Best is yet to come for Intertextile Shanghai
The thirtieth anniversary edition of Intertextile Shanghai Apparel and Fabrics opened on August 27.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Detlef Braun, a member of the executive board of organiser Messe Frankfurt, said he had counted up the number of exhibitors at the first Intertextile Shanghai in 1995 and put the total at 123 companies.
He explained that the heritage and roots of the exhibition went back even further, to 1987, when an event called Interstoff Asia launched in Hong Kong. “This was Messe Frankfurt’s first ever overseas show,” Mr Braun said, “and it led to the launch of Intertextile Shanghai.”
In the 30 years since the start of Intertextile Shanghai, he said a total of 103,000 exhibitors had taken part, adding that the event had attracted more than 2.4 million visitors across that time.
“It is one of Messe Frankfurt’s crown jewels,” he continued, “and a major sourcing hub for the global textile industry. It is an incredible success story and the best is still in front of us.”
