The very first Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles Spring Edition will open for business at INTEX Shanghai and ShanghaiMart next weekend. The new three-day fair held from April 2nd-4th 2011 features 216 suppliers from Austria, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Japan and the USA.

These manufacturers, on more than 25,400 sqm, will present an impressive range of household linens, wall and window decorations, upholstery fabrics, textiles for contract market, interior design and textile handicrafts and accessories, together with other home textile related products and services.

Tailored to meet the requirements of the domestic market, the Haining Home Textile Association and the Yuhang Home Textile Association have organised pavilions that occupy more than half of the exhibition area. In these areas, buyers can find an extensive assortment of decorative fabrics from renowned brands such as Haining Jinbaili, Hangzhou Kelida and Zhejiang Maya Fabric.

Fair participants also have the opportunity to see and source the latest fibrefill technology from Invista and cellulosic fibre technology from Lenzing.

Buyers have the chance to get tomorrow's inspirations from top Japanese design studios. Atelier Mineeda Co Ltd, Cosmo Kumagai and Nix Co Ltd will showcase a remarkable array of home textile concepts at the fair.

Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles Spring Edition is organised by Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd, the Sub-Council of Textile Industry, CCPIT and the China Home Textile Association (CHTA). Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles Spring Edition.