Textilhogar doubled its professional visitors to over 3,000 on its return to Feria Valencia after five years in Madrid and two years due to the pandemic. Participating companies are satisfied with the purchasing environment recorded in the last four days and anticipate what may happen in this last part of the year, which is estimated to be complex.
Pepe Serna, President of the Valencia Community (Ateval) Textile Entrepreneurs Association, emphasized that everything is positive. Starting with the number of participants, grew 20% to bring together 82, and continues with the help of hundreds of international buyers. In his words, “faces are pleased because people wanted to return to normal post-pandemic and it was noticed.”
Regarding the return to Valencia, Serna said: “We were right. At that time we had to go to Madrid to maintain the critical mass of companies, because nothing was being sold here because of the crisis. But very positive returnWe were able to verify.
The president of the employers’ association underlines the following about what may happen in the future: “There is uncertainty about the war in Ukraine and companies that had to apply to ERTE due to energy prices. But that’s not talked about here because the world keeps turning.”