Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles will take place from August 23 to 26, 2017. The event caters to buyers with various sourcing needs. The show also helps buyers access the finest suppliers of upstream designs and printing technics. Top suppliers from around the world will demonstrate their latest collections. This year, exhibitors from Belgium, India, Morocco, Pakistan, Taiwan and Turkey will participate in pavilions.
Fine products including sun protection, wall coverings, carpets and rugs and bedding and toweling round out the product categories. The estimated ten million couples getting married every year in China contribute strongly to the demand for home textile products. Moreover rising living standards resulting from increased urbanisation along with flourishing hospitality industry are driving the market.
Apart from the domestic market, Chinese home textile industry is also opening up new markets around the world, particularly in the Asean region, where exports continue to increase. Synergy among products, especially those between home textile products and furniture, is the emerging trend at present.
The Chinese home textile industry will be modernised by incorporating innovative, technological and artistic elements. An annual growth of 5.5 per cent and 3.2 per cent for revenue and exports is targeted, while automation is to be further promoted to enhance productivity.
