#Knitting & Hosiery

2021-03-25

World's leading textile enterprises gather in ZhejiangTex 2021 trans-boundary innovation, intelligent textiles & healthy future

The 21st ZheJiang International Trade Fair for Textile and Garment Industry (ZhejiangTex 2021) will be grandly held on 8-10 June 2021 at Yiwu International Expo Centre in Zhejiang. Four thematic zones will be featured in ZhejiangTex this year, they are "Knitting & Hosiery Machinery”, "Sewing & Automatic Garment Machinery”, "Digital Printing Technology & Application” and “Knitting Products & Accessories”. The show is expected to gather more than 300 exhibitors to showcase a range of digital textile machinery, helping the enterprises to grow their businesses!

Joining hands with “CKIW YIWU” for an Enhanced Value Chain

This year, ZhejiangTex 2021 will join hand with “CKIW YIWU” at the Yiwu International Expo Centre for the first time. Under the same roof, the two exhibitions will showcase ranging from research & development to design, equipment to technology, raw materials to knitting products & accessories, building a more competitive platform for the development of knitting industry.

Under the theme of "Trans-boundary Innovation, Intelligent Textiles & Healthy Future", “The National Health Textile Pioneer Science and Technology Innovation Forum in 2021” will also be held concurrently to help enterprises grasping latest industry dynamics, the innovation and development of the textile industry.

Partial confirmed and reserved exhibitors are as below (listed in no particular order):

Exhibitors of Knitting Machinery and Related Accessories: SANTONI, LONATI, CHEMTAX, YINGYUN, DAHAOMINGDE, YEXIAO, WEIHUAN, AURORA, YIPENG, KAIQIANG, JIAZHILI, SHIGAN, HENGRUN, KEGUN, OURS TOP, RUIFANG, YALIDA, JINGHONG, HEMEI, DUBANG etc.

Exhibitors of Finishing after Knitting Setting and Air Compressor: CHUYUN, KEMEI, RONGYIFU, SIMPHOENIX etc.

Exhibitors of Sewing and Digital Printing Machinery: SHING RAY, BROTHER, TAOLING, DASEN, OCEAN, BOPAI, QIANPAI, DAIRENG, YIFENG, NINGMENG, JINRUI, XUSHI, XINYINXIANG, JIACHENG etc.

ZhejiangTex 2021 will see you in June

Visit www.ZhejiangTextile.com to learn more about the show details.

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