Mr. Shah, although bit disappointed with visitation at ITM,
still believes such trade fairs help in boosting business as they are excellent
platform for both the parties i.e. buyers and sellers to discuss and negotiate
about different aspects of machines. But he also took a cautious stand and said
overdose of such trade fairs is creating indifference in the minds of both
buyers and exhibitors as it is difficult for people to participate in each and
every fair taking place theses days and that is also too frequently. Mr. Shah
was saddened when he observed that although in weaving hall all big brands were
present, display of real machines were very less.
ShanghaiTex- 2009
The 14th international exhibition ShanghaiTex
2009 was held in city of Shanghai, PR China between June 12-15, 2009. The show
witnessed more than 49,000 visitors out of which 2024 were overseas visitors.
Show was well received by Chinese visitors who came from 30 provinces of China. Apart from China, visitors from approximately 40 counties visited the show
in order to get acquainted with new launches in the machinery field and search
appropriate products for their requirements. Thus overseas visitation comprises of approximately 8.2% of total visitation.
Among all machinery categories knitting sector witnessed
highest interest from visitors. Some exhibitors felt that flat knitting machine
sector is soon to witness growth as early signs of market picking up are already
seen in Shanghai-tex. Textile fraternity is also optimistic about weaving
machine sector.
Fibre2fashion got chance to carry views of two leading
companies to in order to know their experience with ShanghaiTex 2009.
Shima Seiki, one of renowned manufacturer of knitting machinery
experienced quite positive response from the visitors of the show. At
Shanghaitex 2009 Shima Seiki exhibited its line of advanced computerized flat
knitting machines. The display ranged from its SSG- and SIG- series conventional
shaping machines to its latest MACH2-series high-performance Whole Garment
knitting machines.
According to Shima Seiki, Shanghaitex 2009 met with
resounding success by customers seeking new business strategies in economically
difficult times. An unexpectedly large number of inquiries reaffirmed Shima
Seikis reputation for high-quality, high-productivity and technologically
advantageous knitting equipment.
Singapore based, leading embroidery machine manufacturer Barudan also
participated in the fair and exhibited some of its innovative machines.
When asked about experience with facilities and amenities in
the fair, the company noted that amenities provided in the fair were very
normal and also remarked that overall facilities were a bit confusing due to
usage of only Chinese language and not much direction or assistance was provided in English.
Barudan was also disappointed with presence of visitors as
they found visitors' response to show was very pathetic and most visitors were
from China only and less attendance from overseas visitors. There were very few
visitors from countries like India and China.
After observing poor response Barudan is don't seem
optimistic about potential of Trade fairs and believes that such Trade fairs
/Exhibitions are not attractive for luring our customers to buy in this crisis
situation.
These
recently concluded two trade fairs reflects shaky condition of textile market
but still hopes are there that market will soon revive considering faith of
visitors in such events.
