LONDON RECEIVES PORTUGUESE FABRICS
The Business Design Center in London receives another edition of the London Textile Fair. The fair takes place on the following 23rd and 24th January and counts with the presence of a Portuguese delegation made up of eight Portuguese companies - Arco Têxteis, Idepa, Lemar, LMA, Riopele, Paulo de Oliveira, Teviz and Vilarinho – supported by Associação Selectiva Moda and QREN.
Eight national companies - Arco Têxteis, Idepa, Lemar, LMA, Riopele, Paulo de Oliveira, Teviz and Vilarinho travel from Portugal to London taking with them their main trends in the fabrics area. Fabrics, a wide range of threads and knitted fabrics with technical performances are some of the highlights of the national products in exhibition.
The fabrics for made-in Portugal shirt manufacturing mark their presence in this hall where Arco Têxteis, a regular in this fair, will present the latest news.
Idepa repeats the event after a last positive participation. «This is a market we have defined as a priority and after taking part in the last edition we have considered this fair very interesting», said Ana Paula Pires, the company’s Marketing Manager.
Woven and printed labels, rigid ribbons and elastics are some of the products in exhibition.
There is a wide range of fabrics with several applications such as swimwear, sportswear, golf or strollers. Lemar’s collection is characterized by its variety and diversity.
On the other hand,LMA - alitecno® exhibits knitted fabrics and fabrics with technical performances.
Riopele presents a collection for the new season SS14, in highlight fabrics with different structures, colors and textures. «Since our internationalization in the '60s, the English market was one of the first we approached, therefore we have some experience in this market. The previous edition was in line with our expectations and we are once again present with the aim of increasing the turnover in this market», explains Rita Fortes, the company’s Marketing & Sales Manager.
The collection Paulo Oliveira is made up of woolen combed fabrics targeted to Men and Women manufacturing. The 100% woolen fabrics, rich woolen mixtures and Polyester/Wool are the highlights. Experts in fabrics combine finishing with technology: Anti-stress, Teflon, etc.
Flannel and Poplin are the highlights from the collection taken to London by Teviz.
For the second time on this hall Vilarinho, specialized in flannels, presents the news of its collection.
The London Textile Fair will be held in The Business Design Center in London. This fair counts with two annual editions and it is in clear process of growing, occupying a prominent place in the calendar of fashion fairs in the United Kingdom. In this edition it counts with the presence of 175 exhibitors.
The participation of the Portuguese companies in The London Textile Fair is an initiative of Associação Selectiva Moda with the support of communitary fundings (QREN), inserted in the project From Portugal. Associação Selectiva Moda is an entity which promotes the internationalization of Portuguese companies and counts, in 2013, with a program of international actions in 35 distinct markets, targeting the areas of threads, tissues and accessorize, fashion, home textiles and technical textiles.
