To enable Canadian textile companies to be current with new and upcoming trends and to seize business opportunities in China, Team Textile Canada is proud to announce the opening of a Textile Canada Business Centre (TCBC) in Shanghai on September 21, 2006.
Having an office in China, the Canadian textile industry will be able to anticipate market trends and upcoming technologies while promoting Canadian textile companies’ expertise, products and services to Chinese buyers.
Initiated by the CTT Group, this initiative results from a close collaboration with Industry Canada, International Trade Canada and the Ministère du Développement économique, de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation du Québec (MDEIE).
Ambitious and realistic
A few years ago, instead of playing victims of market globalisation, Canadian textile industry leaders turned to Team Textile Canada and its partners to identify new market alternatives.
As a result of an intensive market study produced for the CTT Group by Co-Strategy, many high-potential markets have been identified in China. Since Chinese manufacturers focus on mass production, they neglect to produce small orders and noncommodity products to meet the value-added textile, technical textile and smart textile needs of Chinese customers.
• The technical textiles market represented a $30 billion US market in 2005
• Technical textiles used in the geotextile, protection, transportation and medical sectors demonstrate the highest and fastest growth rate in China.
About the Textile Canada Business Centre (TCBC) in Shanghai
The Textile Canada Business Centre (TCBC) in Shanghai will offer a wide variety of services to Canadian exporters seeking to sell to this new market. In addition to benefiting from a permanent address in Shanghai, the Asian textile capital, participating companies will benefit from the following services onsite:
• Access to a private workspace (permanent or on-demand)
• Permanent showroom (product exhibition and literature)
• Pre-organized activities to stimulate demand for Canadian products
• Access to professional services (receptionist, translators, sales support, etc.)
• Access to business services (conference room, fax, email, translation, etc.)
• Direct access to government services
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