80% of space booked for Intertextile Shanghai

Picking up the baton from March’s Spring Edition, the 2017 Autumn Edition of Intertextile Shanghai Apparel

Fabrics, the most influential industry trade event of the year, is on track to exceed last year’s sourcing

options, with around 80 per cent of the available exhibition space already booked. Over the fair’s 22-year

transformation into one of the most international and industry-leading events, it has steadily become a place

where the worlds of fashion and innovation converge, and the 2017 edition, to be held from  October 11 – 13,

will be no exception.

“The whole industry knows Intertextile as a fair where you can find everything you’re looking for given its

size and product range, but look a little closer and it’s clear that the fair has become much more than that in

recent years,” Ms Wendy Wen, Senior General Manager of Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd explained. “It is also a hub

for the latest fashion, particularly the trendy options available in the Japan Pavilion, the cutting-edge

patterns in Verve for Design, as well as the new Chinese talents beginning to emerge, to name just a few. Being

in the heart of Asia, the fair is also a focal point for fabric innovations, best evidenced in the Korea &

Taiwan Pavilions, Functional Lab and Group Pavilions, as well as increasingly from Chinese exhibitors also.”

In addition to the ongoing improvements to the venue’s services over the last few editions, this year the hall

layout will make it even easier to navigate around the fairground. All international exhibitors will be located

on level 2 including in the International Halls (5.2 & 6.2), Beyond Denim (hall 7.2) and Accessories Vision

(hall 4.2) – the latter two shared with domestic exhibitors. The International Halls will host overseas

exhibitors covering a diverse selection of quality products from around the globe, and include various

pavilions and product zones to streamline buyers’ sourcing experiences.