Russian Union of Textile and Industrial Entrepreneurslight industry and the world's largest organizer of exhibition events are going to work together to develop the textile industry in Russia From January 9 to 13, the world's largest exhibition of interior textiles, Heimtextil-2017, was held in Frankfurt. Messe Frankfurt became its main organizer, as well as many other international exhibitions. And it was within the framework of Heimtextil-2017 that the German and Russian sides decided to sign a cooperation agreement. The signing ceremony took place on January 11, and was attended by the president of Soyuzlegprom, member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation Andrey Razbrodin, as well as the vice-president of Messe Frankfurt Olaf Schmidt and the director of Messe Frankfurt Rus LLC Eugen Alles. As part of the agreement, both parties intend to strengthen support for Russian textile and light industry enterprises, ensure the participation of Russian companies in professional textile industry exhibitions organized by Messe Frankfurt, and jointly hold communication and exhibition events for Russian textile industry manufacturers.