The 17th China International Dye Industry, Pigments and Textile Chemicals Exhibition (China Interdye) and China International Digital Textile Printing, Printing and Dyeing Automatics Exhibition (China Textile Printing), will be held concurrently in Shanghai from April 12-14. Close to 630 exhibitors from 17 countries will participate in the exhibition.
Exhibits are scheduled to include a variety of advanced environmentally-friendly dyestuffs, organic pigments, catalysts, intermediates as well as environmental impact assessment equipment, digital textile printers in addition to printing and dyeing automation technologies and materials. The event is being organised by the China Dyestuff Industry Association, the China Dyeing and Printing Association and China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Shanghai Sub-Council and co-organised by Shanghai International Exhibition Service Co., Ltd.
The exhibition will create a platform for the transformation of the industry while environmentally-friendly technologies become highlights. Huntsman will attend the exhibition with its next-generation dye product Avitera Se, which helps downstream companies reduce water and energy consumption. Honghua Digital Technology has launched a low-cost, zero-emission and easy-to-use digital printer. Transfer Innovative-Material has developed a new water-free printing and dyeing process, in a move to promote the development of China’s green printing technology.
Changzhou Hongda’s intelligent control-based high efficiency steam utilisation technology has been included in the list of China’s Key Energy-Saving and Low-Carbon Technologies by the National Development and Reform Commission. All these companies will focus on the development of processes and technologies that are friendly to the environment as well as the creation of a platform for the transformation of the printing and dyeing industry.
Keynote speeches and forums, among them, the 16th National Seminar on New Materials, Technologies, Processes and Products in the Printing and Dyeing Industry, Microreaction Technology – A New Approach to Green Development of the Dyestuff Industry, Solutions to Sustainable Development of Green Chemicals, the Seminar on Digital Textile Inkjet Printing and the Sixth Forum on the Development of Safe and Ecological Dyes and Pigments, will focus on new environmentally-friendly printing and dyeing products and technologies, helping promote the sustainable development of the industry.
Interdye Asia provides a stage for the industry to explore the international market. The 7th Interdye Asia will return to Indonesia and be held in Bandung, Indonesia's textile centre, from November 1-3, 2017. (KD)