Due to a huge demand from the textile industry, the organisers of Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics, Messe Frankfurt and CCPIT, will construct a temporary hall in the grounds of the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, giving an additional 1,500 m² of space at the show. Scheduled for October 26-29, the fair already has over 1,300 confirmed exhibitors from 24 countries and regions, including national groups from Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Portugal, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey.

"We expect the show to be at least 20% bigger this year," says Annie Ma, group manager of Trade Fairs for Messe Frankfurt in Hong Kong. "The positive response from the overseas as well as domestic exhibitors illustrates that with facing intense competition they are eager to promote their products and their production capabilities and they are also enthusiastic to get a better idea of how the Chinese market works."