As Cinte Techtextil China trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens is approaching, Chinese suppliers are getting ready to display a wide range of sourcing options for buyers, particularly in the Medtech application area this year.

Chinese producers are responding not only to strong global consumption, but also rapid domestic growth in this sector, with demand in China for medical textiles products expected to be 323,200 tons in 2016 and reaching 424,600 tons in 2019, according to the trade fair organiser, Messe Frankfurt.

Some of this sector’s best producers will be at Cinte Techtextil China, from 12-14 October, including Nanhai Beautiful Nonwoven, which specialises in the Medtech area and ranks number two in terms of nonwovens production capacity in China. The company was one of the first Chinese companies to produce protective clothing used during the Ebola virus, and also provided anti-nuclear radiation suits for staff working in the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Chinese nonwovens suppliers

Hismer is another nonwovens supplier in the Medtech sector participating in the fair. According to organisers, it was one of the first manufacturers to mass-produce pure chitosan fibres, a process which has been recognised by the Chinese Academy of Engineering as world-leading.

Zhejiang Kingsafe Nonwoven is another top producer of spunbond, spunlace and hot-rolled nonwovens. Its nuclear-proof nonwovens constitute products used by the Chinese army, and it has been recognised as one of the top 100 key provincial technical centres in Zhejiang province.

Other suppliers at this year’s fair include Nbond Nonwovens, which offers spunlace products for the medical, beauty and industrial fields; Tiandingfeng Nonwovens, whose high-strength coarse denier polypropylene spunbond geotextile is a substitute for polyester geotextiles; and Jiangsu Hengli Chemical Fibre, which will exhibit high-tenacity polyester yarn, polyester chips and more.

Membrane products

Jinda Corp, which falls under the membrane product category, is one of the major exhibitors at Cinte Techtextil China this year. Its export business accounts for more than two-thirds of total sales, and the company reports that it has achieved steady results in recent years despite weak demand in the market.

Sales Manager Mr Lu Huimin explained that the fair was an ideal platform to generate new business given constant change in the market and product applications. “As the most professional exhibition in the Chinese technical textiles industry you can target the right buyers at the fair, and these buyers are placing orders onsite,” he said.

Cinte Techtextil China’s product groups include technology and machinery, woven and knitted fabrics, nonwovens, coated textiles, composites, surface and bonding techniques, fibres and yarns, and more.

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