The 20th Shanghai International Textile Industry Exhibition (ShanghaiTex 2025) will be held from December 16 to 19, 2025, at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. As an important global event long-awaited by the textile industry, this year’s ShanghaiTex will feature the theme "United for a Greener Textile Future", with a focus on five major innovation directions. Textile companies, scholars, designers, and brand innovators will join forces to reshape the industry and create new possibilities for textile craftsmanship, design, and innovation.
ShanghaiTex 2025 will be rooted in traditional segments such as spinning, weaving, knitting, dyeing, and printing technologies, while focusing on five innovation directions through featured displays and exploring new business opportunities in the process of textile industry's upgrade:
-New Products – Green Fashion Materials
The display of new fibers, new materials, green production technologies, environmental protection, and recycling solutions will help the textile industry better understand the feasibility of sustainable development, gradually achieving carbon neutrality.
-New Manufacturing – Intelligent Production
Artificial intelligence, automated production, and efficiency improvements are essential for companies to stay ahead in this new era. This zone will feature remote management, digital production, AI, IoT, software, and cross-border platforms, showcasing the new directions of the textile industry post-pandemic.
-New Technology – Innovative Applications
Displays will include smart wearable devices, the integration of wearable products with textiles, rehabilitation products, female-specific needs across different ages, and smart safety textiles designed for the elderly and children, offering brands and designers new possibilities for product development.
-New Consumption – Personalized Production Technology
On-demand production, 3D technology, customized design, and supply chain optimization will allow designers and brands to harness AI for creative and product development, leading fashion consumption toward "personalized customization." At the same time, O2O (online-to-offline) consumption models will meet the new generation's demand for individuality and new consumption patterns.
-New Services – Digitalization and E-commerce
The zone will showcase new sales models, highlighting the transformation of traditional textile and apparel operations. The chain from factory to consumer will be significantly shortened. Buyers of the new generation, who focus on social media, will facilitate brands to reach younger audiences in the most effective way, offering more efficient channels for brands to engage with consumers.
T-Explorer Textile Innovation Hub
ShanghaiTex has always promoted various activities to explore the integration of new technologies and products with the industry. Building on past success, ShanghaiTex 2025 will host the "T-Explorer Textile Innovation Hub" with concurrent events to foster interactive communities and communication across industries:
-Sustainable Development Series / 2nd Green Sustainability Forum
-The 4th Artificial Intelligence on Fashion & Textile International Conference (AIFT 2025)
-The 4th International Health Textile Technology Conference
-The 2nd Textile Innovation Startup Zone
-The 3rd Wearable Technology X Textile Design Competition (WTTDC 2025)
ShanghaiTex 2025 Theme Zones
-T-EXplorer (New)
-Spinning, Man-made Fibre & Techtextile Machinery Zone
-Weaving Machinery Zone
-Spare Parts and Accessories for Textile Machinery Zone
-Knitting and Hosiery Machinery Zone
-Printing, Dyeing & Finishing Machinery Zone
-Digital Printing Machinery, Dyestuff & Textile Chemicals Zone
