Organised by the Ministry of Economic Affairs’ Bureau of Foreign Trade and the Taiwan Textile Federation from October 16-18, 2018 in Taipei, the 22nd Edition TITAS 2018 “Taipei Innovative Textile Application Show” focused on smart textiles, sustainable environmental protection, and functional applications. It attracted participation from 12 countries entailing a total of 456 exhibitors in 1,003 booths.
Insightful seminars and presentations
The show offered a strong knowledge platform that included a slew of activities such as insightful seminars, product presentations besides presentations on new fibers & technologies. The topics for these seminar included ‘The Evolution Tendency Of Smart Textiles’, ‘Japanese Functional Finishing Mark’, ‘ISKO Responsible Innovation Approach’, ZDHC & Functional Testing Of Textile Products & latest trend of innovative textiles to name a few.
In addition, around 1,000 one-on-one business meetings were held between show exhibitors and over 100 invited representatives from international brands/ retailers. TTF in collaboration with the Taipei Sewing Machine Association (TSMA) presented the latest developments in smart manufacturing including automatic sewing machines & smart sewing systems and solutions.
Pavilion for smart textiles
A new pavilion for smart textiles was introduced at the show. Though the core DNA of TITAS has always been to promote innovative textiles, it was quite imperative for TITAS to introduce advance technologies such IOT & AI’s to the discerning segment within its core global business trade audience.
Attendance by local and international dignitaries
Many distinguished local and international luminaries from the industrial, government, academic, and research sectors attended the opening ceremony of the show. The participation included the trade bodies/ associations/ support service institutes viz. Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan Textile Research Institute, Southern Taiwan Textile Research Alliance, Taiwan Technical Textile Association & other 15 textile related associations representing various segments of Taiwan’s textile chain.
While on the international participation side, the Federation of Indian Chambers Of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) led a group of 10 exhibitors. A visiting delegation organised by VITAS, Vietnam attended TITAS to seek further co-operation with Taiwan’s textile enterprises, Southern Taiwan Textile Research Alliance
Government support for the textile industry was indicated with the presence of Mei-Hua Wang, MOEA Deputy Minister who made a special appearance at the opening ceremony. Among other special guests who attended the show included Jang-Hwa Leu, Director General of Industrial Development Bureau, MOEA; Yung-Jan Chan, 2018 women’s Tennis Association world rankings number one player in women’s doubles alongwith her sister/ partner Hao-Ching Chan who was a gold medalist of women’s tennis competitions at the 2014 Asian games in Incheon; Douglas Hsu; Honorable Chairman, TTF and Cheng- Tien Chan, Chairman, TTF
On the whole TITAS 2018 indeed kicked off with larger scale and more innovative & upgraded coverage. As TTF Honorable Chairman Douglas Hsu very aptly mentioned that the sustainability & eco-friendly textiles are in big trend today and precisely this is the talking point today
