Visiting Hours:  20-23  May, 09:00 - 19:00, 24 May, 09:00 - 18:00 EUROPEAN HOME TEXTILES MANUFACTURERS TURNED THEIR FACES TO TURKEY American and European home textiles companies are interested in working with Turkey instead of Far East. Company representatives who visited EVTEKS to learn more about Turkish manufacturers stated that they were not satisfied with the production in China. The fair which hosted 18.000 international professional visitors, is on the way to be the “Number 1”. Professional buyers from Europe, The USA and Russia made a mark on EVTEKS - 14. Istanbul Home Textiles Exhibition, organized on 21-25 May 2008. Foreign companies which were not satisfied with the production in Far East and especially in China visited Istanbul to learn more about Turkish home textile production and products. Foreign buyers, who stated that they are very fond of working with Turkey, also emphasized their appreciation for domestic manufacturers’ products. The fair, organized with the participation of 740 companies, hosted a total number of 81.000 visitors, 18.000 of which were international. Exhibitor companies of EVTEKS, the second biggest home textiles exhibition on the world, and the biggest exhibition in Turkey among all sectors, were satisfied with the organization. The most important development in this year’s fair was that European and American buyer companies which were working with Far East countries for production started to turn their faces to Turkey. Turkish home textiles manufacturers are hopeful about the future of the sector. The companies had meetings with European, American and Russian buyer delegations during the fair and they stated that their products won the approval of these delegations. Those companies expressed that they were not glad with Chinese production and they want to cooperate with Turkey again. Many Europeans working with Far East state they could not get the quality they expect. Different from the previous years, there was a “Trend Forum” of 552 m² in this year’s EVTEKS. The area was organized with the support of Uludag Exporters’ Association (UIB) and highlighted 2009 trends. The Trend Forum was organized by the world-renown designers Gunner Frank and Inkrit Berbee. And also detailed information about the new season trends was presented in the seminars organized again by UIB. Karim Rashid, Ornella Bignami, Fulvio Alvisi, Sumiko Honda, Canan Sönmez Canik, Cenk Mommarje and Defne Koz were among the designers and trend consultants attending the fair. There were 10.000 different products exhibited at EVTEKS, organized at CNR EXPO Center in Istanbul. Tanrıverdi, Brillant, Zorlu, Özdilek, Soley, Vanelli, Evita, Sarar, Aydın Tekstil, Pierre Cardin, Chakra, Hamam, Broderi Narin, Lenzing Ag, Comersan, Castilla Textil, Algemene, Bruvatex, Microfibres ve Unland Gmbh were among the 500 famous brands in the show. 17% of the exhibitors in the fair were international exhibitors, which makes 125 exhibitors. The USA, Canada, Germany, France, The UK, Belgium, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Greece, Egypt, India, Poland, Autria, South Africa, Australia, Japan, Ireland and Mexico were among exhibitor companies. The countries visiting the show via The Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade’s hosted buyer program were Belgium, The UK, Spain, France, Germany, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Israel, the USA, Italy, Ukraine, Russia, Australia, Philippines, Japan, Canada, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mongolia, Syria, Azerbaijan and Jordan. News Forms Exhibitor Pre-registration Form Online Visitor Registration EVTEKS 2008 Post Show Report EVTEKS 2008 Trend Forum Concepts More information about Trend Forum and Seminars Advertisement

This fair is organized with the permission of The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of  Turkey in accordance with the law number 5174