Three fairs will be held in İzmir simultaneously

In October, İzmir’s largest and most modern fairground, Fuar İzmir, will simultaneously host three major textile and ready-to-wear fairs. Under the auspices of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality, the Fashion Prime - 7th Textile, Ready-to-Wear Suppliers, and Technologies Fair organized by İZFAŞ, and the Fashion Tech - 3rd Ready-to-Wear, Apparel, and Textile Machinery, Textile Printing Technologies Fair, jointly organized by İZFAŞ and İzgi Fuarcılık, along with the first-ever Fashion Home İzmir - Home Textiles Fair, will enhance the strength of İzmir and the region. The confluence of these three fairs will offer great opportunities for participants and visitors. Ready-to-wear and apparel producers will find everything from fabrics to accessories, machinery technologies to software, and home textiles to yarns, making this the largest integrated gathering in the sector. In Halls A, B, and C of Fuar İzmir, hundreds of participating companies will connect with professional visitors from around the world through B2B programs and buyer delegations. These fairs will significantly contribute to the sector, employment, exports, and the economy of the city and country.

FASHION PRIME FAIR TO OPEN FOR THE 7TH TIME

From October 9-11, 2024, the Fashion Prime Fair will bring together leading manufacturers in the ready-to-wear sector with supplier representatives, providing a platform for ready-to-wear brands to share their experiences with top professionals, from fashion designers to secondary product providers. Participants will showcase their new products and collections, while domestic and international purchasing groups will establish connections. The fair, presenting all components and trends of the ready-to-wear sector, especially fabrics and accessories, to professional visitors, will foster new business collaborations, boosting the sector and exports. The synergy created by participants and visitors will also benefit the local economy. Producers, retailers, wholesalers, designers, and industry representatives from around the world and different parts of Turkey are expected to attend the Fashion Prime Fair, which will also feature solo and mixed fabric fashion shows, exhibitions, workshops, and events to meet industry needs.

FASHION TECH İZMİR: THE MEETING POINT OF FASHION AND TECHNOLOGY

Organized by İZFAŞ and İzgi Fuarcılık, with support from Exen Media, Aegean Clothing Manufacturers Association, and Denizli Textile and Apparel Manufacturers Association, the Fashion Tech - 3rd Ready-to-Wear, Apparel, and Textile Machinery, Textile Printing Technologies Fair will open its doors from October 9-12, 2024. This fair will bring together leading machinery manufacturers and brands in sewing machines, automats, spreading and automatic cutting machines, needles, consumables, apparels, and printing and embroidery technologies under one roof, making it the largest fair in this field in the Eurasia region. Due to the demands from embroidery machine manufacturers and suppliers, a separate section will be created at Fashion Tech. In addition to piece and printing machines, which were among the most significant products in previous Fashion Tech İzmir fairs, textile digital printing machines and dyes will also be key players at the fair. Simultaneously held with Fashion Prime and Fashion Home fairs, Fashion Tech will offer significant advantages for firms showcasing their machinery and technologies to reach new markets.

FASHION HOME İZMİR - HOME TEXTILES FAIR MAKES ITS DEBUT

Between October 9-11, 2024, the inaugural Fashion Home İzmir - Home Textiles Fair will bring together leading brands in home textiles for three days to showcase the latest fashion trends in the industry. Organized in partnership with Denizli Textile and Apparel Manufacturers Association, Babadağlı Industrialists and Businesspeople Association, and Karat Media, the fair will present the latest trends combining comfort, aesthetics, and technology. Towels, bathrobes, bed linens, sheets, curtains, flooring and wall coverings, upholstery fabrics, hotel and beach textiles, kitchen textiles, and hundreds of other product types will be exhibited by dozens of participants and brands. Fashion Home İzmir will guide home textile fashion and provide numerous activities such as buyer delegations, B2B programs, and local buyer delegation programs for the domestic market to support the sector and exports. Representatives from chain stores, wholesalers, distributors, fashion houses, chain hotels, resorts, and educational institutions from Turkey and around the world will visit the fair.

The fairs are supported by the Ministry of Trade, the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, KOSGEB, İzmir Chamber of Commerce, Denizli Chamber of Commerce, Aegean Region Chamber of Industry, Denizli Chamber of Industry, Aegean Exporters’ Associations, Denizli Exporters’ Association, İzmir Commodity Exchange, İzmir Union of Tradesmen and Craftsmen Chambers, Fashion and Ready-to-Wear Federation, Aegean Clothing Manufacturers Association, Buca Aegean Organized Industrial Zone, Mimar Kemalettin Fashion Center Association, Fashion Textile Apparel Manufacturers and Businesspeople Association, Garment Sub-Industry Association, and Knitting Manufacturers Association.