The third edition of BSTIM (Best Solution in Textile Manufacturing) European knitwear fair will be held in Igualada, a textile city near Barcelona on February 22-23, 2017. Nearly 145 factories and 2,500 industry professionals are located here. IN this edition the organizer Catalan Fashion Cluster created a highly innovative image that project into the future without losing sight of the origin.
The organisers observed the need for speed, design, quality and innovation, which are requirements that can only be satisfied by means of local production. BSTIM has been set up to help address these needs. The fair will show the different solutions offered by local textile suppliers with a strong textile know-how and experience.
The fair aims to bring together the textile industry with brands and wants buyers to live the BSTIM experience. They are looking forward to showing the creativity, solvency and capacity of those suppliers and thus stimulate trade relations between manufacturers and international partners.
Markets abroad are increasingly asking for more quality products that are made in Europe. Studies form the Centre d’Informació Tèxtil (Textile Information Centre) and FITEX (Technological Centre) estimate that Spain’s textile industry has the capacity to take on an additional 30 per cent of the current activities. The last edition of BSTIM welcomed 1,500 professional visitors that included buyers from high-premium brands such as El Corte Inglés, Nice Things, Wom&Now, Rita Row, TCN, Sita Murt, and Naulover, and buyers from different international groups like Inditex Group, Desigual, and Cortefiel.
