An all-encompassing product line-up awaits trade buyers

Anticipation is building in the yarn & fibre industry as the 2017 edition of Yarn Expo Spring kicks off next Wednesday. Expanding by nearly 20% this year, the fair will occupy the entire hall 5.1 of the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) to host over 390 suppliers from 12 countries and regions including China, Hong Kong, Japan, India, Indonesia, Korea, Pakistan, Singapore, Slovakia, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

An all-encompassing product line-up awaits trade buyers

This year, the fair will once again cover a comprehensive range of high-quality sourcing options to accommodate the changing needs of the market. The overseas exhibitor line-up remains strong with 90 international suppliers taking part. While the India Pavilion, Pakistan Zone as well as leading exhibitors from Uzbekistan and Vietnam will showcase competitive cotton yarns, elastic yarns and eco-products, exhibitors from Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Slovakia and Thailand will impress buyers by exhibiting a series of cutting-edge fancy yarns, and synthetic, knitting and metallic fibres and yarns. What’s more, Birla Planet is returning to the fair to demonstrate its popular Birla Spunshades, Birla Micro-Viscose and Birla Micro Modal products.

The fair’s domestic offerings are not to be missed as well. 300-plus domestic exhibitors will be highlighted in six display zones – Fancy Yarn Zone, Natural Cotton Yarn Zone, Colourful Chemical Zone, Quality Wool Zone, Green Linen Zone and e-Commerce Zone – to reveal a wide range of innovative yarns and fibres, such as nylon, viscose filament, renewable & recycled fibres and much more.

Other than selling and sourcing, all fairgoers can also gain inspiration and learn the latest market insights from the Shenghong China Fibre Trend Area 2017-18 in the Colourful Chemical Zone, as well as from a series of informative seminar sessions.

Together with Yarn Expo Spring 2017, four other textile trade fairs are held concurrently from 15 – 17 March in the same venue: Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring Edition, Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles – Spring Edition, PH Value and the China International Fashion Fair (CHIC). Yarn Expo Spring is organised by Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd; The Sub-Council of Textile Industry, CCPIT; China Cotton Textile Association; China Wool Textile Association; China Chemical Fiber Association; China Bast & Leaf Fibres Textiles Association; and China Textile Information Centre.

Yarn Expo Spring will showcase some of the world’s highest quality yarn and fibre products, such as natural and blended yarns including cotton, wool, flax / regenerated flax, silk, and man-made fibres and yarns, as well as specialty products including elastic, and fancy and blended yarns.