Companies from seven countries will bring their specialised products to display at the Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles – Autumn edition, being held in Shanghai during August 23-26. There will also be domestic pavilions comprising Haining, Shaoxing, Tongxiang and Yuhang with fabric options for buyers.
Seven Countries included Belgium, India, Korea, Morocco, Pakistan, Taiwan and Turkey organised by Messe Frankfurt (HK), the Sub-Council of Textile Industry, and the China Home Textile Association the show is treated as gateway to Asia’s home living market, providing suppliers from around the world. Over 1,200 exhibitors from seven countries are expected to participate in the event.
Indian exhibitors are specialists in rugs, bath mats, throws, shawls, handloom carpet and handmade rugs predominantly made out of 100 per cent cotton and also blended fibres. Korean companies specialise in fashionable microfibre fabrics, polyester blankets and curtain fabrics, and will also demonstrate a full range of machine-made natural dyed sewing products. Exhibitors in the Pakistan pavilion will display bedding products bed sheets. Companies have also developed a reversible stitching technique for bed sheet sets that helps save water and electricity. The Taiwan Pavilion will showcase eco-friendly fabrics and yarn with features including anti-odour, anti-ultraviolet, black-out, fire-retardant and fireproof and water repellent.
The presence of non-Asian pavilions including Belgium, Morocco and Turkey marks exhibitors’ enthusiasm towards the Asian market. The Morocco Pavilion will display uniquely designed fabrics with embroidery, geometric shapes and ornamentation. The Turkey pavilion joins again with quality products including towels, bed sheets, curtain fabrics, bathrobes, furnishing articles, curtains, interior blinds, etc.
A variety of machine-made and handmade carpets from Afghanistan, China, India and Pakistan will also be on offer. Chinese suppliers incorporate innovative materials into their carpets. Carpet producer COC Group uses advanced production technology to produce carpets from materials such as pure wool, acrylic wool, wool-polyester, polypropylene monofilament yarn and spun silk.
– Apparel and Textile News, Apparel Talk, Indian Apparel
