From Dec. 11-13, 2019, at Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, Shanghai, China, the 18th Shanghai International Nonwovens Exhibition, hosted by Informa Markets, was successfully held.

The SINCE 2019 exhibition scale achieved 34,000 sqm as nearly 500 exhibitors from 25 countries and regions showcased their latest products/technologies. Exhibits covered the full industry, including: raw materials and accessories, adhesive and hotmelts, production equipment and accessories, testing and inspection equipment, nonwovens and related converted goods.

Compared with the previous SINCE, more innovation had been found at SINCE 2019. From the view of technical manufacturing, more spunlace related products had been exhibited. In the exhibits category, more equipment had been displayed onsite to show the production process. From the view of industrial applications, more nonwovens converted goods had been showcased at SINCE 2019.

During the exhibition, exhibitors shared new products and advanced technologies during the Exhibitors Technical Presentation. The speakers included Dr. Christine Sun, WFC13 operation chair, Dr. Vincent Hu, Taiwan Textile Research Institute, Mr. Sven Schuetz, sales and applications engineer, Palas Gmbh, Mr. Rain Tian, CEO, JOFO Nonwovens Co., Ltd., Ms. Manling Kong, marketing manager, Sateri, Ms. Bessie Zhang, ECP, TESTEX (Shanghai) Textile Testing Co., Ltd., Mr. Dirk Broichausen, managing director, ISRA Vision, Mr. Alexander Gruener, global marketing & business development manager, Emtec Electronic GmbH, Mr. Green Gao, HH&S Asia PD & TS manager, Berry, Mr. Scorate NG, chairman, Hong Kong Nonwovens Association, and Mr. Brian Yu, AP technical manager, Dow.

The three-day exhibition attracted 26,866 professionals from almost 60 countries including China, Korea, Japan, India, United States, Thailand, Vietnam, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Italy, the United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, Singapore and Turkey, among others. These visitors covered the composites, hygiene, medical, wipes, geosynthetics, filtrations & separations, electronics, energy, automotive interiors, apparel, interior fabrics and packaging industries.