| 1st: April 11-12, 1996 (Chiba, Japan) |
- The ACFIF established
- Approval for holding the conference regularly
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| 2nd: November 4-5, 1997 (Kyoto, Japan) |
- High interest in oversupply of polyester
- Interest in chemical fibers for non-apparel uses
- The Asian currency crisis
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| 3rd: October 13-14, 1999 (Shanghai, China) |
- Careful stance toward production capacity expansion due to economic crisis
- Higher interest in chemical fibers for non-apparel uses and technical developments
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| 4th: March 22-23, 2002 (Mumbai, India) |
- Concerns about low profitability of chemical fibers
- High interest in China’s rapid growth
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| 5th: September 9-10, 2004 (Bali, Indonesia) |
- Concerns about China’s production expansion
- Concerns about lower profitability due to oversupply and higher cost in raw material
- Higher interest in FTA
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| 6th: May 18-19, 2006 (Seoul, Korea) |
- Development of ”The Asian chemical fiber industry vision”
- China and India’s aggressive stances on production expansion
- Higher interest in environmental issues
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| 7th: May 15-16, 2008 (Penang, Malaysia) |
- Higher cost in raw material
- Follow-ups of activities according to ”The Asian chemical fiber industry vision”
- Discussions on trade remedies frequently applied in Asia
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| 8th: May 12-13, 2011 (Taipei, Chinese Taipei) |
- Common recognition of mid- and long-term supply-demand gap
- Technical developments, environmental issues, and new market exploring
- Actions for expanding FTA networks
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| 9th: May 16-17, 2013 (Bangkok, Thailand) |
- •Common recognition of mid- and long-term supply-demand gap in chemical fiber industries
- Technical/application developments, energy conservation, actions for saving energy and
environment
- Change from quantity-orientation to quality-orientation
- Actions for expanding FTA networks
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| 10th: May 14-15, 2015 (Beijing, China) |
- Supply-demand gap as interference in healthy development of chemical fiber industries
- Technical developments, environmental issues, and new market exploring
- Importance of expanding FTA networks in mutual merits in the Asian chemical fiber
industry
- Interest in China’s “new normal” growth strategy
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| 11th: April 13-14, 2017 (Mumbai, India) |
- Foreseeing supply-demand gap chemical fiber industries in 2020
- Shift to high-added value production in the Asian chemical fiber industry
- ACFIF Working Committee of Standardization established
- India’s aggressive stance on investment based on more consumption
- Interest in environmental issues
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| 12th: April 11-12, 2019 (Bali, Indonesia) |
- High interest in sustainability such as microplastic and recycling
- Common recognition of mid- and long-term supply-demand gap in chemical fiber industries
- High interests in technical developments, new market exploring, and standardization
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13th:
Part I: April 22, 2021 (Online, hosted by Japan)
Part II: April 14-15,
2022 (Online, hosted by Japan) |
- Held online and splited into two parts, due to the Covid-19
- Works and challenges for realization of a sustainable society, due to globally growing
interests in sustainability
- Releasing a position paper and a joint communique in which challenges and directions in
the Asian chemical fiber industry are summarized
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14th:
May 23-24, 2024 (Seoul, Korea) |
- Held onsite for the first time since the 12th conference in 2019
- Discussed under the main theme of sustainability, and commonly recognized that the final
path to a circular economy in textiles is to achieve fiber to fiber recycling
- Commonly recognized that harmonization of standardization on sustainability is important
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