The upcoming textile fairs organised by Messe Frankfurt in China, which were due to take place in March, have been postponed until later in the year because of the coronavirus outbreak. The events – Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics Spring Edition, Yarn Expo Spring and Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles – were due to be held from 11–13 March at the National Exhibition and Convention Centre.
All three fairs are held concurrently with the PH Value and CHIC textile fairs, which will also be postponed. Messe Frankfurt said they would be rescheduled for later in the year but so far no date has been announced.
“Messe Frankfurt has been an active player in the China market for over 30 years now, so we stand fully behind the government’s efforts to control the outbreak,” said Wendy Wen, Senior General Manager of Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd.
“This includes the recent suspension of large-scale trade and economic events in a number of cities, so with this and the wellbeing of all our stakeholders in mind, we have made the decision to reschedule our upcoming textile fairs in Shanghai to a later date.”Our teams are making every effort to find suitable alternatives, but we will only make the decision to go ahead with these fairs when it is deemed safe to do so.”
