The most expected event, The 13th International Exhibition on Textile Industry (SHANGHAITEX 2007) closed with great success at Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Pudong, Shanghai on June 4, 2007.

Over 1,400 exhibitors coming globally from 20 countries & regions and 23 Chinese provinces & cities have joined the exhibition. The show has hit its largest ever scale this year. 9 exhibition halls and 3 temporary halls were fully occupied. Exhibition area reached 120,000sqm, increased by 20% as comparing with 2005. The show made a breakthrough by grouping exhibitors according to product categories, differentiating the show of its kind which are sorted by countries. Knitting, printing & finishing equipments were the focus of the exhibition, while energy saving and environmental friendly machineries & technologies have been the highlights of the show.

SHANGHAITEX 2007, being a major textile event, was highly recognized by Chinese government & textile associations. Mr. Hu Yan Zhao, the deputy mayor of Shanghai, Mr. Wang Tian Kai, the vice president of China Textile Industry Association, Mr. Gao Yong, the vice president of China Textile Industry Association and the director-general of China Textile Machinery & Equipment Industry Association, and leaders and representatives of nationwide textile associations have visited the exhibition.

The 4-day event has recorded 108,204 visitors flow from 42 countries and regions. Among, 3,308 are professional visitors coming globally, including Bangladesh, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, etc.