Asia’s leading technical textiles and nonwovens trade fairs took place last week covering three halls totalling 35,000 sqm, which makes it the largest event in its history.

The exhibition that took place from 24 – 26 September at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre welcomed around 460 exhibitors from 22 countries and regions displaying their innovations as part of the full range of industry product groups with 12 different application areas on display.

This year’s highlights in the International Hall include pavilions from Belgium, Germany, Italy and Taiwan, as well as a European Pavilion. In the two Domestic Halls, pavilions from China Hi-Tech Group Corp, Shangtex Holding and Zhejiang Tiantai feature.

Diverse range of exhibitors

Some of the key exhibitors this year on offer at Cinte Techtextil China include:

• Technology and machinery suppliers: Andritz Group (Austria), Autefa (Germany), China Hi-Tech Group (China), Dilo Systems (Germany), Oerlikon (Germany), Siltex Srl (Italy) and SSM (Switzerland)
• Woven fabrics, laid webs, knitted fabrics and braidings producers: Concordia Textiles (Belgium), Conwed Plastics (Belgium), Shangtex Holding (China) and Taiwan Functional Textiles (Taiwan)
• Nonwovens specialists: AKSA (Turkey), Fibrane (Korea), Sandler (Germany) and Zhejiang Tiantai (China)
• Coated textiles exhibitors: Gale Pacific (Australia), PT Ateja (Indonesia), Stahl Coating (the Netherlands) and Texadvisor (Italy)
• Composites suppliers: ITW Dynatec (USA) and TTG (USA)
• Bonding techniques and chemicals specialists: Huntsman (USA), Pennel & Flipo (Belgium), Prochimir (France) and Protechnic (France)
• Fibre and yarn suppliers: Amann Group (Germany), Barnet Europe (Germany), EMS-CHEMIE (Switzerland), Lenzing (Austria) and PHP Fibers (Germany)
• Other highlighted exhibitors: Groz-Beckert KG (Germany) and Luwa Air Engineering (Switzerland)

Latest market updates

As well as the wide range of products and technology on display, the fair’s fringe programme offers the chance to learn the latest trends in the market and product developments.

Over 30 seminars and product presentations are featured in the programme, with topics ranging from regional and global market overviews to new product innovations. One further source of knowledge for buyers is the Innovation Showcase, which displays the newest technology and fabrics from exhibitors from around the world.

 A further source of information is the China International Nonwovens Congress which took place on 25 September. Speakers from organisations including the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA), the Taiwan Nonwoven Fabrics Industry Association, Autefa Solutions GmbH, Lenzing AG, Hismer Bio-Technology and a number of domestic companies took part.

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