Renowned exhibitors from different key sectors will gather at ShanghaiTex 2009 to display the whole range of latest textile machineries. Printing, dyeing & finishing machineries and technologies including Fong’s, Brazzoli (Italy), Gofront (Hong Kong), Chemtax (Hong Kong), Santex (Swiss), Sinoca (Hong Kong), Donglin (Taiwan), Yeman (Hong Kong), Xiamen Rapid (China), Alome (Korea), etc. Exhibitors for knitting & hosiery machineries including Wellknit (Taiwan), Falmc (Singapore), Nan Sing (Hong Kong), Shima Seiki (Japan), Mayer & Cie (Germany), Stoll (Germany), Santoni SPA (Italy), Ningbo Yuren (China), Karl Mayer (Germany), etc. Spinning, non-wovens and techtextile machineries suppliers including Oerlikon (Swiss), Kar Ming (Hong Kong), Siemens, Crystec, Xorella AG (Swiss), etc. Exhibitors for weaving machineries including Lindauer Dornier GmbH (Germany), Willy Itanlina (Italy), Xinhai Drive, etc.

The global financial turmoil has an adverse impact to the entire world economy and to different industries. Being a traditional key industry of China's economy, the textile industry is inevitably affected. How can textile enterprises adjust its direction and strategy to cope with the global circumstances? How to explore opportunity from crisis? Against such a backdrop, the China Textile Industry Summit 2009 will be held on June 11, 2009 at The International Conference Centre in Shanghai, a day prior to the opening of ShanghaiTex 2009. Renowned and authoritative world business expert, Mr Long yongtu, Secretary General of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), will analyze the international market situation and explore opportunities for future developments. Other speakers include leader of China National Textile and Apparel Council and a representative from the Shanghai government.

The summit will be held one day prior to the opening of the 14th International Exhibition on Textile Industry (ShanghaiTex 2009) which will be on stage from June 12-15 at the New International Expo Centre in Pudong, Shanghai. Being the country's most established and own-branded textile industry exhibition, ShanghaiTex 2009 is supported by about 1,000 exhibitors from 18 countries and regions, who are expected to receive more than 100,000 local and overseas visitors. Riding on the influence of the exhibition, the summit will be a focus in the industry and bring additional value to visitors' trips

The summit's keynote speakers and the topics of their speeches are as follows:

1. Modern service industries and Shanghai, Shanghai City official
2. The impact of financial crisis on Chinese economy and the way out, Mr Long Yongtu, Secretary General of the Boao Forum for Asia and world business expert
3. The impact of financial crisis on China's textile and machinery industry and the industry's development trend, Leader of China National Textile and Apparel Council

ShanghaiTex09 and ATA Journal Joint Promotion ended with great success and a lucky draw was held on April 20. Thank you once again for ATA readers to support this special program.

ShangahiTex09 is delighted to congratulate the following winners:

3 winners of attaining 2 nights of free hotel rooms during ShanghaiTex09 period

Renowned buyers enterprises such as H & M and Columbia mark significantly ShanghaiTex 2009 as a must-visit event on the event calendar. The famous sport wear manufacturer- Columbia has visited ShanghaiTex for many editions, and they are eagerly looking for the most cutting- edge machinery and technology, in line with the development and manufacturing for its high-end and multi –functional clothing materials in recent years . Mr Feng Lin , Quality Control Manager of Colombia , Shanghai Office and his colleagues take ShanghaiTex seriously by pre-registering earlier . Overseas trade associations such as Indian Textile Association , Indonesian Textile Association and All Pakistan Mills Association also confirmed to have delegations to visit .

Encouraging news from the progress of VIP buyer invitations in China. Renowned key buyer enterprises such as Stepwolves Group , Shanshan Group , Ruyi Group , Ruthai Textile Group etc., all confirmed to visit ShanghaiTex2009 with high expectation on the mega event. Several textile and fashion associations such as those from Shantou , Shenzhen and Zhongshan etc., also organize delegations to visit .