CNR Expo Istanbul, 19-23 May 2015
EVTEKS Istanbul Home Textiles Exhibition is one of the top destinations for new business ties in the home textiles industry. The fair has proved its success by its amazing growth in the last two decades. The exhibition area was only 600 sqm twenty years ago, now it covers 160 thousand sqm, representing a growth of 265.7% fold. Organized by the industry’s powerful association TETSIAD, EVTEKS, 21st Istanbul Home Textile Trade Fair opens its doors in CNR Expo Yesilkoy, 19-23 May 2015.
Besides being an event that is sought after by the professionals of global industries, Evteks is an important activity for both Turkish home textile industry and other producers coming from Europe and regional countries.Production power of Turkish textile industry is reflected in the home textile field. Exporting about 3.1 billion dollars of home textile goods in 2013, Turkey’s share in the world has reached 5% as of the end of 2014.
Like other textile and apparel fields, home textile industry is running on the way to be one of the star industries in Turkey. It has great value added share in the national economy. While the average price of general exports of is about 1.5 dollars per kilogram, every kilogram of home textiles exports brings 10.5 dollars to Turkey. Share of imported inputs in home textiles exported is about 30 percent, 70 percent net income.
More than 2,000 brands and firms are participating in the fair, where world famous trend watchers will introduce the 2016 trends in textiles. Seminars and other ac – tivities during the event, national and global designers, academia, and professional will offer their presentations to attract the interest of visitors and participating companies.
EVTEKS presented a special area called ‘Dizaynist’ for the third time in 2014. The various studios displayed innovative presentations of home textile products. Design offices from Turkey, Germany, Sweden, England, Italy, France, The Netherlands and US participated at this unique section of the fair with their extraordinary compositions created specially for the fair.
