PH Value — Autumn knitting fair

PH Value Autumn 2026 (China International Knitting Fair – Autumn/Winter Edition) is positioned as a professional trade and promotion platform dedicated to the knitting industry, combining product showcase with business exchange and trend-driven industry communication. The event is designed for companies that work with knitted apparel and accessories as well as upstream and adjacent suppliers who support knitted product development, sampling, and scalable manufacturing. The organizer concept emphasizes practical matchmaking and commercial outcomes, making the fair relevant for buyers who need to compare suppliers, validate product readiness, and align on cooperation terms within a short onsite window. The 2026 Autumn/Winter edition is scheduled for August 25–27, 2026 in Shanghai, providing a clear timeline for procurement and collection planning ahead of peak seasonal demand.

The Autumn/Winter edition typically aligns with the seasonal rhythm of the fashion and textile calendar: brands and manufacturers use the fair to evaluate new knitted product directions, confirm supplier capability for repeatable quality, and shorten time-to-market for commercial collections. The fair’s core value proposition is that it does not separate “trend” from “supply”; instead, it brings trend communication into a sourcing environment where visitors can immediately connect design intent to material options, manufacturing execution, and delivery feasibility. This is especially relevant for knitwear because commercial success depends on the interplay between yarn selection, knitting technique, finishing, and fit consistency. PH Value is framed by its organizers as a trade-oriented platform serving the industry and enterprises, which supports a practical focus on scalable production and real purchase decisions rather than purely conceptual showcases.

Retailers and brands calibrating A/W buys, converters and mills, yarn houses, testing labs and sourcing agents coordinating multi-plant deliveries.

The fair’s official positioning highlights knitted apparel and accessory products, as well as knitting-related new technologies and new product development, which effectively covers both the “what to sell” and “how to make it” dimensions of knitwear commercialization. For buyers, the practical advantage is the ability to evaluate finished and semi-finished product propositions in parallel with production capability and development competence. In knitwear, supplier differentiation is often driven by craftsmanship depth, gauge range, yarn handling, finishing standards, and the ability to translate trend concepts into manufacturable SKUs at acceptable cost and lead times. By concentrating these discussions into one platform, PH Value supports quicker technical validation and more confident negotiation, especially for visitors balancing design ambition with production constraints.

PH Value Autumn 2026 is planned at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), a venue widely used for large-scale textile and apparel trade events and built to support dense professional traffic, multi-hall zoning and structured buyer routing. For exhibitors, this venue format enables standardized booth operations and smoother logistics for sample display and onsite business meetings. For visitors, it improves procurement efficiency: supplier meetings, product screening and initial negotiations can be compressed into three days with minimal travel friction between categories. The venue address conventionally used for NECC Shanghai planning and logistics is No. 333 Songze Avenue, which simplifies scheduling for teams coordinating multiple supplier meetings per day.

PH Value is presented as being hosted by the China National Textile and Apparel Council, and jointly undertaken by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade – Textile Industry Sub-Council and the China Knitting Industry Association. This institutional structure is material for trade visitors because it typically correlates with an industry-grade exhibitor profile, stronger supply-chain coverage, and a focus on market-facing outcomes such as order discussions, cooperation matchmaking and trend communication that is anchored in production reality. The fair’s long-term positioning as a “weathervane” for China’s knitting industry reflects an intention to provide directional value—what categories and product expressions are moving—while keeping the exhibition grounded in supplier capability and commercial feasibility.