New features at Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles,fabrics
A series of fringe programmes and some new
features will inspire the visitors to the Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles,
to be held during August 27-30 inShanghai.
Given the growing demand for textile solutions for architecture, interior design and the hotel industry, the
fair will highlight leading contract upholstery suppliers with distinctive
labels.
In addition, the show will feature a showcase area
with quality contract upholstery from exhibitors. The area will be decorated by
interior designers, demonstrating the functionalities of different contract
textile products.
To introduce the opportunities that the textile
industry can capture from contract business, both domestic and international
architects, hoteliers, interior designers and industry experts have been
invited to share their insights about design, market, materials and project
management on the Contract Business Days.
Naima A Khan, founder and interior designer from
the Green Design in UAE, for instance, will be speaking on the Art of
Sustainable Interior Design. She has worked with many international home
fashion retail store developers, as well as textile and interior companies, and
is experienced in using therapeutic colour schemes, sustainable materials and
sunlight in different design projects. Another guest, Esra Lemmens, who is also
a designer and active speaker at design events, will talk about the expanding
importance of design throughoutDubaias well as
her suggestions for doing business inDubai.
Other speakers include Martin Oliu from the
international design company, Harmony World Consultant and Design (HWCD). He
has participated in a broad area of design such as architectural construction
and interior design and is responsible for various luxury residential and hotel
design projects. Professor Thomas Charles, who has been working on industrial
product design and research for user experience and consumer behaviour study, business
strategy and branding designs will give a talk on `The Power of Innovative
Design`. Trevira CS will also participate in the Contract Business Day through
their Chinese representative, Jenny Zhang, who will share how the permanently
flame retardant Trevira CS textiles can fit into contract business.
The digital printing micro factory concept was
first introduced in the 2017 edition of Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles,
and received much attention and positive feedback. To cater to the growing demand
for efficient, one-step textile solutions, Global Fortune fromHong Kongwill work jointly with Kornit Digital and
Bullmer to set up a micro factory at this August`s fair. An advanced digital
printing system – Allegro & Cut by Kornit Allegro – will be introduced. The
system streamlines the entire production process by combining printing and
drying together so that multiple machinery is not needed. It is also
eco-friendly as one single ink set suits various fabric types, and designs are
printed in shapes and sizes that are ready for cutting.
In addition to forums discussing how digital
printing helps flexible production, there will also be an array of forums where
some top domestic industry players will share their experience in resolving
technical problems in productions and satisfying requirements in different
product tests. (SV)
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