The Aibix purchasing team attended the 16th East China Import and Export Commodity Fair (abbreviated as East China Fair). Hold in Shang Hai International Expo Centre, this international regional trade fair enjoys the largest exhibition scale, the most traders, the widest coverage and the highest trade volume in China. Thereby, we focused in identifying and building new supplier contacts, as a future basis for our sourcing work. In addition we used the opportunity to benchmark price quotes for several of our ongoing projects, and even placed a handful of sample orders.

We had qualitative interaction with 145 potential new suppliers in the following areas (with some specific products we would like to point out):

• Textiles & Apparel (19 suppliers) : Jacket, pullover, cardigan, shirt, polo, underwear, trunks, pants, bra, socks, silk ties, denim pants, jeans, cotton pants, working pants, nurse dresses, work wear, fireman wear, anorak, cashmere blankets, hats, hand shoes, baby cloths, worsted suits,
• Textile Accessories (5 suppliers): Buttons, zipper, belts, labels, labels Hongkong
• Home Textiles (8 suppliers): Bedding, towels, slippers,
• Outdoor & Sports Equipment (29 suppliers): Tents, sleeping bag, camping equipment, outdoor wear, raincoat, anorak, swimming suit, bikini, trunk, neoprene, scuba, Northface like jackets, outdoor jackets, Goretex jackets, stainless steel bottles (aluminium bottles), hammock, inflatables (pools, floating devises), sitting balls, balls, table tennis (ping pong), tennis racquet, aerobic equipment
• Stationery (17 suppliers): Pens, ballpoint pens, pencils, felt-pens, children kits, wooden pencils, markers, staplers, glue, wrapping paper, boxes, carton boxes, gift-bags, painting equipment
• Toys (11 suppliers): Teddy bears, wooden toys, balls, play pets
• Tableware (10 suppliers): Plates, Cups, Ceramics, Bamboo table sets, chopsticks (kuaizi), toothpick
• Glassware (5 suppliers): Glass tableware, vases, glass arts, crystal products
• Kitchenware (3 suppliers): Hotellerie machines (heavy), cooking ware, aluminium rolls
• Wood products (4 suppliers) : Wooden boxes, cigar cases, natural wood products, wooden bowls, chopsticks
• Retail accessories (1 supplier): shopping trolley, shopping chart and accessories
• Gardening products (1 supplier): Gardening pliers, gardening equipment
• Furniture (1 supplier): Chairs, tables, bamboo mats
• Lightning products (5 suppliers) : Bulbs, torches, maglite, batteries
• Consumer goods (20 suppliers) : Bag, suitcase, umbrella, daily necessities, cosmetics, pet products, cleaning material, balances, CD case
• Arts & Craft (4 suppliers) : Lamp, pictures, frames, design institute