deeper collaboration, supported by a framework of responsible purchasing practises.

Experience from previous crises shows that, when faced with external shocks, the first reflex for many buyers is to push costs and risks upstream into the supply chain. Yet, the ability of manufacturers to absorb rising costs is not limitless. While transferring all risks and costs upstream may generate short term benefits for buyers, depriving manufacturers of the capacity to invest, or even to meet existing operational costs, will weaken the industry and create long term loss for all.

Through our Sustainable Terms of Trade Initiative (STTI), the IAF actively works to build the infrastructure needed for manufacturers and buyers to operate within a more balanced and resilient system that delivers stronger outcomes for all.

Set, as it is, in the world’s biggest oil and gas producing region, this particular crisis starkly illustrates the industry’s continued dependence on fossil fuels. The days that a shift to an energy mix with more renewable energy sources was viewed only as environmental concern are now behind us. Investments in renewable energy are a shared strategic priority for apparel brands, retailers, apparel and textile manufacturers and governments alike.

Apparel and textile manufacturing countries play a leading role here, as do federations and associations. Through the Apparel and Textile Transformation Initiative (ATTI), launched in 2025, IAF and ITMF have joined forces to bring together these groups to determine the most effective pathways to drive strategic transformation of the industry with respect to energy, water and wider environmental impacts. With its clear and vital emphasis on energy security for the industry, the IAF will be sharing updates from ATTI pilot chapters in Bangladesh and Türkiye in the coming months.

In times of global uncertainty, strengthening the resilience, fairness and sustainability of apparel supply chains is an economic necessity.

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