Intertextile features 2,000 exhibitors from 24 countries
29 Nov '07
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One of China''s largest and most popular apparel fabric trade events opens later this month for a brimming four days of trade, seminars, trend forecasting events and more. Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics 2007 officially launches 29 October with a special invitation-only day for special buyers. The show opens to all trade buyers from 30 October to 1 November at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre.
The show features more than 2,000 exhibitors from 24 countries and regions; thousands of new products; nine country pavilions and more than 20 informative industry-related seminars. Exhibitors include 1,394 suppliers from China and more than 600 from throughout the world in 80,500 sqm of gross exhibition space. The show this year will include a special zone featuring textile designers from the UK. Eight agencies, including some of the most famous textile designers, will present their designs and products for upcoming seasons.
Many international suppliers will also be featured in one of the nine country and region pavilions created to help visitors navigate the show with ease. The pavilions are from: Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Portugal, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey.
Mr. Xu Kunyuan, the vice president of China National Textile & Apparel Council visited the booths of Bodo Jogdberg (Hong Kong), BASF, Itochu, Teijin (Nantong), Sankei (Shanghai), Esquel Group, GTL, Sunshine under the company of the media group and other staffs from CNTAC. During the visiting, Mr. Xu gave many precious advices about the development and strategy to each of the companies. Especially when he came to the booth of companies of leaf fibers, Mr. Xu said that the companies that produce leaf fibers products should march bravely into the development of new design and new technology in order to break the ground.