Make the smart choice to source this spring at the China Sourcing Fairs: Garments & Textiles, Underwear & Swimwear, Fashion Accessories and the India Sourcing Fair: Garments & Accessories in Hong Kong! The Fairs are your ideal source for professional OEMs who can help maximize your retail sales growth with low-cost and creative product designs. Visit the Fairs at AsiaWorld-Expo on April 27 to 30, 2012.

Tissu Premier, which took place 18‐19 January 2012 in Lille, was a true B2B exhibition, with visitors who had carefully planned ahead and exhibitors putting together some exciting last‐minute displays bursting with creative flair. The exhibition showcased an exceptional range of innovative fabrics, presented thematically in dedicated forums that previewed short‐, medium‐ and long‐term collections across the men’s, women’s and children’s markets. Business was booming and exhibitors commented on the high quality of visitors, despite the 6% drop in
numbers compared with January 2011. International participants rose significantly, however, with visitors from
Spain, the UK and the Netherlands flocking to the fair to place advance orders for the Summer 2013 season, or to make short‐term purchases and repeat orders in response to the developing fast fashion sector. The next sessions will take place in June and November, a shift in dates that will allow visitors to attend Tissu Premier outside of the busy trade show calendar.

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It is quite easy to find your favorite stands or certain products using the Exhibitor and Product Search. Look for product groups either alphabetically or by means of the full-text search facility and locate their position in the hall directly in the Hall Plan.

Milano Unica, organizer of the same-named exhibition, and Messe Frankfurt, announced that they will co-operate on joint projects for the benefit of the international apparel fabrics industry. As a starting project, Milano Unica will launch its “Milano Unica” Pavilion in the premium area “SalonEurope” at Intertextile Beijing in March 2012. The pavilion will present exclusively Italian manufacturers and brands for apparel fabrics and accessories.

Despite the current global economic slowdown, leading textile machinery manufacturers around the world are still attracted to prospects offered by the world's largest textile producer - China. This can be seen from the overwhelming response received by the combined textile machinery show, ITMA ASIA + CITME 2012, which will be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre from 12 to 16 June 2012.

China's recent 12th five year plan focuses on the sustainable development and standardization of renewable products derived from stem fibers, plants and animal protein as well as multi fiber blends by 2015. In light of this new direction, many textile mills in China are expected to double their production capacities, resulting in a growing demand for raw yarn and fiber materials. Yarn Expo China is the region’s only specialized upstream yarns and fiber business platform that caters to this emergent market and will take place from 29-31 March 2012 at the China World Trade Centre.

The number of registrations received by the deadline for ‘High-Tex from Germany’ is more than encouraging. Altogether, 53 companies will make presentations within the framework of this special event at Techtextil Russia in Moscow from 12 to 14 March 2012. Of these exhibitors, 45 are manufacturers of nonwovens and technical textiles or research institutes. Rounding off the spectrum are eight manufacturers of textile machinery. Additionally, the research institutes will hold a one-day scientific symposium as part of ‘High-Tex from Germany’.

The international textile and garment machinery industry came together for the 16th ITMA, the world’s most established textile and garment machinery technology exhibition, in Barcelona, Spain from September 22-29, 2011.

Sustainability is and will remain an important issue for Heimtextil and its industry. According to a 2010 study commissioned by Messe Frankfurt, the market segment for sustainable textiles continues to enjoy above-average annual growth of roughly 10 percent worldwide. And 81 percent of all visitors to the most recent Heimtextil in January 2011 rated the topic as important. All the more reason for the organizers of this leading flagship fair to again focus on sustainably produced textiles at the upcoming event from 11 to 14 January 2012.