According to Bok-Gyu Nam, a CEO of Young Poong Filltex which newly presented new fabrics with UV protection along with existing anchor products, they had consultations more actively than ever since reputations on Young Poong Filtex and their representative fabrics have been highly enhanced and especially, 7 denier lightweight goods and Colde Noir, a new product, achieved 350 million (KRW) of consultations, approximately.

Meanwhile, Multi Fashion Textile which introduced functional heating and cooling fabrics signed a contract for providing 3 million shirts with a buyer.

“Although there’re only few sourcing companies in yarns, we’re satisfied with meeting a big buyer from Canada who produces circular knitting fabrics for jersey and Korean major companies like LG Fashion”, Woong-Gyo Seo, a section chief of Shinhan Spinning which presented hemp developed through stream collaborations with wool-blended yarns, their main item, said.

Most exhibitors who participated in PIS for the first time like Gaon International, Saron International, Ahwa Textile, and Iljoong Intertex evaluated the exhibition as ‘beyond expectation’ and said that they’ll achieve more performance by thorough preparations next year.

Meanwhile, most of buyers responded positively on Korean fabrics. Takahasi, a purchasing agent of Itochu Corporation, showed interest in purchasing by saying, “We had consultations with Texland & Nexko, WATEC, and ST Onechang. The technological skills of exhibitors are excellent and the items are cheaper than those we have, so they’ll be competitive in Japanese market”.

Adolfo Dominguez, a luxurious brand from Spain, showed great interest in eco-friendly fabrics including cotton and silk by Young Textile, Visionland, and JK Fabric, and Swift Galey from New York in 3 way tricot, newly developed by Shinwon Textile.

On the other hand, G-Ⅲ Apparel and SK Textile from New York expressed grievance on exhibited items centered on fabrics, repetitive displayed items, and a bit higher price than before. Buyers from the Americas specially had high demands on exhibitors who’re available in needlework as well as fabrics and higher demands on home textile.

Satisfaction on high quality of exhibited items and well-organized structure of exhibition, although smaller size than overseas exhibitions, was high in general, but absence of exhibitors in functional yarns, lack of specific items like knit and wool, and of promoting channel for Chinese buyers who account for the most in number were pointed out as improvements.

Meanwhile, enhanced professional programs were welcomed by Korean buyers and exhibitors. Particularly, Presentation on Development of New Materials by 5 global companies in materials who also participated in the exhibition received the most attentions. Fashion Trend Seminar by Stylesight and PFIN also received positive responses and dragged Korean buyers into the exhibition hall.

Dong-Soo Kim, a vice president of KOFOTI (Korea Federation of Textile Industries), said, “We achieved overall growth in quality like vitalization of seminar programs related to the exhibition, increased number of influential Korean and overseas buyers, and actual achievement of consultations and contracts. For the next year, we’ll further enhance the quality of the exhibition by upgrading improvements surveyed by exhibitors and buyers”.