The Indonesian Textile Association (API) is organizing the TPT Indo Intertex-Inatex 2022 exhibition from August 10-13, 2022, According to JemmyKartiwaSastraatmaja, General Chair, API, this year's exhibition triggers optimism and investment interest among national textile business players in the post-COVID-19 pandemic. It echoes the spirit that the textile industry still has a long and bright future, he adds.
The Indo Intertex-Inatex 2022 exhibition is being held at the Jakarta International Expo after being delayed by two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 18th edition of the exhibition presents over 130 participants from 16 Asian and European countries displaying products and technological innovations from textile and garment machinery, raw materials, digital printing machines, textile chemicals, accessories and other textile products.
Paul Kingsen, Project Director, PeragaExpo, says, the Indonesian textile and apparel industry recorded the highest growth and played an important role in the national economy.
Based on the Making Indonesia 4.0 roadmap, the textile and clothing industry is one of five manufacturing sectors that are being prioritized.
According to him, the Indo Intertex exhibition plays an important role as a credible platform to pioneer and lead the transformation of the local textile and garment sector by introducing new technologies from the world.
The industrial machinery and accessories on display allow companies to make a faster transition to Industry 4.0 without much hassle. Despite being one of the world's leading apparel manufacturers, until 2021 Indonesia still has not been able to enter the ranking of the top 10 world textile producers.
Previously, in 2017-2020 Indonesia was one of the largest apparel exporters in the world. Based on TexfilesBD, currently, the leading countries in textile exports include Asian countries like China, Germany, Bangladesh, Vietnam, India. Indonesia is considered to still have to struggle to encourage increased competitiveness to be able to compete better with these competing countries. The increase in competitiveness is carried out through the encouragement of regulatory improvements and industrial reforms.
