Mega event for technical textiles & nonwoven to come in Oct
25 Jan '08
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Cinte Techtextil China, running 20 – 22 October 2008 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, is the only trade fair of its kind in A-sia: a specialised event showcasing technical textiles and nonwoven products.
Now in its eighth year, the show attracts more than half of its exhibitors (320 from 22 countries & regions in 2005) and nearly 20% of its visitors from overseas. Held only once every two years, it is co-organised by leading nonwovens and technical textile industry as-sociations across China.
China's demand for technical textiles and nonwoven materials is massive – accounting for half of all spending in this sector in Asia. China's consumption of technical textiles has grown more than 10% a year for two decades and is expected to reach nearly five million ton-nes by 2010. Consumption of nonwovens has had an equally impres-sive growth in China: increasing 30% each year and expected to reach nearly two million tonnes by 2010.
This year, the event will be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, a modern and well-equipped facility with space to ex-pand and access to transportation. The new, more modern venue is in keeping with the growing event. Since 2000, the show's size has grown 283%. The number of visitors attending has grown 170% – with more than 7,000 buyers from 59 countries & regions at the last show.
Application areas partition products into useful categories: Technical textiles and nonwovens are used in a vast range of in-dustries from construction to agriculture to medical technology.