Posted May 31, 2017

 

Santex Rimar Group and the China Textile Information Centre, this month jointly organized the “FUTURE TEXTILE ROAD – The future of the new textile industry: a dialogue between Xinjiang, China and Europe,” a forum that retraces the Silk Road to open a new dialogue between the Asian continent and the Mediterranean Sea.

 

The aim of the event, which took place in Urumqi, Xinjiang, was to build an innovative platform for the future development of the global high-end textile industry and the long-term construction of the cooperation system between different countries aligned with The Belt and Road Initiative.

 

“According to the 10-year plan, by 2023, Xinjiang will build China’s largest cotton textile production base and the largest garment export processing base. Moreover, Urumqi will turn into a fashion capital of Central Asia,” said Zhao Qing, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous’ region vice chairman.

 

Gao Yong, the China Textile Industry Federation Party secretary and secretary general, pointed out that the forum is expected to create an efficient platform for international cooperation, build closer and stronger network of partners and promote textile industry exchanges at a wider and higher level.

 

“Xinjiang has become one of the most competitive and rapidly developing textile zones in China, even compared with Vietnam and other regions of Southeast Asia,” said Liang Yong, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government deputy secretary-general, Xinjiang Textile and Apparel Employment Leading Group Office director. “The industry output value is planned to increase from 30 billion RMB in 2014 to 400 billion RMB in 2023. Xinjiang is the nearest region of China to Europe with the shortest and less expensive transport time: international freight train through Xinjiang takes only 12 days to Germany.

 

“By 2023, Xinjiang will become the largest cotton textile industry base of China and the most important clothing export base in Western China,” he added.

 

“We are here to open a new dialogue between Xinjiang, China and Europe: Future Textile Road stays for brand new connections that are being established between different countries and regions,” said Ferdinando Businaro, Santex Rimar Group president. “We want to continue to prove our commitment to the Chinese textile industry with this new important milestone in Xinjiang. Xinjiang definitely represents a great opportunity for the global textile industry.”
 

Stefano Gallucci, Santex Rimar Group CEO, added: “Santex Rimar Group wants to join The Belt and Road initiative. We want to bring our know-how and experience

 in providing solutions for the textile industry and help customers become successful.”

 

Forum contents shifted from Ikea’s commitment to sustainability and new materials to Bonotto;s example of producing high-quality fabrics for the most important fashion brands of the world; from cutting-edge Chinese textile companies such as Ruyi and Huafu to the high-performance applications of recycled materials of Miniwiz.

 

Nearly 200 people who attended the first day of the forum.

 

The event represented a unique opportunity for Santex Rimar Group to join and promote a strategic initiative: for the first time an Italian machine manufacturer has gathered some of the most important players to explore the future growth of the textile industry.

 

As Cristiano Seganfreddo, artistic director of Krizia, said during his speech: “Creativity is the new weaving machine. The yarns of this loom are dialogue between different cultures, technology, art, design, sustainability and cultural engagement. For future textile roads we need to weave new ideas and not only physical yarns.”

 

Source: Santex Rimar Group