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AGATEX at Automechanika 2026: One Partner for the Entire Refrigerant Circuit

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From 8 to 12 September 2026, the global automotive aftermarket meets in Frankfurt am Main. Our refrigeration team will be on site all week — and we are happy to come to you: to your stand, to a meeting area, or for a coffee between appointments.

Everything from a single source

Anyone servicing vehicle air conditioning today works with several refrigerant generations in parallel, with different oil specifications, and with a regulatory framework that keeps being tightened. In many businesses, that is spread across four or five suppliers.

At AGATEX, it comes from one source:

  • R-1234yf — the standard in every passenger car newly registered since 2017
  • R-134a — for the existing vehicle parc, commercial vehicles and agricultural machinery
  • R-744 (CO₂) — for heat pumps and thermal management in electric vehicles
  • Refrigeration oils, additives, leak detection agents and flushing products for the whole circuit

Thanks to our own filling plant, you decide the format: from workshop cylinders to bulk supply for entire service networks, with your own label as a trade brand if you want it.

Experience since 1921

AGATEX was founded in 1921 and is run today as a family business in the fifth generation. From Upper Austria, we supply customers in more than 40 countries.

We are not a trader with a warehouse attached. We are a chemical company with our own analytics and our own filling operation. Purity analysis, batch traceability and labelling all sit under our own roof. Questions about oil compatibility, residual moisture or specifications are answered here by people from the laboratory — not by a datasheet.

F-Gas Regulation advice

Regulation (EU) 2024/573 affects practically everyone handling refrigerants. Because we fill, label and ship internationally ourselves, we apply the framework every day. We pass that experience on:

  • Which certifications your business and your personnel need
  • Which record-keeping and reporting obligations apply
  • Which labelling and GWP declaration is mandatory — particularly under your own brand
  • Which containers are permitted
  • How ADR-compliant dangerous goods handling works in practice

This advice is part of the supply relationship, not a separately invoiced add-on.

Let’s meet in Frankfurt

Let’s talk about consolidating your range, your own trade brand, your open compliance questions, or preparing your service network for R-1234yf and R-744.

Automechanika Frankfurt, 8–12 September 2026 Book a meeting: office@agatex.at

The week books up fast — best to get in touch today. Not travelling to Frankfurt? Write to us anyway: we will send our product overview and arrange a call.

AGATEX at Cinte Techtextil China 2026

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Trade show · Shanghai, China

AGATEX at Cinte Techtextil China 2026

From 1 to 3 September 2026 AGATEX will be at Cinte Techtextil China 2026 in the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Halls E1–E7. Three days on nonwovens – and on the chemistry that decides whether a web wets in half a second or sheds water for ten years.

AGATEX GmbH · Edt bei Lambach, Austria

Cinte Techtextil China 2026: why this show matters to us

Cinte Techtextil China is the Asian daughter show of Techtextil in Frankfurt and covers twelve application areas of modern textile technology. The 2025 edition brought together more than 300 exhibitors from twelve countries and regions across 32,000 m² of exhibition space, with close to 20,000 professional visits. The 2026 edition adds further emphasis on AI, sustainability – and on textile chemicals, including a dedicated Textile Chemicals and Dyes Zone.

That is exactly where we live. We are not coming with a standard range, but with one question: how does your line actually run? Which substrate, which process, which requirement at the end of the chain.

Show facts at a glance

Show
Cinte Techtextil China 2026
Dates
1–3 September 2026
Venue
Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC), Halls E1–E7
Focus
Technical textiles and nonwovens, twelve application areas
On site
Xu Wang Nigl, Customer Success Manager, AGATEX
Contact
apac@agatex.at

What we want to talk about

LAMBAFIL® – fibre preparation and hydrophilic finishes

Spin finishes and durable or temporary hydrophilic finishes for all common processes: spunbond, meltblown, SMS/SMMS, spunlace, needlepunch, airlaid, thermobonding and carding. Whether topsheet, ADL or wipe – sink time and wetback behaviour do not happen by accident, they come from a formulation matched to the substrate.

LAMBAPHOB® – water repellency without PFAS

Completely PFAS-free, based on natural raw materials and readily biodegradable per OECD 301. In use on crop covers, roofing membranes, geotextiles and outdoor applications. The regulatory pressure is coming – we already have the answer at production scale.

LAMBAFELT® and LAMEX® – antistatics and defoamers

Antistatics for PP, PET and PA nonwovens, plus defoamers developed specifically for the water circuits of spunlace lines. Two unremarkable product groups – until the day they are missing.

CABERTEX® – functional finishes

Halogen-free flame retardancy to FMVSS 302 and ECE R118 for vehicle interiors, antimicrobial finishes, barrier function and oil and chemical resistance – for automotive, medical, filtration and construction.

From sample to line: the AGATEX Innovation Center

Before a formulation goes into production, it runs through our own application technology centre: fibre carding, laboratory foulard, fibre sink time measurement, hygiene nonwoven testing to EDANA (lister, wetback and run-off tests) plus analytics with HPLC, GC, Soxhlet extraction and tensile testing. Bring a sample or a specification – we will turn it into a trial plan that holds up.

Austrian formulation, production in Asia too

AGATEX has been developing and producing chemical auxiliaries for the nonwovens and fibre industry since 1921 – for 105 years from Edt bei Lambach in Upper Austria, certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, REACH compliant, and a member of EDANA and CIRFS. Our second production site in Prachinburi, Thailand, significantly shortens lead times and supply routes for customers across Asia.

Who you will meet

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Xu Wang Nigl
Customer Success Manager · on site all three show days

Xu Wang Nigl supports our customers from the first enquiry through to the running line, and will be in Shanghai for the full duration of the fair. Bring a specification, a problem line or a sample – that is what the three days are for.

Book a slot

Write to us in advance at apac@agatex.at or connect with Xu Wang Nigl on LinkedIn. We will agree a time window so there is room for a proper conversation.

By the way: we are in Shanghai the week before as well – from 25 to 27 August at Yarn Expo Autumn, where the subject is fibres and yarns.

Topics: Cinte Techtextil China 2026 · Shanghai · nonwovens · spunlace · spunbond · LAMBAFIL® · LAMBAPHOB® · PFAS-free · CABERTEX® · flame retardancy

AGATEX at Yarn Expo Autumn2026

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Trade show · Shanghai, China

AGATEX at Yarn Expo Autumn 2026

From 25 to 27 August 2026 AGATEX will be at Yarn Expo Autumn 2026 in the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai. Three days on fibres, yarns – and the chemistry in between, which decides how quietly a card runs and whether recycled material becomes spinnable at all.

AGATEX GmbH · Edt bei Lambach, Austria

Yarn Expo Autumn 2026: why we are coming to Shanghai

Yarn Expo Autumn is where the Asian fibre and yarn world meets. The previous edition brought together around 580 exhibitors from 16 countries and regions and more than 22,000 visitors. For 2026, over 500 exhibitors from Asia and Europe are expected again – from cotton, wool and flax through man-made fibres to elastic, fancy and biodegradable yarns. The fair is organised by Messe Frankfurt (HK) together with the Sub-Council of Textile Industry, CCPIT, and runs alongside Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Autumn Edition, CHIC and PH Value.

We are not coming to hand out a catalogue. We are coming to talk to fibre producers, spinners and recyclers about specific lines: which finish on which polymer, which add-on at which speed, and where in the process the disturbance actually starts.

Show facts at a glance

Show
Yarn Expo Autumn 2026
Dates
25–27 August 2026
Venue
National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC), Shanghai, China
Focus
Fibres and yarns – natural fibres, man-made fibres, blended and specialty yarns
On site
Xu Wang Nigl, Customer Success Manager, AGATEX
Contact
apac@agatex.at

What we want to talk about

Spin finishes for staple fibre and filament

Our LAMBAFIL® spin finishes are applied directly to the fibre and tuned to the polymer and the downstream process – PP, PET, PLA, PA and bicomponent fibres. Friction, cohesion, filament bundling and static behaviour are not independent variables; they are set together. That is precisely what a formulation is for.

LAMBAFIL® R: making recyclate spinnable

Mechanical textile recycling rarely fails for lack of intent – it fails on fibre length. Tearing shortens the fibres, the short-fibre content rises, dust increases and the card runs rough. LAMBAFIL® R addresses exactly that:

  • increased fibre length, reduced short-fibre content
  • reduction of static charge
  • less dust, improved fibre transport
  • stable carding and yarn spinning processes

If you are running a recycling line or planning one, this is the conversation worth booking a slot for.

Antistatics, hydrophilic finishes, PFAS-free water repellency

LAMBAFELT® antistatics for PP, PET and PA keep the line quiet even under demanding climatic conditions. LAMBAFIL® hydrophilic finishes are available as durable and temporary versions. And LAMBAPHOB®, our water repellent range, is completely PFAS-free, based on natural raw materials and readily biodegradable per OECD 301 – a topic now gaining the same momentum in Asia that it gained in Europe before.

Tested before it reaches production

In the AGATEX Innovation Center we test formulations under application-like conditions: fibre carding, laboratory foulard, fibre sink time measurement, tensile testing, plus HPLC, GC and Soxhlet analytics. What starts as an idea at the booth can be substantiated before a production line has to stop for it.

Austrian formulation, production in Asia too

AGATEX has been developing and producing chemical auxiliaries for the fibre and nonwovens industry since 1921 – for 105 years from Edt bei Lambach in Upper Austria, certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 and REACH compliant. Our second production site in Prachinburi, Thailand, significantly shortens lead times and supply routes for customers across Asia.

Who you will meet

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Xu Wang Nigl
Customer Success Manager · on site all three show days

Xu Wang Nigl supports our customers from the first enquiry through to the running line, and will be in Shanghai for the full duration of the fair. She is glad to talk about specific fibre lines, recycling trials or sample requests – ideally with a specification in hand.

Book a slot

Write to us in advance at apac@agatex.at or connect with Xu Wang Nigl on LinkedIn. We will agree a time window so there is room for a proper conversation.

And if you are staying in Shanghai afterwards: from 1 to 3 September we will be at Cinte Techtextil China in Halls E1–E7 – that one is about nonwovens.

Topics: Yarn Expo Autumn 2026 · Shanghai · spin finish · LAMBAFIL® · LAMBAFIL® R · textile recycling · antistatics · PFAS-free · LAMBAPHOB®