DTC & DFM to be Unveiled in Early April in Dongguan Showcasing State-of-the-art Clothing & Footwear Technologies The 14th China (Dongguan) Int’l Textile & Clothing Industry Fair (DTC 2013) and The 14th China (Dongguan) Int’l Footwear Machinery & Material Industry Fair (DFM 2013), the renowned textile & clothing / footwear machinery & material industry fairs in South China region, will be staged at GD Modern Int’l Exhibition Center on April 10-13, 2013, showcasing technologies from around the world. Over 350 exhibitors from around the world such as China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Italy, the U.S. and Germany will take part in DTC & DFM. In 2013, owing to the market change and demand for high quality products, exhibitors will showcase efficient automatic machines that help clients save human resources, enhance production efficiency and save energy resources. Exhibitors such as Sewing of Juki, Siruba, GEMSY, Riverstone, Golden Wheel, Cheung Hing, Zoje: Weaving and Knitting of KY, Jakob Mueller; Embroidery & Laser of Tajima, SWF, Han’s Laser, Autowin: CAD/CAM of Lectra, Kawakami, Oshima, Yin, Topcut Bullmer, PGM will showcase a large variety of exhibits. The annual fair offers the best opportunity to purchase clothing production machinery and equipment. This year, the organizer sets up “Knit Craft Tank” which is a platform for creative designer to turn their ideas and concepts into practical knit product samples. Apart from creativity, the fashion world today also looks for functional, comfortable, ecological and commercially viable fabrics. It needs the collaboration of yarn designers, spinning technologists, fabric designers, knitting and finishing technologists to transform raw materials into yarns and subsequently into fabrics. It also involves machine 18 J. S. N. International, March 2013 and capital investment. “KNIT CRAFT TANK” collaborates the designers, knit manufacturers and technologists to produce knit product samples with market potential. In its debut in South China region,“KNIT CRAFT TANK” has over a hundred of works for buyers’ reference. These designs can be applied to fashion, installation and even architecture. Delegations from textile industry will bring new inspirations and take part in “KNIT CRAFT TANK” to show their support. Last year’s well-received activities will be here again, including: “The 7th Em-Touching Int'l Embroidery Design Competition”, “The 7th Marker Layout Competition” and seminars delivered by elites in the industry. The organizer has invited experts to give seminars on topics such as lower production cost through industrial engineering and low carbon production, footwear supply and demand. As for The 14th China (Dongguan) Int’l Footwear Machinery & Material Industry Fair (DFM 2013), exhibits include footwear machinery, production line, bag / luggage machinery, leather machinery, leather and synthetic leather. As before, the fair will feature "Hong Kong Footwear Design Pavilion" to display awarded works from “Hong Kong Footwear Design Competition” organized by The Federation of Hong Kong Footwear (1970). Over 800 entries with themes spanning from architecture, musical instruments, tank to clown were received this year. The work “Classical Reappear” by Kung Ting from The Chinese University of Hong Kong were awarded with “Overall Winner” and “Winner of Woman Wear”. The organizer offers two-night The scenes of DTC 2012 free accommodation to overseas buyers (and buyers from places outside Guangdong province) who visit the show for the first time, in order to attract more new visitors, so as to gather all experts in the industry in the fair Free shuttle bus will be arranged to buyer groups from different enterprises, so they can make good use of time to seek for the most suitable equipment and services. Besides, the organizer provides “visitor online registration” service to shorten the registration time. All you have to do is log in on the website and fill in your personal information, and then bring along the confirmation letter to the registration counter. Register now. C o n t a c t : h t t p : / / w w w. d t c s h ow. c o m / h t t p : / / www.dfmshow.com