Texworld Istanbul has opened its doors at Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center. This is the third edition and the exhibition is on from November 3 to 5. Olaf Schmidt, Vice President Textiles & Textile Technologies says in the last 10 years, their company has organised high quality textile exhibitions across the world. Texworld has led the way for many professionals in the industry in Turkey to open up to the international market. With nearly 50 textile shows all over the world, Messe Frankfurt is the global market leader in organising trade fairs for the textile industry, he added.
As per Tayfun Yardım, MD, Messe Frankfurt, Istanbul 127 exhibitors from eight countries are joining the show this year. He added that Turkish fashion and apparel brands were looking for a larger variety and different qualities of fabrics to meet the increasing domestic demand and the country is one the most important textile centres in the world.
Product groups for apparel have been included in the exhibition for the first time this year. Also, DGTIA (Daegu Gyeongbuk Textile Industries Association) and KOTRA (Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency) are attending the event for the first time. All product groups that are part of Messe Frankfurt’s apparel fabric brand events around the world are joining Texworld Istanbul. Thus, exhibitors can exhibit cotton, denim, embroidery and lace, knitted fabric, shirting, wool & wool blends, silk and silky aspects, fabrics, yarn and fibres, accessories, organic fabrics, apparel products and many more. Among the 10 largest countries in textile export, Turkey is seventh in apparel export.
