Bringing together leading representatives of the textile industry from all over the world in Istanbul, Texhibition Istanbul Fabric and Textile Accessories Exhibition opened its doors for the sixth time at the Istanbul Fair Center on September 11-13. Organized by the Istanbul Textile and Raw Materials Exporters’ Association (ITHIB), the exhibition was held with the participation of 539 companies from more than 100 countries and hosted nearly 25 thousand visitors. The trend seminars, Sustainability Talks – Texhibition program and innovation areas were the focus of attention for the visitors.
Texhibition will grow much faster with the ‘prestigious exhibition’ support
İTHİB Board Chairman Ahmet Öksüz, stating that Texhibition continues to be on the rise and that there is intense interest in an environment where participation in textile exhibitions all over the world has decreased, noted that they have become one of the best exhibitions in Europe. Öksüz disclosed that they organize the event without any profit motive and that their aim is to provide support to the textile industry, which is going through difficult times due to the decrease in global demand and the increase in production costs; “The foreign buyer rate at the exhibition has approached 40 percent. While trying to be a new breath for the export of the textile industry, we also make a serious contribution to the Istanbul and Türkiye brand with the guests we host,” he said.
Öksüz noted that they were very happy with the participation from more than 100 countries and the intense interest, saying that they would achieve much faster growth if the Ministry of Trade gave ‘prestigious exhibition support to Texhibition, which has become the favourite of the textile industry. He expressed that they wholeheartedly believe that with this support, which they are waiting for with great hope, they will increase their current momentum even more and write their name among the most important exhibitions in the world.
“New roadmaps should also be created for branded exports”
Ahmet Öksüz relayed that there was a global contraction in demand in textiles and that they wanted to solve this by turning to alternative markets, and he said that they were going through a period in which branded exports were gaining more importance. He underlined that Turkish textiles had a high value-added production structure and infrastructure, meanwhile stating that much more work should be done on branding and new roadmaps should be created for branded exports.