Taiwan’s top textile makers turn out for TITAS
The 27th Taipei Innovative Textile Application Show (TITAS) has opened at Taiwan’s Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, running from 17-19 October.
The number of exhibitors has increased by 4% from 2022, to 400, and there are 6% more booths this year.
Exhibitors include FENC, Everest, Eclat, Formosa Taffeta, Singtex, Kingwhale and Cotton USA.
The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) and the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT) has brought six Italian suppliers of textile machinery and digital printing solutions.
The Indian Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council also organised six companies and their exhibits include PET bottle recycled yarn, fabrics for garments, industrial fabrics, and non-woven fabrics.
The Korean Pavilion is led by the Daegu Gyeonbuk Textile Industries Association and nine companies specialising in fashion and functional products.
Local innovations include FENC’s Topgreen BIO3 fabric, which received the prestigious Red Dot Design Award.
Formosa Chemicals & Fibre’s recycled nylon from waste marine fishing nets has been expanded to clothing applications in athleisure wear and footwear.
Formosa Taffeta has launched bio-plastic elastic yarn, which uses non-edible industrial corn and is transformed into biomass materials through fermentation technology.
LIBOLON has developed a green circulation concept with a “water circular economy”.
Yi Shin‘s Magic Recycle-WTG (waste to goods) is composed of Global Recycled Standard-certified recycled yarn made from pre-consumer textile waste and post-consumer plastic bottles.
Shinkong Synthetic Fiber’s Cycora recycled fabrics are a waste regeneration project through a collaboration between Shinkong and Ambercycle.
GrandeTex’s Secao yarn is the result of its partnership with the Agricultural Technology Research Institute.
Zig Sheng showcases its Bluecircle yarn, a 100% textile recycled yarn, and N66 Soufflex, a low fibre-shedding and stretchy yarn.
Grand Textile obtained several patents including Stone Cold (cooling technology), Coffee Charcoal (thermal regulation), and Color Max (dyeing technique creating spray dye/tie dye effect).
Singtex's S.Café eco2sy plus is made from coffee and recycled PET bottles and has the ability to absorb odour.
Everest has developed biodegradable waterproof and breathable membranes, coupled with laminated products made from biodegradable fibres.
Justin Huang, president of the Taiwan Textile Federation, said: “The textile industry is facing a situation that is more serious than the financial crisis. It is expected that the order situation has gradually improved since 2023 Q3, and a significant recovery is expected to begin in 2023 Q4.
“Taiwan’s export value of textiles in the first eight months of this year declined by 30% yearly and experienced an annual decrease of 22% yearly in export volume. Many textile companies have transitioned to automation and diitalisation and invested in overseas production expansion. They are preparing to make a big leap forward next year.”
Image: TITAS 2022
