Texworld has returned to take place as a physical event on 7-9 February 2022 at the Parc des Expositions of Paris - Le Bourget.
The show hosted 200 exhibitors, including 70 from Turkey, along with others from India, Pakistan, Taiwan, Bangladesh and Uzbekistan, a country also willing to become part of the industry arena.
Despite the smaller size of the show, the event was visited by a relatively significant number of insiders of the market and exhibitors expressed their satisfaction about the attendance they received.
Among them, for instance, Pioneer Denim, a denim manufacturer from Bangladesh, showed its satisfaction. “We didn’t expect very high results from the show considering the tough time the industry has been facing. Despite this, we received a very high number and top-quality visitors,” commented Hasibul Huda, deputy general manager, Pioneer Denim. “We were visited by companies like Primark, Next, Mango, Bestseller Group and others from various countries including The UK, Italy, USA and Spain.”
Also, Atlas Denim, a Turkish denim specialist, was happy about the results it achieved within the show as explained by Alican Yildiz, also underlining how tough times have been for manufacturers in recent times: “We have been facing this hard times as, for instance, prices for raw materials, energy and transportation have increased significantly. Though by getting to know in advance what our clients needed we managed to find raw materials and keep faith to our agreement and delivering fabrics in 5-6 weeks.” And continued: “And we saw a general good attendance in these days.”
Among most significant trends seen at the show there were some innovative sustainable fabrics as, for instance, those presented by Atlas. They offer denims made with recycled cotton treated with a special technology that helps cut water consumption. Also, new are fabrics made with Tencel and Dual Core technology.
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Atlas Denim fabrics
Pioneer Denim developed some new products that include the Iceberg group made in order to obtain brighter hues and more evident contrasts when treated. Also, new is the Quick Wash selection that fades in faster times and helps to reduce water and energy consumption. If a regular treatment requires about 80 minutes, Quick Wash requires about 26 minutes only.
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Pioneer Denim double face fabric
As part of Avantex, the show’s section focused on new technology and innovation, Komet Story presented a new store solution launched by a French company. This special concept is an 18 sq. meter complete closed store where a customer can try and buy apparel independently without the help on any vendor or cashier. The customer can book a visit to the store via an app, enter try products, pay and go. The shop concept can be rented by brands for a defined time and its cost can vary from €5,000 to €10,000 per month. The first store that was already exists is in Rennes, in France and opened in 2021.
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Komet Story store concept
Among other innovative projects presented during Avantex, Fingertip is a digital order, production and quality management platform that can be used by brands and manufacturers collaborating with the players of their value chain communicating in real time via cloud. Fingertip’s Niels Mejijers explained: “This system can give a clear picture on how orders are produced, if there are problems occurring and understanding how to solve them in real time, at any hour. This platform can be installed and become operative in two weeks.”
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