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World’s leading textile enterprises gather in ZhejiangTex 2019

(c) 2019 ZhejiangTex
The worldwide textile industry is in the stage of transition. To further expedite the digital transformation of manufacturing, the 20th ZheJiang International Trade Fair For Textile and Garment Industry (ZhejiangTex 2019) will be grandly held on 16-18 May 2019 at Yiwu International Expo Centre in Zhejiang.

Three thematic zones will be featured in ZhejiangTex this year, they are "Knitting & Hosiery Machinery”, "Sewing & Automatic Garment Machinery” and "Digital Printing Technology & Application”, it is expected to gather more than 300 exhibitors to showcase a range of digital textile machines, helping the enterprises to grow their businesses and achieve the ultimate goal of “Smart Textile and Garment Technology - Smart Life Style”.

Belt and Road Initiative Brings Together the Textile Leaders with a Range of New Materials and Digital Machinery 

According to the estimate made by the MarketWatch (2018), the digital textile printing market is expected to expand at a CAGR of 16.3% during 2018-2027, bringing tremendous business opportunities to the entire textile industry. In view of this, more innovative and intelligent machinery and equipment; raw material and textile chemical are required for the textile enterprises to enhance competitiveness.

Yiwu is the world capital of small commodities, it attracts many foreign textile manufacturer clusters along the Belt and Road to source machines and equipment from there, making it a major city for digital printing, textile and apparel manufacturing. By utilizing Yiwu’s geographical advantage, ZhejiangTex 2019 will gather the textile and fashion manufacturers from all around the world, in order to lead the global enterprises to achieve a successful digital transformation at a low cost! 

(c) 2019 ZhejiangTex
(c) 2019 ZhejiangTex


Some of the exhibitors are as follows (in no particular order, including confirmed exhibitors and those made booth reservation):

Knitting & Hosiery Machinery and Equipment: LONATI, CHEMTAX, STOLL, GROZ-BECKRT, BTSR, BEST YIELD, AURORA, HUITENG, YEXIAO, ROSSO, DAHAOMINGDE, WEILITE, WANSHIXING, SHIGAN, ZUOYOU MACHINE, ZHENXING, ZHEJANG ZHUJI PENG Y MECHANICAL LIMITED BY SHARE LTD, KIRIN, KERN-LIEBERS, REL-TEX, etc.

Knitting Finishing & Knitting Machine Air Compressor: BSC, SULLAIR, SEIZE, RONGYIFU, KEMEI, CHUYUN, XINGYA, HONST, etc.

Sewing & Automatic Garment Machinery: HONGYANG, TAICHUANG, LYGOLD, JNJI, ZUSUN, YIN, YIWU LINTAO, SHING RAY, SHING LING, AURI-TECH, PULING, NINGMENG, JINGDA, GOLD FAI, RUIYANG, PEGASUS, SIRUBA, MAQI, CHNKI, CHENG FENG, BRUCE, KAI CHENG, SINY, JEEHE, GUANGQI, etc.

Digital Printing Technology & Application: PRINTPRETTY, GONGZHENG, LELING, TEXTILEPRINT, YEREN, BAIBU, LANYU, DICAI, LIXIN, HENGJINDING

Pre-register Now for Free Admission

Do not miss out on any business opportunities! ZhejiangTex 2019 is now open for free visitor registration on http://www.ZhejiangTextile.com, successfully pre-registered visitors will be entitled to enjoy discounted air tickets; priority access into the fair and a range of events related to functional knitting and digital printing technology. Join ZhejiangTex 2019 and upgrade your business!


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