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The event that that marked the 20th anniversary of Febratex was not only the largest in number of exhibitors and its area, but also in business numbers.

In the four-day event, held from the 10th to the 13th of August 2010, about 88,000 visitors circulated through the stands, learning about the innovation and new product launches in the textile world.

In addition, during the event, we collected over 4.5 tons of nonperishable food donated by visitors, which were then donated to Ablucan - Blumenauense Association for Fighting Cancer, APAE Blumenau and Neoplasia Child Support Home.

Side events were also a big hit with the realization of a Technology Workshop, organized in partnership with the Brazilian Association of Textile Technicians and Brasil Fashion Designers, which brought together the creations of fashion and design students from the region.

It will unite the main sectors of the textile chain, including: sewing machines, cutting machines, trims, labels, packaging, equipment, finishing, processing, wire, stamping, industrial automation, information technology, looms and raw materials.

Over 90% of the total available spaces are already reserved by local and foreign groups for the 2012 edition, showing that, again, the trade fair offers great international visibility. Make your stand reservation today! Highlights of the 2012 Febratex:

• Business Center: The region of Vale do Itajaí, where Blumenau is located, is one of the largest textile centers in Brazil, responsible for nearly 30% of the entire Brazilian production.
• International Trade Fair: In 2010, we had 59 countries represented with more than 1,900 brands, with the number growing each year.
• Infrastructure: the trade fair will be held in Parque Vila Germânica (German Village Park) events complex, which features modern facilities, air-conditioned spaces and all the necessary resources for holding large events.
• Technology Update: you can count on the realization of the technical workshop, developed in partnership with the Brazilian Association of Textile Technicians (ABTT)
• Brasil Fashion Designers: a young designers competition, who will bring the creative universe into the trade fair, a perfect example of the union of links in the textile chain.

Brazilian Textile Market

Textile and apparel products industry in Brazil has shown, increasingly, its importance in the economic scenario of the country. In 2008, it accounted for 5.4% of the total production of manufacturing industry. It brings together a large number of companies and employs 16.5% of the total workforce in the manufacturing industry nationwide. Between 2004 and 2008, the number of companies in the textile sectors in operation rose 26.4%.

Value of production 2008	US$B
Basic Textiles	20,4
Manufactured	43,2
Total Chain	46,0
Production value of the manufacturing industry	862,4
Participation %	5,4

Source: Sector report on the Textile Industry 2009

Catarinense Market:

The Southern region occupies second place in the ranking of national textile production, being responsible for 29.5% of the total production of the country. Among the three states, Santa Catarina is the leader in the textile industry.

In Santa Catarina, 14% of the companies in the textile chain with five employees or more are located, which means 4,223 companies, with 899 processors or producers of manufactured textiles and 3,324 manufacturers of textile articles.

The highest participation is of Santa Catarina, in number of companies in the sector of processing, with 30.4% of the national total. The production of knitwear and household textiles is also high, in which the participation of Santa Catarina is 35% and 25% respectively.

In the Santa Catarina textile industry there are 145,700 registered workers. When we also include sub-contractors, self employed, cooperatives, etc., the sector exceeds 291,000, representing 17.8% of the total number of people employed by the textile chain in 2009.

Production

The production of the state of Santa Catarina is 21% of total production in the textile industry (yarn, fabric and knitwear) and 16.5% for manufactured goods (clothing, household and other lines), which means R$7.9 billion in basic textiles and R$15.1 billion in manufactured articles.

(data source: Sintex)

Participation of the Santa Catarina State industry on key indicators in the national textile chain:

Indicators	Basic Textiles	Manufactured
Companies located	19,3%	13,0%
Employed persons	23,2%	16,4%
Production	21,0%	16,5%
Sales	19,8%	17,1%
Exports	7,7%	31,7%
Imports	27,8%	19,2%
Investment in machinery	17,8%	27,9%

Source: IEMI

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