From August 23rd to 25th, the 17th China Datang International Sock Industry Expo was successfully held in our city, and the world's attention once again gathered in Zhuji.
This year's Socks Expo is closely related to the theme of "Digital Socks Industry · Trendy Future", not only showcasing the strength and vitality of Zhuji Socks Industry to the world, but also focusing on digitalization and exploring the future of Zhuji Socks Industry. Various seminars, trade matching events, fashion shows, and other on-site activities, heavyweight experts gather, industry experts share, and new graphene textile products are released... This three-day annual event injects strong impetus into the high-quality development of the sock industry in Zhuji.
Focusing on the forefront of the industry's digital contract
On the first day of the opening of the Socks Expo, walking into the Xiangfei Hall of Zhuji International Trade City, the digital wind rushed towards you.
With an exhibition area of over 18000 square meters, nearly 600 booths, 215 companies and brands, and over 10000 new products appearing on site... The scale of the exhibition and the richness of the exhibits are overwhelming. Looking at the participating companies, from sock machine intelligent equipment and digital service enterprises to enterprises covering the entire sock industry chain such as raw and auxiliary materials, sock production, packaging, etc., the achievements of digitalization are everywhere. Each company has put forward their own flagship products and latest achievements to meet old customers, meet new friends, and expand orders at the sock expo.
As one of the most anticipated supporting events of the Sock Expo, the 4th "Datang Cup"
International Sock Industry Machinery and Equipment Competition was held on the morning of the 23rd, with 11 intelligent equipment companies carrying their latest integrated sock machine "Huashan Lunjian".
In the competition, the sock machines of participating companies such as Weiying, Panda, Ye Xiao, Yttrium Peng, and Weihuan each demonstrated their unique abilities, with advantages in stability, innovation, digitalization, intelligence, energy conservation and emission reduction, and application prospects. The socks woven also showed excellent performance in terms of craftsmanship and aesthetic appearance, demonstrating the hard core strength of Datang Sock Machine's independent research and development. Both in terms of the quality of sock machines and the level of competition, they are getting better year by year, "praised Sun Yiren, director of the Socks Professional Committee of the China Knitting Industry Association. The person in charge of an intelligent equipment enterprise for sock machines revealed that the integrated sock machine is "very curly", and the enterprise needs to constantly research and develop new technologies every year. Once it stagnates, it is easy to be eliminated.
It is reported that in order to accelerate the transformation and upgrading of the sock industry, our city has introduced a policy of rewarding and subsidizing the digital transformation of traditional industries. It stipulates that enterprises purchasing integrated sock machines will receive a maximum subsidy of about 40% from the municipal and town governments. The upgrading and popularization of intelligent equipment in the sock industry have greatly promoted the improvement of sock manufacturing level.
A fashion event that leads the trend of the sock industry
In the final of the 4th China "Datang Cup" Sock Art Design Competition, the work "Cloud Thoughts" won the gold medal, with cloud shoulders as the theme element, combined with socks, and rich cloud shoulder shapes folded down layer by layer. The sock head simulates the neckline of a cheongsam, matched with Chinese elements such as buckles. The geometric lines of the sock body wrap around it in a winding shape, like the penetration and extension of the warp and weft lines in textiles. The designer of this work, Liu Chunxiao, is a graduate student majoring in fashion design at Zhejiang University of Technology. "This competition has given me a better understanding of Datang, the international sock capital, and I have seen many cutting-edge techniques for presenting socks. It has also given me a lot of inspiration, which I have applied to my designs," Liu Chunxiao said.
For four consecutive years, the "Datang Cup" Sock Art Design Competition has been committed to exploring the infinite possibilities of sock art design, discovering countless outstanding designers, and empowering the industry with innovative and creative sock art design. Over the years, outstanding designers from multiple countries have participated in the competition, with thousands of entries and innovative products constantly emerging.
Unlike previous years, this year's runway area is even busier. The final and award ceremony of the 4th China "Datang Cup" Sock Art Design Competition, the digital fashion show of the shortlisted works of the 4th China "Datang Cup" Sock Art Design Competition, and the release of the 2024-2025 China Sock Industry Fashion Trends... Each fashion show has provided a feast for the eyes of the audience and exhibitors attending the exhibition, and has also helped sock industry enterprises transform and upgrade towards sustainable development in the fashion industry.
This year's sock expo has a lot of new content, with very new designs and materials. We have also gained a lot of inspiration, which will be applied to our company's product design in the future, "said Arab purchaser Simba.
Heavy exchange focusing on the development of the sock industry
"Our times are always changing. We can't stick to the same industry to cope with the changing times. Our industry will be better tomorrow, but where is the way and where is our sock industry going?" On the afternoon of August 24, at the 2023 round table conference on high-quality development of China's sock industry, Chen Wenxing, president of Zhejiang University of Technology and academician of the CAE Member, asked what is the future of the sock industry.
At this roundtable conference, nearly 20 heavyweight experts and business representatives discussed and put forward suggestions in depth around the theme of "Digital Socks Industry, Trendy Future", combining their respective professional fields. And the answers of our city's sock industry entrepreneurs have filled everyone with confidence and anticipation for the future of the sock industry in Zhuji. We are trying to digitize the output of product design drafts using AI and starting to study the impact of wording expression on sock styles. We are also exploring the use of new technologies and materials to make socks, "said Zhou Yurun, General Manager of Zhejiang Shanaite Socks Industry Co., Ltd. Zhong Yaodong, the general manager of Zhejiang Kunchi Internet Technology Co., Ltd., believes that the digital economy and industrial Internet are foreseeable trends in the future and have come.
In addition, there were multiple events such as the 3D Digital Sock Industry Design and Digital Application Seminar, the 2023 Zhuji Sock Industry Cross border E-commerce Supply and Marketing Matchmaking Conference, the 2023 Zhuji Sock Industry E-commerce Product Selection Matchmaking Conference, the 2nd China (Zhuji) Graphene New Material Industry Development Summit Forum and Graphene Textile New Product Release. Industry experts shared industry trends and cutting-edge technologies, linked various resources, and provided another platform for exhibitors, visiting merchants, e-commerce network merchants, distributors, agents, buyers and other professionals to explore cutting-edge technologies and hot topics.
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Original title: "Smarter, more trendy, more high-end! The world's attention once again gathers in Zhuji.
