Alicante Trade Fair Authority for one more year, on 5 and 6 October 48th edition From the International Exhibition of Components, Tanning, Textiles and Machinery for Footwear and Leather Goods. On this occasion, they present 2023-2024 autumn-winter trends.
The head of the competition, José Antonio Ibarra, at a press conference to promote the fair, said that in the previous edition there was a recovery in the industrysomething confirmed at this fair: there will be an appointment 410 participants, It has 325 stands and an area of 11,680 square meters. 70% of the participants are Spanish and the remaining 30% are foreigners.From countries like Germany, France, Italy, Portugal or Morocco.
The leading companies of the sector in Europe present their new collection editions in every edition at this meeting. 25% of first-time attendees. In this sense, prominent high participationWith 40% leather products, 18% components, 16% decorations, 15% textiles, 5% chemical products and raw materials, 3% graphic arts services, lacquers, molds and molds and 3% technological. This edition will not be the machine, although there are some contributors to present their innovations. Álvaro Sánchez, managing director of AEC and Futurmoda, stressed that the fair has closed the international circuit again and would be a good time to test the state of the industry.
Another point to be emphasized is that companies digitalization and sustainability. In fact, there will be more than a hundred companies in Green Planet, an iconic space of Futurmoda. This is an AEC-led initiative presented as a new exhibition space in Futurmoda that aims to present the latest range of natural and ecological materials for the footwear and leather goods industry.
Events parallel to the fair
One of the biggest attractions of Futurmoda is the number of parallel events scheduled to add value to the fair.
During the exhibition days technology seminars and breakfasts where different topics related to the industry are discussed. In this way they prepared papersThree technology institutes, INESCOP, CTCR and AITEX, will participate in the . problems like health, comfort, well-being, sustainability applied to the sector… Also, we will talk about artificial intelligencefor companies in the industry.
The signed ESIC Business School will also attend; and analyzing CEI job opportunities around the circular economy.
Industry status
The comparison between 2021 and 2020 shows that: turnover increased by 15%exports increased by 16-17 percent, employment increased by 2-3 percent. There has already been a significant development in 2021, and although the data for the first half of 2022 is not closed, everything continues in the same line.