“The 15^th China (Dongguan) Int’l Textile & Clothing Industry Fair (DTC 2014)” and “The 15th China (Dongguan) Int’l Footwear Machinery & Material Industry Fair” (DFM 2014), two renowned clothing & footwear industry fairs in Dongguan, will be staged at GD Modern International Exhibition Center on April 1-4, 2014. State-of-the-art clothing & footwear machineries and technologies of the world will be exhibited in the fairs, through which exhibitors and buyers can explore business opportunities.

The renowned DTC and DFM attract over 350 exhibitors, coming from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, India, Germany, Korea, Italy, the US, France, Switzerland and more. The two fairs gather elites from the clothing & footwear industries. In response to market change and customers’ requirements, exhibitors display automatic production machineries that save human resources and increase production efficiency.

Exhibitors include：Sewing Machines: Siruba、Gemsy、Riverstone、Golden Wheel、Cheung Hing、Zoje、Hashima、Kawata；Knitting: Kyang、Jakob Mueller；Embroidery & Laser: Tajima、SWF、Han’s Laser、Autowin、Zhan Yi、Hefeng、CBL；CAD/CAM: Lectra、Gerber、Kawakami、Oshima、Yin、Topcut-bullmer、PGM. Exhibits include ironing equipment, material and machinery. It is the best opportunity to purchase production machinery and equipment.

During the exhibition, related activities including “The 8th Em~Touching International Embroidery Design Competition”, “The 8th Marker Layout Competition” and seminars will be held again.

“The 15th China (Dongguan) Int’l Footwear Machinery & Material Industry Fair” (DFM 2014) will be staged at the same time. Exhibits include footwear machinery, production line, vamp production, packaging machine, leather processing machine, leather, synthetic leather and more. Exhibitors include: Eyko、Sunrise、Luxin、Jia Long、Chin-ei、Youli、Qifeng、Jinyuelai。

“Hong Kong Footwear Design Pavilion” is the highlight of DFM every year. This year, “Hong Kong Footwear Design Pavilion” will showcase the awarded pieces of “The Hong Kong Footwear Design Competition” organized by The Federation of Hong Kong Footwear （1970）. The competition has six categories: Men’s Shoes, Ladies’ Boots, Ladies’ Sandals, Ladies’ Shoes, Children’s Shoes, Ladies’ Shoes and Bags. Over a thousand entries were received. Ms Cheung Siu Fong, student of School of Continuing and Professional Studies, CUHK, is the winner of “Ladies’ Sandals” and “Ladies’ Shoes and Bags”, as well as the “Overall Winner”. The piece awarded with “Belle Overall Winner” and “Ladies’ Shoes and Bags Gold Prize” is “Dragon Gate”, which was inspired by “Dragon Gate” of “Finca Guell” designed by famous Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi. Ms Cheung uses metal, snake leather and crystal beads to show the beauty of “Dragon Gate”. As for the children’s shoes, lego and clown are some of the inspirations, while the ladies’ boots are inspired by Hong Kong housing and men’s shoes are based on the design of warriors’ shoes. These shoes let visitors from around the world to know more about Hong Kong design. These creative designs also promote Hong Kong to be an international design centre.

In recent years, some of the manufacturers of the Pearl Delta region set up their production facilities in provinces outside Guangdong. The trend brings buyers from Jiangxi, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxu, Fujian to visit the fairs. Overseas visitors coming from Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia are also on the rise. In response to this, the organizer offers a two-night free accommodation for buyers from overseas and outside Guangdong, who visit the fairs for the first time.

Besides, the organizer provides free transportation services for companies and buyer groups. For the convenience of visitors, they can pre-register online. To visit the fairs, they just need to show the confirmation letter and get a badge at the registration counter. Let’s pre-register online.

About the organizer

Established in 1985, Paper Communication Exhibition Services (Paper Communication) has been engaging in organizing trade exhibitions, publishing industrial magazines, as well as providing printing and design services. Since its establishment, Paper Communication has organized a number of industrial exhibitions. Today, Paper Communication has become one of the leading exhibition organizers in Hong Kong and South China region.

Paper Communication organizes over ten exhibitions in Hong Kong and Mainland China every year with themes spanning from machinery, plastics & packaging, textile & clothing, footwear & shoe making machines, art & antiques, pet accessories. Exhibitions such as machinery & material, plastics & packaging, textile & clothing are some of the world-renowned events. In addition, Paper Communication and its strategic partners organize Bangladesh International Textile & Garment Industry Exhibition, Cambodia International Textile & Garment Industry Exhibition, Myanmar International Textile & Garment Industry Exhibition and Vietnam International Textile & Garment Industry Exhibition. As an experienced event organizer, Paper Communication has organized various exhibitions, conferences and promotion campaigns, helping exhibitors to explore business opportunities. Paper Communication has built up a comprehensive network in the industry.

Website: https://www.paper-com.com.hk

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