Business

Originally scheduled to take place from 20 to 24 November 2022, the 2023 exhibition will continue to be held at the National Exhibition and Convention Centre (NECC). © ITMA

10/10/2022 – Trade fairs

Trade fairs

ITMA ASIA + CITME 2022 rescheduled to November 2023

ITMA ASIA + CITME 2022 has been rescheduled to November 2023 due to the uncertain pandemic situation in China. By Sibylle Michel

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard: “Instead of extracting value from nature and transforming it into wealth, we are using the wealth Patagonia creates to protect the source. We’re making Earth our only shareholder.” © Campbell Brewer

07/10/2022 – Business

Business

New ownership for Patagonia

Patagonia announced new ownership, nearly 50 years since founder Yvon Chouinard began his experiment in responsible business. By Sibylle Michel

Key market players and leading academic institutes travelled on 8–9 September 2022 to Düsseldorf-Neuss, Germany, to partake in vivid exchanges about the way towards a responsible textile industry and the contribution of printing technologies. © ESMA

06/10/2022 – Event

Event

TPS as a new platform for sustainable textile printing

120 participants from 15 countries joined the very first edition of Textile Printing & Sustainability (TPS) to learn about the most critical questions ... By Sibylle Michel

Prof. Jin-Guang Teng, President of PolyU, gave a speech at the opening ceremony of SFT. © PolyU

06/10/2022 – Education

Education

Establishment of the School of Fashion and Textiles

PolyU establishes the School of Fashion and Textiles to nurture innovative, creative fashion talent and seize opportunities in the Greater Bay Area. By Sibylle Michel

04/10/2022 – Intertextile Apparel Fabrics and Yarn Expo Shanghai and Shenzen

Intertextile Apparel Fabrics and Yarn Expo Shanghai and Shenzen

Autumn editions postponed to next year

Originally scheduled to take place in October and November 2022, the Autumn fairs in Shanghai and Shenzen will now be postponed to next year. By Sibylle Michel

Michael Jänecke, Show Director of Techtextil and Texprocess, retires with effect from 1 January 2023. © Messe Frankfurt

28/09/2022 – Personnel matter

Personnel matter

Heimtextil, Techtextil and Texprocess with a new management team

The textile trade fairs Heimtextil, Techtextil and Texprocess will be held under new management. Michael Jänecke retires with effect from 1 January 2023. By Sibylle Michel

The China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) receives the ITMF Award International Cooperation for its project Star-Network – Sustainable Textile of the Asian Region. © ITMF

26/09/2022 – Awards

Awards

ITMF Awards 2022 presented for the first time

At the ITMF Annual Conference 2022 which was held in Davos, Switzerland, ITMF presented for the first time the so called ITMF Awards in two categories. By Sibylle Michel