On May 6th, 2025, the China Zhejiang Textile Printing and Dyeing Industry Technology and Equipment Exhibition grandly opened at the Shaoxing International Convention and Exhibition Center. As the first professional exhibition focusing on the green and intelligent transformation of the textile printing and dyeing industry, this event was jointly organized by the Zhejiang Printing and Dyeing Industry Association and the Zhejiang Modern Textile Technology Innovation Center. It attracted industry experts, enterprise representatives and research institutions from all over the country to participate and jointly explore new paths for the high-quality development of the printing and dyeing industry.
Zhejiang is an important base for China's textile printing and dyeing industry, with a complete industrial chain and profound industrial cultural heritage. As a core link in the textile industry, the printing and dyeing industry connects the upstream fiber manufacturing with the downstream clothing and home textile industry. Its technological level and environmental protection capacity directly affect the competitiveness of the entire industrial chain.
Against the backdrop of the global green transformation of the textile industry, Zhejiang must seize the opportunity to promote the upgrading of the printing and dyeing industry towards high-end, intelligent and green development. This exhibition is themed "Green Technology · Intelligent Manufacturing for the Future", focusing on areas such as green printing and dyeing technology, intelligent equipment, and chemical auxiliaries. It aims to build an international exchange platform and promote collaborative innovation along the industrial chain.
Empowered by technology, the collaboration among industry, academia and research institutions resolves the pain points of the industry
At the exhibition, many research institutions and enterprises showcased their latest green printing and dyeing technologies and intelligent solutions, among which digitalization and low-carbon production became the focus.
The Ecological Dyeing and Finishing Technology Research Institute of Zhejiang Modern Textile Technology Innovation Center highlighted its technological breakthroughs in low-water printing and dyeing, digital inkjet printing and other fields. The institute is composed of 4 expert teams and has over 30 senior technicians. It has built 5 pilot production lines. It has undertaken eight major provincial and ministerial-level projects. The relevant person in charge introduced: "We have collaborated with enterprises such as Honghua Digital Technology and Honglv LAN Textile to develop a 'moth-eye' structural deepening agent and an environmentally friendly water-based hot stamping technology. These have been successfully applied to the production lines of many enterprises, significantly reducing water and energy consumption."
The Sichuan Textile Research Institute presented the latest research progress of high-performance dyeing and finishing auxiliaries. Among them, the main promoted antistatic finishing agent, after eight months of dedicated research, successfully stood out. This product offers high cost performance, effectively controlling costs for enterprises and enhancing product competitiveness. It also has excellent washability. Even after multiple washes, it can still maintain a stable anti-static effect. Its market application prospects are extremely broad. We are committed to promoting in-depth research on high-performance dyeing and finishing auxiliaries and related dyeing and finishing technologies, and consolidating our scientific research advantages in multiple niche fields. The relevant person in charge of the hospital said.
The Keqiao Light Textile Industry Technology Center of Jiangnan University comprehensively showcased its multiple achievements in the upgrading of the light textile industry, including light-absorbing and heat-generating pastes and printing technology, photochromic materials, thermochromic materials, and non-ionic foaming anti-phenol yellowing agents, etc. "We have always been focused on the field of new fabric dyeing, concentrating scientific research efforts to overcome difficulties." " The relevant person in charge of the center introduced, "At present, in terms of acetate fiber fabric printing and plant dyeing printing technology, we have successfully broken through the technical bottlenecks." After repeated experiments and optimizations, the color fastness of the relevant fabrics has reached international standards and is fully ready for large-scale industrial application, which can bring new growth points and competitiveness to the light textile industry.
Among the numerous participating enterprises, Hangzhou Wanshili Silk Technology Co., Ltd. stands out particularly. As the "first listed company in China's silk cultural and creative industry", Wanshili Silk has become a benchmark for the industry's green transformation with its independently developed GBART waterless digital printing and dyeing technology. It is reported that traditional dyeing and printing require a large amount of water washing, while the GBART technology completely eliminates this step, achieving zero discharge of wastewater. This technology has been successfully promoted to places such as France and Fujian, and has helped cooperative enterprises establish green demonstration factories. In addition, its IART double-sided digital printing and ICOLOR digital color management system have significantly enhanced production efficiency and personalized customization capabilities.
Jiangsu Huihong International Group Zhongtian Holding Co., Ltd. has been deeply engaged in the fields of textile and garment, scientific and technological equipment, etc., and its business covers more than 100 countries and regions around the world. At this exhibition, the company brought over 550 products, with a rich and diverse product matrix covering multiple categories such as home wear fabrics and renewable fabrics, meeting the diverse needs of different customer groups. The company actively practices the concept of green development, strictly controlling the selection of raw materials for textiles and garments. The products mainly promoted at this exhibition have taken solid steps in terms of environmental protection and have attracted much attention from purchasers.
The integration of wisdom paints a new benchmark for global textile printing and dyeing
Under the global carbon neutrality background, the printing and dyeing industry must accelerate technological innovation, reduce resource consumption and pollution emissions. Digitalization and intelligence are the core directions for future development. During the exhibition, a series of high-end forums were held one after another, where industry experts and enterprise representatives jointly explored the paths of intelligent and green transformation.
On the first day of the exhibition, the special event on empowering the High-Quality development of the printing and dyeing Industry with artificial intelligence and the "Ten Chains, One Hundred Events, and Ten Thousand Enterprises" event for the printing and dyeing industry delved deeply into the innovative applications of AI technology in the printing and dyeing field. At the event site, a signing ceremony for strategic partners of the Industrial Brain was also held, marking the official launch of in-depth cooperation among industry, academia and research in the field of AI+ dyeing and printing, providing new impetus for the intelligent upgrade of the industry.
The 2025 New Printing and Dyeing Technology Forum focused on three topics: the development trends and progress of green dyeing and finishing technologies, the collaborative and innovative development of printing and dyeing and dyeing auxiliaries under the background of high tariffs in Sino-US trade, and the progress of digital printing technology. It comprehensively covered the key points of technological innovation and market transformation currently faced by the printing and dyeing industry. The 2025 Innovation Energy Gathering - Special Event for Talent Matching in Functional Printing and Dyeing Auxiliaries and Materials Technology focused on in-depth exchanges in cutting-edge fields such as functional printing and dyeing auxiliaries, high-performance fiber materials, and bio-based technologies. Through special reports and talent matching, we aim to facilitate the green and functional upgrading of the printing and dyeing industry and build an efficient platform for collaborative innovation along the industrial chain.
The successful holding of this exhibition not only provides a platform for technical exchange and business cooperation for the industry, but also marks that China's textile printing and dyeing industry is accelerating its progress towards green and intelligent manufacturing. As more innovative technologies move from theory to practice and achieve practical application, China's textile printing and dyeing industry will leverage technological empowerment to further consolidate and enhance its position in the global industrial chain landscape and play a more crucial role.
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