Avantex Paris is the international meeting point dedicated to technological and sustainable innovation in fashion. Held each September during Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris, the trade show has, since 2015, brought together the key players driving the ecological and digital transformation of the industry.
Document the origin, composition, journey and impact of products.
Material and supply chain traceability
Digital Product Passports (DPPs)
Blockchain and identification technologies
Environmental impact measurement and life cycle assessment (LCA)
Product assessment, compliance and sustainability data
Transparency and data sharing across the value chain
Exhibitors at Avantex
Startups, scale-ups, and innovative companies are selected for their ability to provide brands with concrete solutions to:
Reduce fashion’s environmental footprint
Reinforce industrial resilience
Accelerate transparency and traceability
Optimize operational performance
Open fashion to virtual spaces and Web3
Avantex Paris — where fashion meets science, software, and living systems, a living laboratory shaping the textile industry of tomorrow.
To highlight the players supporting the essential digital and ecological transformation of the industry, Avantex Paris offers three stand formats tailored to specific needs:
Avantex paris is joining forces with Circular Textile Days, the BtoB international event based in the Netherlands that boosts professional meetings in the sustainable textile sector, to be held on September 10 and 11.
Take advantage of this special opportunity to make new and relevant business contacts in Europe and achieve your sustainabillity goals.
SHOWCASE your latest innovations and technologies to maximize and develop your brand exposure.
CONNECT in person with buyers and decision makers from ready to wear brands, fashion designers, fashion & textile manufacturers, big groups, distributors and fashion houses.
POSITION your company as a key player to launch innovative initiatives for the future of fashion.
ENRICH your professional network thanks to the dynamic created by the Messe Frankfurt Shows.
TAKE PART in prospective conferences to build the fashion of tomorrow.
ACT for an advanced and more sustainable fashion industry.
Exhibitors’ words
VLGE (France-USA) - September 2025
Simran DUBEY, Project Manager
“I am very happy with this experience, as I was able to meet high-quality contacts who are interested in our offerings”.
TCBL (Italy) - September 2025
Frédérique THUREAU, Cedecs-TCBL SAS Chair
“As loyal attendees of the show for several editions, we have noticed that Avantex has taken on a new dimension. Avantex Paris enables new synergies and provides the industry with relevant solutions and content”.
BAO LAN TEXTILE CO. (Vietnam) - September 2025
Davie QUACH - CEO
"Avantex is the right place to showcase innovative products for the fashion industry. The business opportunities there are high-quality".
AWARE (The Netherlands) – July 2023
Koen WARMERDAM, Co-Founder and Director
« Being recognized with the Avantex Fashion Pitch’ Grand Prize is such an honor for Aware™️’s team. We developed a solution to support brands and suppliers to have trustworthy data, which helps them to make sustainability claims with confidence and consumers to make better and more conscious decisions. »
FINGERTIP (Singapore) - February 2022
Pierre RABOTIN, Marketing Manager
« Great opportunity for us to introduce our solution Fingertip to whole new audience.
We also got the chance to speak at an interesting roundtable with some of our industry's key players: AI, blockchain and how new technologies support a more virtuous and transparent fashion.
During the fair we discussed with our visitors how cloud technologies can help make our supply chain more resilient and increase transparency and collaboration. »
COLOREEL (Sweeden) - September 2018
Magnus HELLSTRÖM, Marketing and Sales Director
« We had a lot of very high quality visitors. We are very happy, we reached our target, the distributors. Some of them came from China, Japan, Taiwan and India, but also from Eastern Europe, which is the current trend. »
INDUO (France) - February 2018
Chloé VANESSE, Business Strategist
« Anything to do with new technology is a big hit. Visitors are curious and want to know how it works. ».
EUVEKA (France) - February 2017
Audrey-Laure BERGENTHAL, Founder and CEO
« The high quality of the visitors and the very high traffic connected us to the international market earlier than expected. The reception of the product in the export market (especially India, China and Bangladesh) was very positive, with a high chance of conversion to purchase. »
WORLFORD (Austria) - February 2017
Clara Mattioli, Global Communication
« We are surprised and delighted to see that the circular economy is a known topic, recognised as a real innovation lever for fashion, because consumption is changing and the desire to change things is great. This is very encouraging for our approach. »
CLARA DAVIS DESIGN (Spain) - February 2020
Clara DAVIS, Founder & Sustainable design Specialist
« There is a real interest from visitors in the innovations presented at Avantex, and many good contacts with decision-makers that could potentially lead to interesting developments. »
RBX CRÉATIONS (France) - March 2022
Anne REBOUX, Co-Founder
« The European calls for projects have really helped us to accelerate, in particular the ELIIT (*) call for projects which we were introduced to following a presentation at the Avantex exhibition, and which we benefited from following the submission of our partnership with the DITF, the largest textile research centre in Europe, to combine their HighPerCell® technology with our work on agriculture and the Iroony® hemp cellulose. »
(*)Call for proposals ELIIT Project (European Light Industries Innovation and Technology)
AALTO University (Finland) - September 2018
Pirjo KÄÄRIÄINEN, Professor and CHEMARTS Programme Manager
« We have had many interesting exchanges with European and Asian companies for future collaboration. We do not sell finished products, but we can help in the creation of new materials. Overall, the contacts were numerous and focused on the future of recycling and respect for the environment in fashion. »
TORQ LABS (USA) - February 2018
Julian HOLTZMAN, Director
« I was invited to present my project and at the last minute, on the last day, a large sportswear group offered me some great opportunities. »
MOROCCAN TECHNICAL TEXTILES CLUSTER – C2TM (Morocco) - September 2017
Omar CHERKAOUI, Member of the Cluster and of the ESITH School (Higher School of Textile and Clothing Industries)
« If Morocco is mainly seen as a country of subcontracting, the presence of the C2TM Moroccan Technical Textiles Cluster at a trade fair dedicated to innovation such as Avantex helps to change the perception of what the country has to offer. Around thirty professionals were very interested in our collaborative and innovative approach. »
CHINASTARS REFLECTIVE MATERIAL (China) - September 2019
Helen CHEN, Marketing Manager
« We are satisfied with our first participation in Avantex Paris, especially as we have been able to organise a very good fashion show. »
CORTEX (France) - February 2019
Claude CORBIÈRE, Director
« The participation is very international and it’s getting better from session to session. »
COCO & RICO (France) - September 2018
Cléa POLAR, Founder
« I am very happy, there were only real professionals, no curious people, but a lot of potential customers. The synergy between the exhibitors is very good, they can be future partners. We have enriched our portfolio with real international customers, especially in Asia. Thanks to Avantex, we will be in London next month! »
SOFILA (France) - February 2018
Augustin BIDEAULT, Sales Director
« Our technical products and products from biological sources have been our greatest success. »
STUTTGART STATE ACADEMY OF ART AND DESIGN (Germany) - September 2017
Academy Representatives
« Several fashion stores have asked us to create marketing content for their spaces. We have been invited to Berlin for a hackathon and to Taiwan to design a clothing collection! »
Seconde Matière is a B2B platform connecting professionals across the fashion, textile and leather industries to give unused materials and supplies a second life. It facilitates the recirculation of surplus and dormant stock, helping businesses create without overproducing.
SAO Textile transforms used fishing nets into 100% recycled polyamide yarn for the production of new textiles. This French mission-driven initiative helps recover marine waste and develop more circular textile solutions..
Created in 2019 by Apollo Plus, GoldenEye Smart Vision is an AI-powered quality control solution for fabrics and leather. It digitises rolls in high definition and automatically detects defects to improve quality, traceability and production efficiency.
C.L.A. develops a resource integration platform for fashion and design. It supports the different stages of product development, from print design and sourcing to sampling, production and final commercialisation.
ZERØTEC offers a browser-based pattern design and automated nesting solution powered by artificial intelligence. Its platform helps fashion brands and manufacturers reduce material usage by up to 15%, while lowering garment costs and carbon emissions.
Founded in the Vosges region of France in 1954, Peltex is the country’s last manufacturer of high-end faux fur. The company combines traditional craftsmanship, small-batch production and textile research to meet the needs of designers and fashion brands.
Seamless Source est une plateforme de gestion des relations produit (PRM) qui attribue à chaque produit physique un dossier unique et connecté, de la source au recyclage. Conçue pour les équipes chargées de gérer des chaînes d’approvisionnement complexes, Seamless Source remplace les outils fragmentés par une source unique et fiable d’informations, aidant à agir plus rapidement, à rester en conformité et à prouver exactement d’où vient chaque produit et quelle sera sa prochaine destination.
Studio Évaporer is a design studio specialising in biomaterial research and development. Combining material experimentation and creative practice, it explores new approaches to developing innovative materials for creative and textile applications.
Gemell transforms yarn and weave data into photorealistic digital twins. Its technology enables 3D fabric visualisation without physical samples or fabric scanning, helping reduce development time and waste associated with sampling.
Lin et Chanvre Bio brings together stakeholders across the organic textile flax and hemp value chains. The association supports research and development, field trials and fibre-processing innovation to help build more sustainable and locally rooted textile supply chains.
Le Textile Lab is a collaborative space dedicated to responsible and innovative textile creation. Through research, prototyping, training and creative community building, it fosters synergies between traditional know-how, new technologies and more circular production models.
Mythos is a fashion studio combining design, patternmaking, CAD, artificial intelligence and 3D technologies. Working with a network of laboratories, it integrates the different stages of product development to streamline the creative and production workflow.
Makea is a production management platform designed for fashion brands. It brings tech packs, supplier communications, quotes, sampling and production tracking together in one workflow, helping streamline operations and make small-batch production easier to manage.
Alice Potts is a biomaterials specialist and material innovator. Working at the intersection of biology, research and design, she explores new bio-based materials and their properties to develop desirable, high-performance and scalable applications for fashion and other industries.
As a doctoral student at the Kyoto Institute of Technology, Carol de Lara is exploring the biofabrication of bacterial cellulose for applications in fashion. Her approach combines experimentation, the study of material properties, and design to enhance the identity of new materials and open up new possibilities for their use in fashion.
MATERRA sets the template for radical supply chain transparency providing a one-stop nature-based solution for the industry to source fully traceable regenerative Cotton at scale.
NIL Textile is offering fully circular garments from innovative materials like corn, recycled cotton or recycled car tires including its own take back system and molecular recycling process.
Innovative digital software ApexFiz for 3d digital simulation (including knitt / weave / Circular/ embroderie and 3d socks), allows providers to scan their own yarns to create super realistic simulations.
A no-code software solution that enables the easy creation of immersive, engaging, and interoperable experiences for a wide range of use cases, such as product launches or presentations, sales activations, events, access to gaming platform markets, the creation of living portfolios or interactive advertising, and the strengthening of strategies through spatial data.
CETI Transformative Textiles is working on innovative fibers from bio-waste (agricultural waste), a secondary source of income for agriculture and enabling local brands to gain autonomy.
GOTS/GRS certified fabric supplier in Vietnam, W.ELL Fabric - Bao Lan Textiles provides Innovative sustainable fabrics for the well-being of our future. On AVantex they have presented “Ananas fashion” a new textile produced without the use of harmful chemicals rich in functional benefits.
Upcycling B2B tool for the fashion & textile industry, FINDS unlocks the potential of dormant garment stocks to create new products with its end-to-end platform for trading overstock. By automating centralizing all processes, FINDS get you better deals, and faster.
With on-the-spot design, in-house microfactory, rapid prototyping technologies and cloud-based supply chain coordination, Mitwill supplies a wide range of textiles at competitive price points. Mitwill offers products according to their customer’s Needs, embracing innovative solutions to facilitate all processes, from design, to fabrics and garments.
Deutsche Institute für Textil- und Faserforschung Denkendorf (DITF) - Germany
Largest textile research center in Europe with three research areas, Textile Chemistry, Textile and Process Engineering and Management Research, DITF Denkendorf covers the entire textile value chain from molecule to product. DITF conducts research on new high-performance fibers and materials, on new and adaptive processes in fiber and yarn production, and in textile finishing and textile functionalization.
Studio for the creation of made-to-measure prints for the fashion and home sectors, offering a catalog of patterns and a personalization and coloring service at the customer's request.
Bird Fab Studio is specialized in qualitative Japanese fabrics sourcing and offer fabric sales and matching website as well as selling compatible 3D texture.
Shanghai Shejie Technology Group - Pop Fashion solution provider - China
PopAI design is revolutionizing the whole creation process, from abstract feelings from a text description to a real fashion product. Pop trend uses genAI analysing datas form social media, key catwalks and brands own community plus a community of print designers to provide key trends elements and directions to designers.
Innovative digital supply chain management and tracking platform allowing all stakeholders to better collaborate, improve production quality through digital inspections, instant reports and access to unique business intelligence in real-time.
Editor of the e-SCM collaborative platform that helps fashion and luxury brands in the digital transformation of their supply chain to improve production management and make delivery commitments more reliable.
Innovative instant colouring technology that can be fitted to any modern single or multi-head embroidery machine, allowing high quality textile thread to be coloured on demand, unlocking a world of potential.
A unique robotic solution to manage morphological data: the first scalable robot dummies, driven by a data management software. A phygital solution allowing to produce and sell clothes in a more inclusive and responsible way, thus accompanying all textile industries in their ecological transition.
3D product customisation solution for e-commerce that allows all products to be configured and visualised on demand, in real time and in photo-realistic quality.
All elements of a product can be customised: cut, colour, material, etc. thanks to 3D technology, thus enhancing the e-commerce customer experience.
Software solutions and services including 2D design and 3D visualisation platforms that cover the entire supply chain, enabling products to be brought to market faster and with higher quality.
Synovance, a company specialising in strain development, has created a revolutionary synthetic genomics platform to rationally design genomes from scratch, faster and at lower cost than ever before.
These genomes are tailor-made to produce sustainable chemicals, in particular dyes.
Natural Indigo produces natural dyes on an industrial scale. Contract farmers supply the woad from which the company uses extraction technology to produce the colour indigo.
Natural Indigo also produces colours from industrial by-products such as onion peelings and willow.
Maeko produces high-quality natural fabrics with a controlled supply chain.
The various yarns (hemp, nettle, bamboo, linen, organic cotton, alpaca, yak, etc.) are processed by expert Italian technicians and then sold on the national and international clothing and furnishing markets.
Vretena is a sustainable and innovative brand with a passion for fashion, urban lifestyle, circularity and equity.
All designs are assigned an individual circularity identifier (circularity.ID®) to enable and support circularity, sustainability and recycling of clothing.
For 150 years, TÜV Rheinland has been one of the world's leading providers of testing services, whose highly qualified experts test technical systems and products all over the world.
They combine the absolute necessity of sustainability with a fundamental conviction: "Only companies that act in an integrated manner - economically, ecologically and socially - will be successful in the long term".
Founded in 2018, Bitfuel is a digital marketing agency with a strong focus on immersive technology.
The company designs and develops digital solutions (from apps to corporate identities) that are user-centric, optimised for conversion and always at the forefront of technology.
Specialising in the development and sourcing of knitwear products, Studio Maille offers free access to a large collection of knitwear at the cutting edge of fashion, as well as a constantly updated archive of yarns, stitches, jacquards and vintage pieces.
Specialising in cashmere, they are highly creative and technically skilled.
Networking evenings, participative round tables, VIP club, Avantex Paris implements different formats to allow you to meet innovation leaders renowned for their active contribution to the evolution of fashion.
Avantex Paris has, since its creation in 2015, implemented actions to promote research related to the textile and clothing industry.
Schools (Amsterdam Fashion Institute - AMFI, Hochschule Niederrhein, Hong-Kong Institute of Technologies, etc.), designers and collectives (Bio-fabrication in Fashion, Zero Waste Fashion Design) are regularly invited to showcase their work.
The Fédération de la Mode Circulaire (Federation for a Circular Fashion) is a professional organisation with over 250 members from across the circular fashion ecosystem. Its mission is to promote circularity in the fashion industry and to support the transition of its players towards a more sustainable model.
TCBL Association, Textile and Clothing made sustainable
TCBL (Textile and Clothing Business Labs) is an association that brings together people and organisations to create a truly sustainable textile and clothing industry by developing new working practices and business models.
TCBL members collaborate and experiment around projects and key themes such as: bio-based materials, inclusivity, circular design, local production, tradition and creativity.
As the first official partner of the ReSources area at Avantex Paris, TCBL enables the innovative and sustainable companies in its network to showcase their products and solutions in a dedicated space during the fair.
Founded in Paris in 1841, ESMOD is a school that has established itself over the years as a reference in the fashion world.
Firmly convinced that the future of fashion lies in respect for the environment and for people, ESMOD strives to make its students aware of the need for a more responsible approach to their creativity. Its investment in innovation and sustainable development has enabled it to establish itself as a reference.
As a partner of the school since 2015, Avantex Paris shares its technical expertise in innovative textiles, products and services for all sectors of the fashion industries, enabling ESMOD students to explore new ways for the future.
IFA Paris is a fashion design, marketing and luxury management school. Drawing on the heritage of France's historic know-how in the fields of art and design, it teaches the best methods and practices of the luxury sector in general, and fashion in particular, to young generations from all backgrounds. Its values: rigor, elegance, precision and creativity.
Avantex partners IFA Paris and its incubator Foundry enable incubated startups to be present at the show, and offer 1 year of support to the winner of the Avantex Fashion Pitch competition.
LUXIDERS MAGAZINE stands as an essential read for those with a vested interest in narratives of sustainability.
Crafted in English, German, and Spanish, the publication and online platform serves as a global reservoir for sustainable brands, creative visionaries, and conscientious consumers eager to deepen their comprehension and appreciation of a sustainable ethos and a more environmentally conscious future.
001.AGENCY is a creative strategy agency that supports brands in ideation, strategy, branding as well as campaign and creative content production.
Backed by the know-how of the publishers of Luxiders Magazine and their global community, the agency equips brands to prosper by leading the way to a sustainable future.
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