The 2017 edition of Colombiatex de las Americas, the trade show for fabrics, trimmings, machinery and chemicals, held recently in Medellin, Colombia, noted visitation of 21,924 buyers, up by 5.5 per cent compared to previous edition.
Around 510 exhibitors, mainly from Colombia, India, Brazil, Spain, Italy and other countries, displayed their latest products at the event. The three-day fair witnessed 9 per cent increase in the presence of international buyers, total number reaching to 1,928.
At the tradeshow, the Trend Forum, that had different pavilions displaying fibres, textiles, digital printing of graphics, yarns, trims and fittings, machinery and equipment, full package, chemical products, and more, noted footfall of more than 1,155 people.
Furthermore, the Inexmoda – UPB Knowledge Pavilion offered 21 conferences that had approximately 8,229 attendants and 15 practical workshops with 645 attendants, to adopt suitable measures to the new technologies and to be able to keep up with the rapid pace of changes in the market.
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The show closed with approximately US $ 326 million in business expectations and an approximate 4 per cent increase over figures of the previous edition, where the commercial interest of countries such as United States, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Guatemala and Costa Rica stood out. Of the business expectations, 41 per cent were directed to fabric purchases, 23 per cent in machinery and equipment, 10 per cent in trimmings, 7 per cent in chemical products, 7 per cent in yarns, and the rest in other products.
