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Messe Frankfurt

PRESS RELEASE / Event

9 March 2026

4 minutes

At the fair, it is the Asian pavilions that regularly attract buyers of functional textiles. These include the Korea Pavilion, where exhibitors such as Dongbang International, TNF Global, and Ts Textile are traditionally strong in sports, golf, and outdoor fabrics with antibacterial, durable, and stretchy properties.

Intertextile Apparel: Fringe Events Mirror Market-Driven Exhibition Themes as Show Opens this Week

SHANGHAI, CHINA: The evolving market has inspired much of what’s on show from 11 to 13 March at Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring Edition, set to feature over 3,000 exhibitors from 25 countries and regions across seven halls at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). Beyond – and in some cases integrated with – the...

PRESS RELEASE / Event

6 March 2026

3 minutes

With most exhibition space categorised according to products, the platform is tailored for buyers to efficiently allocate their sourcing needs across distinct zones, ensuring seamless navigation from high-volume chemical fibres to premium natural yarns and region-specific specialties.

Innovation Meets Scale: 600+ Exhibitors in Global Sourcing Spotlight at Next Week’s Yarn Expo Spring 2026

SHANGHAI, CHINA: Spanning 27,000 sqm, over 600 exhibitors from 12 countries and regions – including new exhibiting countries^[1] from Bangladesh, Egypt, Japan and the US – are set to showcase a comprehensive array of products at Asia’s leading yarn and fibre trade fair. Other exhibitors at the fair, opening 11 – 13 March 2026 in Hall 8.2 of the...

PRESS RELEASE / Event

30 September 2025

6 minutes

At Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Autumn Edition 2025, over 3,700 exhibitors from 26 countries and regions welcomed over 100,000 visitors from 123 countries and regions to the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai.

Intertextile Apparel Does Business for Industry Players Seeking Connections and Insights In Competitive Market

SHANGHAI, CHINA: Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Autumn Edition concluded the Asian leg of a busy A/W 2026-27 exhibition season for the global textile industry – but, according to many fairgoers, this was the one platform they could not miss.

At Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Autumn Edition 2025, over 3,700 exhibitors from 26...

Event Preview / Intertextile Shanghai

1 September 2025

7 minutes

Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics attracts thousands of apparel fabrics’ and accessories’ suppliers as well as over 100,000 of garment manufacturer, trading company, retail chain store, department store, buying office, wholesaler & distributor etc. from around the globe every year.

Digital Sampling, AI Forecasts and Matchmaking Platforms Reshape Apparel Sourcing Efficiency

At the Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics - Autumn Edition starting tomorrow, industry players will be seen navigating shifting sourcing strategies, sustainability expectations, and digital transformation. Wilmet Shea, General Manager of Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd, explains how themed zones, global exhibitors, and smart tools are helping buyers discover materials, evaluate suppliers, and make sourcing decisions in a changing market.

Subir Ghosh

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PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

22 January 2025

3 minutes

High satisfaction ratings confirmed the success of this year’s Heimtextil edition: 81 per cent of exhibitors reported achieving their trade fair goals. At 94 per cent, visitor satisfaction reached also a record high.

Heimtextil 2025 Records Visitor Increase and Showcases Future Interior Design

Frankfurt, Germany: Heimtextil 2025 ended with full exhibition halls, 142 participating nations, another increase in exhibitors and visitors as well as with top satisfaction ratings. Over four days, more than 50,000 buyers experienced the latest collections, materials and textile solutions for the entire interior design at first hand from over 3...

Event Roundup / Heimtextil 2023

25 January 2023

7 minutes

Heimtextil 2023 ended with concentrated intercontinental strength and set the course for a successful trade fair year. A total of 44,000 buyers took advantage of the opportunity to participate in the global market for home and contract textiles and to gain a bundled overview of global textile innovations - from fibres, yarns, upholstery and decorative fabrics, functional textiles, outdoor fabrics, artificial leather and wallpapers to bed and bathroom textiles, mattresses, sleep systems, curtains and decorat

Scalable and Sustainable Innovations are Not a Contradiction in Terms

As a leading international trade fair with participants from 129 nations, Heimtextil 2023 was a global stage where textile sustainability was holistically mapped — with products and innovations that have shown that scalable and sustainable innovations are not a contradiction in terms. Olaf Schmidt, Vice-President (Textiles & Textile Technologies) at Messe Frankfurt talks to texfash.com

Subir Ghosh

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Straight Talk / Wilmet Shea

27 September 2022

6 minutes

Buyers essentially require trade fairs that address the latest consumer preferences as well as the seasonal trends in fashion.

What the Physical Fair Offers Cannot Be Replaced by Digital Tools

The Autumn edition of Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics and Yarn Expo, one of the biggest trade events in this part of the globe, has now been merged with the spring edition next year because of the pandemic situation in China. Wilmet Shea, Deputy General Manager of fair organiser Messe Frankfurt HK, talks threadbare about how trade event organisers are operating in these trying times and, of course, Intertextile Shanghai.

Subir Ghosh

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Fashion Councils / Alliance

22 June 2022

2 minutes

The European fashion organisations aim collectively to reinforce European fashion on a sustainable, inclusive, innovative and promotional level and to accelerate the translation of these objectives into realistic actions and policy recommendations.

Season of Alliances: 25 Fashion Councils Come Together in Europe

Twentyfive European fashion institutions have come together to create the European Fashion Alliance, a powerful new network of fashion organisations aiming to unite and change the European fashion landscape.

Staff Writer

Technical Textiles / Techtextil 2022

26 May 2022

5 minutes

A shot from Techtextil 2019. This time, with Techtextil, Texprocess and the Heimtextil Summer Special, Messe Frankfurt brings textile value chains together at its exhibition centre. In parallel, the D2C Neonyt Lab of Messe Frankfurt and numerous public events of Frankfurt Fashion Week, organised by the City of Frankfurt, are planned to take place in the city itself.

Key Drivers Coming from User Industries Looking for Innovation, NextGen Apps

Less than a month from now, the world of technical textiles and nonwovens as well as the processing of textile and flexible materials will finally meet again at Techtextil and Texprocess. Michael Jänecke, Director - Brand Management - Technical Textiles and Textile Processing, Messe Frankfurt Exhibition, wraps up the last two years and tells texfash.com which way the industry is headed.

Subir Ghosh

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