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BEIJING, China — Suppliers from China, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United States have confirmed their participation in Texcare Asia, the region’s foremost trading platform for modern textile care. It is scheduled for Nov. 17-19 at the China International Exhibition Center.

Held every other year, the trade fair consistently attracts key players such as Castic-SMP, Dow, Hoffman/New Yorker, Jensen Group, Maxi Companies, Primus, Pony, Via-trade and Weishi, says Messe Frankfurt, the show’s organizer.

These suppliers and more—the exhibitor list is at 110 companies—will present a range of sophisticated, energy-efficient washing, drying and ironing technologies in a trade space of more than 10,000 square meters (approximately 32,000 square feet).

China’s laundry and drycleaning market presents what Messe Frankfurt calls “significant opportunities” for suppliers of resource-saving technologies as the Chinese government implements a raft of measures to reduce its CO2 emissions by 45% by 2020.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sailstar USA Inc., which offered laundry washer-extractors, drycleaning machines and finishing equipment in the United States, has ceased business operations, American Laundry News, American Drycleaner's sister publication, confirmed today.

BEIJING, China — With two days of Texcare Asia under their belts, representatives of exhibitors based in the United States or with significant operations there spoke favorably of the event during interviews Thursday.

While still carrying a great deal of activity, the show floor at the China International Exhibition Centre wasn’t as busy on this second day. Final attendance figures won’t be available until after the show.

BEIJING, China — China’s economic growth, improved standard of living and thriving tourism market are creating new demand for sophisticated laundry and drycleaning systems, says Messe Frankfurt, the German show planner staging Texcare Asia this month.

Texcare Asia 2009 — slated for Oct. 28-30 at Beijing’s China International Exhibition Centre — will try to build upon the overwhelming success of the 2007 show. That event attracted more than 5,700 visitors and 135 exhibitors to Shanghai.

Texcare Asia has already signed 60 top industry brands as exhibitors, according to show planner Messe Frankfurt, with four months to go until the show kicks off in Beijing, China. The China International Exhibition Center will host the event from Oct. 28-30, 2009, in tandem with the Texcare Forum Asia educational program.

CHICAGO — An overwhelming 86.8% of operators report that the price of hangers has gone up in the last month, according to the most recent survey appearing in the Wire, since the Commerce Department instituted preliminary tariffs on steel wire hangers made in China.

SHANGHAI, China – Texcare Asia 2007 – the largest industry show in the Far East – welcomed thousands of visitors during its three-day run, but it was the visitor that didn’t arrive about whom most people were talking.

The International Trade Fair for Modern Textile Care opened on time here Sept. 19, even as this country’s financial center braced for what was being forecast as the worst typhoon to strike China in a decade.

SHANGHAI — China’s boom is creating opportunities throughout the textile-care industry. That’s why Texcare Asia is returning to Shanghai less than two years after its last successful outing in Beijing.

In China, you’ll find a booming tourism market, increasing investment in energy-efficient equipment, greater environmental awareness, a push to renovate or build hotels and hospitals, and a growing middle class that’s becoming more fashion- and hygiene-conscious.