V International Textile Industrial Forum

The main objective of the Forum: the exchange of experiences and technologies in the textile and garment industries, in fashion and design. The basis of the program activities of the forum will develop trade and economic partnership of Russian and foreign companies, specialists and experts. Forum will be attended by the heads of ministries and departments, heads of regional administrations, representatives of major Russian and foreign businesses.

Business program of the Conference will include sessions on current issues in the textile, clothing industry and fashion industry, presentations of new, as well as successful projects.

The Forum will act exposition, demonstrating the possibility of the textile industry in Russia, the types produced by tissue samples of modern equipment and other advanced development of domestic and foreign producers.

Further information available on the official website

EXPO 2010 in Shanghai

From 1 May to 31 October 2010, Shanghai will be hosting the largest ever world exhibition; the theme of EXPO 2010 is «Better City, Better Life». Switzerland will be present with a Pavilion on the EXPO sub-theme «rural-urban interaction». Visit our website to find out more about the official Swiss presence at EXPO 2010 in Shanghai.

Further information available on the official website

ITMF Annual Conference

The Brazilian Textile and Apparel Industry Association (ABIT) is honored to host the next annual Conference of the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF).

ABIT is pleased to invite the world textile industry representatives to the next edition of the largest international textile sector event. The meeting will be held between October 17 - 19, 2010, in Sao Paulo, one of the largest and most dynamic cities on the planet.

Further information available on the official website.

Swiss Textiles Award 2010

The Swiss Textile Federation will be presenting its Swiss Textiles Award for the eleventh time on 4 November 2010 at Puls 5 in Zurich. The international fashion promotional prize with a value of 100,000 euros will be presented on the occasion of “Fashion Days Zurich”, a four-day fashion event organized by the IMG on 3 to 6 November 2010.

Presentation of the Swiss Textiles Award:

• Date: Thursday, 4 November 2010
• Place: Puls 5, Zurich

Further information available here.

Designers' Saturday

In 2010 - now in its 13th edition - the event will once again be an international meeting point for the design world. The presentations of numerous internationally known firms will be accompanied by the Cartes Blanches of both national and international colleges of art and design. And on the Saturday evening, Designers’ Night will ensure that the unique atmosphere that has always characterised Designers’ Saturday will live once more.

«Preview for Professionals»
As a new feature, the 13th Designers’ Saturday will open its doors on the Friday afternoon to host an exclusive event for a purely professional public. This event, only for invited visitors, offers every one of the opportunity of forging new business contacts in a privileged environment and ensuring the best possible allocation of human and temporal resources.

Further informationen available here.

IMB Select 2010
Fashion & Textiles: IT Systems, Services and Strategies

The IMB Select 2010 will be looking at all the product solutions for the time when the economy will be recovering. With a special focus on the textile processing industries, the IMB Select 2010, «Information Technology and Services for the Apparel and other Textile Processing Industries», which will take place on 9 and 10 November 2010, will offer exhibitors and visitors a platform for presenting and discussing new and further developments for process control and data exchange along the value chain.

Further information and application form available here.