The 7th China International Dye Industry, Pigments, Printing and Dyeing Auxiliary Exhibition ("China Interdye 2007") will kick off at INTEX Shanghai and Shanghaimart from April 17 to 19, according to Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd. (SIEC), the organizer. 

China Interdye was approved by the UFI board of directors in March 2007, becoming the first UFI-approved professional exhibition for the Dye Industry, Pigments, Printing and Dyeing Auxiliary in China. Over 350 famous chemical enterprises from 15 countries and regions, including about 10 Fortune 500 companies, are expected to attend the event.

China has become the largest dyestuff producer, trader and consumer, while China Interdye has evolved to be one of the world's largest professional exhibitions. Statistics show that the previous exhibition, held in April 2006, attract enterprise with 90 percent of the world's total production, and nearly 40,000 visitors from home and abroad.

The exhibition this year will cover an exhibition area of 18,000 square meters, including 6,000 square meters for overseas exhibitors to showcase all kinds of dyeing materials, intermediates, pigments, textiles, various dyeing auxiliaries and supporting production facilities.

China Interdye 2007 is organized by the China Dyestuff Industry Association (CDIA), the China Dyeing and Printing Association, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the Shanghai Sub-Council, the China Chamber of International Commerce, the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce and the Shanghai World Expo Co., Ltd.  It is undertaken by the Shanghai International Exhibition Service Corporation. Meanwhile, related industry associations will launch professional meetings during the exhibition.

(China.org.cn April 9, 2007)