Focus on high-quality development across the entire industrial chain, leading innovation and application in the global textile industry

　　——2018 China International Industrial Textiles and Nonwovens Exhibition to be held in Shanghai in September

　　In the new era, what kind of textile industry to develop and how to develop it are realistic challenges facing textile professionals. These are also the important content and themes that the 2018 China International Industrial Textiles and Nonwovens Exhibition will focus on showcasing. This exhibition will be held from September 4-6 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center in Pudong. It is organized by the Sub-Council of Textile Industry, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT TEXTILE), China Nonwovens and Industrial Textiles Association (CNITA), and Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd. It is Asia's largest and globally significant exhibition for industrial textiles and nonwovens, with an exhibition area of 40,000 square meters.

　　This exhibition will feature three major highlights: First, a comprehensive display of innovative achievements in the high-quality development of the entire industrial chain. Exhibits cover all aspects of the industrial textiles and nonwovens value chain, including equipment and accessories, specialized raw materials and chemicals, nonwovens and products. Other areas include industrial textile rolls and products, functional fabrics and protective clothing, R&D consulting, and related media. To highlight innovative achievements, this exhibition will also set up a dedicated innovation display area, showcasing various colorful, cool, and novel innovative products to demonstrate industry development frontiers and trends such as industrial reform, scientific and technological innovation, and brand building. Second, multi-dimensional creation of a new industrial ecosystem for multi-party win-win cooperation and open exchange. This exhibition integrates various relevant industrial resources, including production, academia, research, and application, connecting domestic and international markets, promoting international cooperation and exchange, highlighting international characteristics, and fostering a sound and perfect international industrial ecosystem. Third, the formation of a "1+N" exhibition system that radiates multiple activities within one exhibition, strengthening the exhibition's ability to serve industrial development from different perspectives. According to the exhibition organizing committee's plan, concurrent events will include the China Industrial Textiles Innovation Product/Technology Display, the 3rd China Industrial Textiles Industry Leaders Award Ceremony, the exhibition of winning works from the University Nonwovens Product Design and Application Competition, the awards ceremony for the National Universities Nonwovens Materials and Application Innovation and Creativity Paper Competition, the 7th China International Nonwovens Conference, and several technical exchange meetings, fully leveraging the exhibition's functions of aggregation, linkage, empowerment, and service.

　　Applauding Innovators Amidst Fierce Competition

　　Facing intense global market competition and rapidly changing complex situations, especially the high-end demands in various application fields, China's industrial textiles and nonwovens industry has demonstrated strong innovative capabilities, with numerous innovation models emerging. Like a hundred boats racing, with thousands of sails competing, riding the wind and waves on a long voyage. The long voyagers are precisely the innovators. At this exhibition, a group of innovative doers and excellent achievers in the textile industry will make a splendid appearance, showcasing the high-quality development of the industrial textiles and nonwovens industry with their actual achievements.

　　Hengli Petrochemical is exhibiting for the 5th time this year, with exhibits covering all polyester industrial filament products, including automotive seat belt yarn with good dyeing performance and excellent weavability; and automotive airbag yarn with excellent weavability and stable product performance. In the 2018 Fortune Global 500 list, Hengli Group ranked 235th. "What others haven't done or dared to do, we have done, or we have done it first, that is innovation, that is success," said Chen Jianhua, Chairman of Hengli Group. Hengli's philosophy of "not falling behind within 10 years" consistently runs through every project, whether in terms of process, equipment, planning and design, or management model.

　　Innovation always shines brightly, resolving dilemmas, and can gather people's attention at exhibitions, bringing profound thoughts and new inspirations. The shapeliness and dyeing uniformity of chemical fiber products have always been a "cannot have your cake and eat it too" situation, but Hengli Petrochemical's "a low color difference polyester super bright trilobal shaped yarn and its preparation method" combines the two, improving both the style and quality of the finished fabric. The super bright yarn produced by Hengli Petrochemical sells for 1000 yuan/ton higher than its counterparts in the industry.

　　Industrial textiles are characterized by their ability to drive numerous industries, wide coverage, and strong industrial driving capability, and are closely linked to applications and industrial development in various related fields. This exhibition will focus on showcasing the innovative applications of industrial textiles in medical and healthcare, transportation, filtration and separation, safety and protection, geotextiles and construction, structural reinforcement, aerospace, agriculture/forestry/fishery, ropes/belts/cables, packaging, isolation and insulation. These fields have formed a sound and complete industrial ecosystem around industrial textiles and nonwovens.

　　Within the industrial ecosystem, various industrial categories generate development impetus for each other. Visitors to this exhibition will witness the revolutionary changes brought by innovations in industrial textiles and nonwovens to different fields, as well as the tremendous development impetus that the vast demands from various fields bring to industrial textiles and nonwovens. Especially in the innovation zone of this exhibition, the innovative applications of industrial textiles and nonwovens allow visitors to imagine how spacesuits, parachutes, fighter jet ejection seats, bulletproof helmets, Jiaolong submersible cables, spunlace surgical gowns, and more are made, and also feel the vitality and hope of artificial blood vessels and heart valves.

　　Highlighting New Characteristics of China's Textile Industry in the New Era

　　Under the macro background of China shifting from high-speed development to high-quality development, there is no doubt that China's textile industry must keep pace with the times, transforming and regenerating to join the ranks of advanced manufacturing.

　　The report of the 19th National Congress proposed accelerating the building of a manufacturing powerhouse, accelerating the development of advanced manufacturing, and promoting the deep integration of the internet, big data, artificial intelligence, and the real economy. Sun Ruizhe, President of the China National Textile and Apparel Council, pointed out, "The new positioning of China's textile industry is an innovation-driven tech industry, a culture-led fashion industry, and a responsibility-oriented green industry. Technology, fashion, and green should become new labels and symbols for a traditional industry like textiles." Intelligence, fashion, and green have been deeply imprinted in the high-quality development of the textile industry, becoming typical characteristics of the era.

　　Currently, China's textile industry is at a critical period of transformation and upgrading, facing numerous challenges such as labor shortages, high labor costs, rising expenses, significant environmental protection and energy saving pressures, and a complex international situation. Intelligent manufacturing and green manufacturing have become effective choices for industry transformation and upgrading, and for enterprises to improve quality and efficiency. Enhancing the digitalization and intelligentization of textile equipment has been placed on the agenda of many textile enterprises, and textile manufacturing equipment is a decisive factor concerning intelligent manufacturing and green manufacturing for textile enterprises.

　　A group of typical textile equipment manufacturers will exhibit at this show, demonstrating how China's independently manufactured textile equipment will promote intelligent and green manufacturing in the textile industry. Hengtian Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., participating in this exhibition, is a complete equipment provider for spunlace, spunlace composite, needle punching, hot air, hot rolling, etc. Its water treatment system incorporates a wastewater recovery system, which can significantly reduce water consumption; the outlet of the circular screen dryer's dehumidifying fan adds temperature and humidity detection, which can intelligently adjust the negative pressure of the dewatering fan and the temperature of the circular screen dryer's drying room; the winding machine automatically connects with the fabric inspection and slitting machine, achieving automatic packaging after slitting, which can improve the automation level of the production line and reduce labor; big data systems such as online fault detection, bearing temperature measurement, and lubrication point monitoring can effectively ensure reliable operation of the entire line. The filtration material equipment of Fujian Nanfang Co., Ltd. is equipped with technologically advanced online detection equipment, which can effectively control deviations in filter material indicators and achieve high uniformity of filter materials.

　　The intelligentization of textile products is also an innovative trend that is very popular among consumers. The smart clothing brought by Qingdao Jifa Group to this exhibition is equivalent to a wearable smart device that can collect, process, share, and feedback health data related to the human body, such as heartbeat and body temperature. According to reports, this smart clothing is lightweight, comfortable, and durable, and can be widely used in health and safety management for industries such as firefighters, high-altitude workers, and long-distance transport drivers, and can also be used by office workers for their own health management.

　　This exhibition will also be a grand fashion display of application achievements of various industrial textiles and nonwovens in various fields. Some innovative products will allow visitors to feast their eyes while refreshing their traditional understanding of the textile industry. In the innovation zone, visitors can enjoy a fashionable reappearance of costumes from various dynasties, such as the Quju Shenyi from the Warring States period, the Ruqun costume from the Wei and Jin dynasties, the Qixiong Daxiuzhuang from the Tang dynasty, the Beizi from the Song dynasty, the empress's ceremonial dress from the Ming dynasty, and the Qizhuang from the Qing dynasty.

　　Outlining a beautiful landscape for the industrial ecosystem

　　The integration and synergy of industrial factors with regional economies have spurred the vigorous development of industrial clusters in the field of industrial textiles and nonwovens. The linkage between industrial innovation and policy innovation not only injects new momentum into industrial development, transforming and optimizing the industrial landscape, but also promotes industrial clusters to become a beautiful highlight in the industrial textile and nonwoven ecosystem.

　　The industrial landscape will also become a beautiful highlight of this exhibition. This exhibition will focus on typical industrial clusters, centrally showcasing their strategic approaches and outstanding achievements in extensive linking, integrated innovation, systematic development, and transformation and upgrading, thereby playing a demonstrative and leading role in industrial development.

　　Currently, industrial clusters in the field of industrial textiles and nonwovens are flourishing, with various regions forming distinct characteristics during their development. Xiaojiang Town, Pingyang County, Zhejiang Province, is known as China's famous town for textile packaging materials. Its industrial cluster boasts over 300 plastic packaging enterprises, with key enterprises developing rapidly, focusing on industrial transformation, strengthening technological innovation, implementing a "project center system," and continuously extending the industrial chain. Tiantai County, Zhejiang Province, is known as China's famous city for filter cloth, focusing on the characteristic construction and structural adjustment of its industrial clusters. Significant results have been achieved in regional brand building, with strong policy support and operational intensity in areas such as technological upgrading, talent introduction, investment promotion, listing of key enterprises, standard formulation and revision, financial services, and entrepreneurship for small and micro enterprises.

　　As a more efficient organizational form in the transformation and upgrading of the textile industry, industrial clusters exhibit significant scale and agglomeration effects, creating a favorable development environment for industrial chain cooperation. Funing County Environmental Filter Material Industrial Park in Jiangsu Province currently has 158 various filter material enterprises. It has become a national environmental filter material production base with high concentration, complete industrial chain, large market share, strong innovation and brand creation, excellent technical equipment, and superior supporting platforms, focusing on planning guidance, activity promotion, project innovation, and functional improvement. At this exhibition, the Funing Environmental Filter Material Industrial Cluster will participate as the entire "Filter Material Town," showcasing 12 enterprises within the town and bringing over 20 patented products, aiming to once again promote the Filter Material Town nationwide through this exhibition, achieving an integration effect of 1+1>2.

　　China's textile industry is an open industry, integrated into the global textile industrial ecosystem. Meanwhile, just like various local industrial clusters, the international textile industry value chain is also an important component of China's textile industrial ecosystem. Despite facing complex international economic and trade situations, China actively increases its opening up and vigorously "goes out" and "invites in." As an important international exchange and cooperation platform in the field of industrial textiles and nonwovens, this exhibition will also specifically invite international delegations to showcase the current status, trends, and cooperation achievements of the international textile industry, expand international exchange and interaction, serve international trade and investment, stimulate the vitality and competitiveness of the global textile industrial ecosystem, and demonstrate to the world China's firm determination in the textile sector to strengthen open cooperation and mutual benefit in the global textile industry.

　　This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up. Over the past 40 years, China's textile industry has experienced a glorious history of struggle and rise, as well as a arduous history of innovation and entrepreneurship. Under the new circumstances, it is embarking on a new journey of reform and opening up towards high-quality development. Driven by the intertwined advancement of new technological and industrial revolutions, China's textile industry is also integrating with the global economy at a faster pace, with higher quality, and to a deeper extent. In this process, as a loyal link integrator and historical witness, the China International Industrial Textiles and Nonwovens Exhibition will collaborate with the textile industry, leverage its unique advantages, reflect and lead the innovative application and mutual benefit of industrial textiles and nonwovens globally, especially in Asia, contributing China's strength to the open cooperation of the global textile industry.