Cinte Techtextil China, the biennial technical textiles fair held last month, witnessed 12,496 visitors attending the fair, massively up by 63% from the previous edition fair held in 2012.
Organizers of the fair, Messe Frankfurt said visitors came from a total of 61 countries and regions, with the top five, excluding China, being Korea, Taiwan, Japan, India and Hong Kong.Cinte Techtextil China, the biennial technical textiles fair held last month, witnessed 12,496 visitors attending the fair, massively up by 63% from #
In total, 459 exhibitors from 22 countries and regions took part in the fair, a 4% increase compared to the last edition.
This year the fair was held across 35,000 sqm, an expansion of 40% from the last edition and the largest in the show’s history.
It was also held separately from Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics, unlike in 2012, and according to Wendy Wen, Senior General Manager of Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd, there were a number of positive effects to come out of this.
“Being held independently to the apparel fabrics show really ensured more qualified buyers attended, with many exhibitors expressing that visitors to their booths were more aligned with their target market,” she said.
She added, “Numerous exhibitors also reported that there is still a lot of potential in the Chinese market, and in particular for European suppliers, the demand for their products and recognition of their strong quality by domestic buyers was very evident.”
According to Messe Frankfurt, exhibitors said that this year, the quality of buyers had improved, and that they were able to find their target buyers at the fair.
Susie Zhang, Marketing Representative in the Shanghai office of German testing company ISRA Vision AG said, “This year the visitor flow has been good, and we could meet both existing and new customers.”
David Xue from British firm Reliant Machinery informed, “We’ve had a lot of discussions here and met buyers from a wide range of the industry, and many of them were managers.”
Richard Leung from first-time German exhibitor - DIENES said, “We are very happy that we could find a lot of our target buyers here. We didn’t make any appointments before the fair but we were still able to find new customers.”
Potential in the Chinese technical textiles market is still high according to exhibitors, and there is growing demand across a wide range of products many of them reported.
“We have some existing customers here in the filtration industry and there is strong demand in China for these products,” B. Mehmet Inceoglu from the Technical Fibres division of Turkish company AKSA explained.
Medical products are another area with potential in China according to the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA). “The feedback from buyers has been good and we’ve met a lot of people from R&D departments here. Many buyers here are looking for medical technology,” Marketing Manager Lydia Fung said.
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