Wools are, in fact, the star of autumn-winter 2014/2015, with the collection of Fitecom fulfilling the comfort and protection demands that the season requires. “Our offer is punctuated by 100% wool fabrics for jackets, with new qualities of wool with elastane. The small patterns, namely chequered with several tones of blues and reds, have the leading role”, announces the commercial director, Luís Filipe.

In the area dedicated to knitwear made of flat knits – Knitwear Solutions – Portuguese know-how is illustrated by the proposals of A. Ferreira & Filhos, Carjor and Orfama. “In this edition we are going to give special attention to the quality of raw materials and manufacture. We are in the knitting business for baby and children for over 45 years, hence we completely dominate all the industrial process. We are going to concentrate our efforts in the presentation of special yarns and knitting stitches, particularly yarns with natural fibres' blends in complex knitting structures”, states Honorato de Sousa, commercial manager of Carjor, which is also certified by Oeko-Tex.

Orfama, which is for the first time at Knitwear Solutions, bets, on its side, on a collection “with renewed jacquards with noble raw materials, such as blends with wool/baby alpaca, wool/cashmere, wool/silk, as well as wool/bamboo, wool/cupro, wool/cotton and wool/lurex”, unveils sales area manager, António Cunha.

Still in clothing manufacture, but integrated in the fashion manufacturing trade fair Zoom by Fatex, A. J. Gonçalves, Barbosa & Carneiro/Collove, Inarbel, Miguesana/JVP, Raith Têxteis and Squarcione show the quality of the clothing made in Portugal. “To Inarbel this trade fair is very important, not only to consolidate the French market, but also to establish new contacts in other markets”, points out José Armindo Ferraz, administrator of the company that produces knitwear, with capacity for different qualities and yarn weights.

On its side, Raith Têxteis, which proposes “baby and children products with certified materials and 100% ecologic”, intends with another presence in the trade fair “to increase the portfolio of major brands as clients, since our production is 90% for private label”, declares company’s administrator, Joaquim Rodrigues.

These Portuguese companies are at Première Vision Pluriel with the support of Associação Selectiva Moda, under the project From Portugal, which is financed by European funds (Qren). This project includes more than 60 international actions planned for 2013, which cover the entire textile and fashion chain, from yarns to fabrics, apparel, technical textiles, home textiles and decoration, divided by four continents: Europe, Asia, Africa and America.

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