Exhibitions

Italian high-end yarn spinner Cariaggi is showing its latest collection at Pitti Filati in Florence which kicked off yesterday. The company summarises its Spring-Summer 2015 collection as follows:

Shima Seiki Italia S.p.A., the Italian subsidiary of leading Japanese computerized knitting machine manufacturer Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd., in conjunction with its Romanian sales agent Knit-Tex Rom, will hold a private exhibition in Romania mid-February, in the textile producing region near Piatra Neamt.

The 23rd session of SPINEXPO Shanghai promises visitors to ‘expect the unexpected’ this season at the international textile exhibition for yarns, fibres, knitwear, knitted fabrics, creative trend developments, and innovative textile machinery.

Hyosung, one of the world’s largest producers of nylon, polyester, and the largest in spandex, is introducing new creora products and previewing 2016 fabric trends at the Outdoor Retailer, Salt Lake City, booth 38215.

Leading yarns, knitwear and knitted fabrics trade fair SPINEXPO aims to bring to Shanghai the most complete international offer in the field of creative yarns and fibres, and asks visitors to join it along a journey of new discovery at the Shanghai World Expo Convention & Exhibition Centre from 11-13 March 2014.

Colombia will welcome more than 32,000 international fashion professionals to the 26th annual Colombiatex trade show in Medellin from 12-13 January 2014. Working with Inexmoda, the institute for exports and fashion, Proexport Colombia will assist international exporters and buyers in finding the right partners for their business needs.

As a highly acclaimed, internationally respected fashion innovator for the past 30 years, Japanese fashion designer Michiko Koshino is excited to be invited to collaborate with one of the highest quality textiles regions in the world at the Wakayama Knit Association Exhibition in London in February.

Brescia in Northern Italy and its surrounding area has always been one of the most important manufacturing centres for hosiery and sock manufacturing machinery as well as home to many internationally renowned producers of socks and hosiery.

Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd. of Wakayama, Japan will exhibit at the Première Vision show in New York in January. On show will be the latest version of the company’s SDS-ONE APEX3 3D design system demonstrating its comprehensive support of the entire process of knitwear production from planning and production to sales promotion, as well as its capability for Virtual Sampling that minimizes the sample making process.

Japanese flat knitting machine builder Shima Seiki flexed its technological muscles here in the heartland of Italian knitwear production when it showed no fewer than 17 different high technology flat knitting machines for the production of advanced knitwear, knitted footwear and accessories last weekend at its Open House show. Also on show was the company’s SPR2 (Shima Production Report) production management system and SDS ONE APEX 3 Apparel Design Workstation.