The First UFI-approved Dye Industry, Pigments, Printing and Dyeing Auxiliary Exhibition in China to Kick Off in April

The First UFI-approved Dye Industry, Pigments, Printing and Dyeing Auxiliary Exhibition in China to Kick Off in April

April 09, 2007

    SHANGHAI, China, April 9 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd. (SIEC)
announces that the 7th China International Dye Industry,
Pigments, Printing and Dyeing Auxiliary Exhibition
("China Interdye 2007"), the world's largest
event for the industry, will kick off at INTEX Shanghai and
Shanghaimart from April 17 to 19, 2007.  China Interdye was
granted the status of an official UFI-approved event by the
UFI board of directors in March 2007, thus becoming the
first UFI-approved professional exhibition for the Dye
Industry, Pigments, Printing and Dyeing Auxiliary in China.
 There will be over 350 famous chemical enterprises from 15
countries and regions coming to the event, including around
10 Fortune 500 companies.

    (Logo:
http://www.xprn.com.cn/xprn/sa/20061108114544-37.jpg )

    China Interdye 2007 is organized by the China Dyestuff
Industry Association (CDIA), the China Dyeing and Printing
Association, the China Council for the Promotion of
International Trade, the Shanghai Sub-Council, the China
Chamber of International Commerce, the Shanghai Chamber of
Commerce and the Shanghai World Expo Co., Ltd.  It is
undertaken by the Shanghai International Exhibition Service
Corporation.

    In recent years, production and marketing for the Dye
Industry, Pigments, Printing and Dyeing Auxiliary in China
has shown healthy and rapid growth. China has become the
largest dyestuff producer, trader and consumer.  Alongside
the domestic dying and printing industry, China Interdye
has evolved, over the last 6 years, to be the world's
largest professional exhibition. According to statistics,
last event, which ended successfully in April 2006, the
total production of the participating enterprises accounted
for 90% of the world's total.  The 3-day exhibition
attracted nearly 40,000 visitors from home and abroad, most
being professionals for negotiation and purchasing.  Of
them, the foreign audience came from 45 different countries
and regions.

    China Interdye 2007 will cover an exhibition area of
18,000 square meters, including 6,000 square meters for
overseas exhibitors to showcase all kinds of dyeing
materials, intermediates, pigments, textiles, various
dyeing auxiliaries and supporting production facilities. 
The event is attracting over 350 well-known domestic and
overseas companies, with the former including DyStar, Basf,
Huntsman, Lanxess, Clariant, Cognis, Novozymes, Dohmen,
Yorkshire and the latter including Lonsen, Runtu, Yabang,
Jihua, Chuyuan, Wande, Transfer, Dymatic, Forland, Meilida,
Jingjin and Zhong Da Bright pressure filter machines.  In
addition, there are also national exhibition delegations
including those from Korea, Japan and India.  Some
provinces and cities, such as Taiwan and Tianjin, are also
organizing delegations for the exhibition.

    It is worth noting that the exhibition has excited
great enthusiasm from domestic and overseas dyeing
auxiliary companies.  Both the number of participating
companies and the exhibition areas created a record high. 

    Another highlight is that authoritative industry
associations will launch several different professional
meetings during the exhibition as supporting activities,
including: the China Dyeing and Printing Association, which
will hold its meeting for directors as well as the 6th
Four-New Technology Exchanges Meeting; the China Knitting
Industry Association, which will hold the Technology
Exchanges Meeting related to dyeing; and the China Yarn
Dred Weaving Association, which will hold the Technology
Exchanges Meeting related to yarn dred weaving.  Moreover,
the China Silk Association, the China Bast and Leaf Fibers
Textile Association, the China Wool Textile Association,
and the China Home Textile Association are all preparing to
organize related meetings as well.  China National Coatings
Industry Association will hold a special meeting entitled
"The Role of Pigments in the Rapid Growth of the
Coating Industry."  The China Daily Use Chemical
Industry Association's printing ink branch will provide
training and hold exchanges for related technologies.  The
Special Committee of Color Masterbatch under the CDIA is
also preparing to organize a related meeting and has
invited senior technical personnel from a number of famous
overseas color masterbatch companies.  The Special
Committee of Organic Pigments under the CDIA will hold its
annual industry meeting, technology exchanges and the
like.

    For more information, please contact:

     Mr. Rice Song 
     Tel:    [phone] x257 or [phone] 
     Fax:    [phone]
     Email:  [e-mail]