Russian Week of Textile Industry opened at EXPOCENTRE

Russian Week of Textile Industry has opened at EXPOCENTRE Fairgrounds. It is organised by EXPOCENTRE AO in partnership with the Russian Union of Entrepreneurs of Textile Industry Enterprises (Souzlegprom), with the support of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, and under the auspices of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Russian Week of Textile Industry includes five events: the 23rd International Exhibition for Equipment for the Textile and Garment Industry – INLEGMASH 2024; the INLEGMASH International Industry Conference; the Interfabric 2024. Spring International Exhibition for Fabrics and Textile Materials; the Textile & Home-2024. Spring International Exhibition for Home Textiles and Interior Solutions; specialised exhibition and forum for technical textiles and textile trend-forum.

Russian Week of Textile Industry opened with the plenary session on the Textile and Garment Industry: How the Industry will Develop up to 2035.

Dina Oyun, member of the Federation Council Committee on Budget and Financial Markets, Vladimir Plyakin, member of the Russian State Duma Committee on Industry and Trade, Vladimir Padalko, Vice-President of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Alexander Murychev, Vice-President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Maxim Fateev, Acting Director General at EXPOCENTRE AO, Andrey Razbrodin, President at the Russian Union of Textile Industry Enterprises, Tatyana Lugina, Chair at the Bellegprom concern and Vadim Ganin, Director General at the CIS Business Centre for Economic Development Association addressed the participants in Russian Week of Textile Industry with their welcoming speeches.

The speakers noted the importance of the Week for the development of the Russian textile industry, the growth and diversity of the exhibitions and expressed hope that the decisions made during the conference programme would help the development of the industry.

Heads of major textile industry enterprises, representatives of legislative bodies, research institutes, and industry unions and associations, made the reports at the plenary session. The participants discussed the issues of improvement and development of industrial production of chemical fibres: creation of raw material base, which determines further development trends in the market of technical textile production; creation of sustainable raw material balance. They identified opportunities for inter-sectoral and international cooperation.

Russian Week of Textile Industry runs until March, 14.

Press Service, EXPOCENTRE AO