Poland’s Trends and Sourcing Expo to connect fashion value chain

Poland’s Trends and Sourcing Expo to connect fashion value chain
Pic: PTAK

Insights

• Trends Expo and Sourcing Expo will run jointly in Rzgów from August 25–27, creating an integrated fashion ecosystem spanning design, manufacturing, sourcing and wholesale.
• The events will connect brands, manufacturers, subcontractors and buyers, supported by Wholesale Center PTAK and the Łódź region’s established textile and clothing industry.

From August 25 to 27, 2026, two complementary industry events will take place simultaneously in Rzgów: Trends Expo and Sourcing Expo. However, these will not be two separate projects operating alongside each other. Their joint organisation has been designed as one coherent business model presenting the entire product journey – from design and production, through the finished collection, to contracting and wholesale distribution.

Both events will be combined within one exhibition space. One part of the hall will be dedicated to Trends Expo, while the other will host Sourcing Expo. This division is not merely organisational. It reflects the actual structure of the fashion industry. On one side, manufacturers, brands and distributors will present their finished collections. On the other, sewing factories, subcontractors, cutting rooms, pattern-making studios and companies providing services essential to the creation of those products will showcase their capabilities.

Trends Expo and Sourcing Expo will run jointly in Rzgów from August 25–27, creating an integrated fashion ecosystem spanning design, manufacturing, sourcing and wholesale.
The events will connect brands, manufacturers, subcontractors and buyers, supported by Wholesale Center PTAK and the Łódź region’s established textile and clothing industry.

Trends Expo represents the commercial side of the industry. The fair brings together manufacturers of women’s, men’s and children’s clothing, lingerie, sportswear, footwear, leather goods, accessories, packaging and e-commerce solutions. Exhibitors meet boutique and online store owners, retail chain buyers, wholesalers, distributors and representatives of the social selling sector. Previous editions have attracted more than 407 exhibitors from 35 countries and over 8,327 industry visitors, 30% of whom were international guests.

Trends Expo will also take place in Hala S Wholesale Center PTAK, operating during the event as EXPO 2. This is an extremely important part of the concept. The fair will not be limited to a traditional exhibition venue but will extend directly into the hall where clothing manufacturers, importers and wholesalers conduct their business every day. As a result, visitors will be able to explore the trade fair offer while simultaneously benefiting from the real commercial infrastructure of Wholesale Center PTAK.

Sourcing Expo is the production-focused complement to Trends Expo. It is a contracting platform for sewing and manufacturing services, connecting brand owners with contractors capable of taking their projects from the initial idea to the finished product. The scope of the event includes sewing and garment manufacturing, Private Label and White Label services, pattern construction, grading, cutting, CAD/CAM services, printing, embroidery, sublimation, textile enhancement, finishing and garment packaging. The estimated scale of the first edition is more than 140 exhibitors, 5,000 visitors and 10,000 m² of exhibition space.

This combination creates a natural flow between the two parts of the exhibition hall. A boutique owner can order a finished collection at Trends Expo. Just a few metres away, a brand owner can find a sewing factory, embroidery specialist or partner offering comprehensive garment production. At the same time, a manufacturer presenting finished garments can find new subcontractors or secure additional production capacity. One event presents the finished result, while the other reveals the process behind it.

Organising both fairs alongside Wholesale Center PTAK is a natural consequence of the potential of the entire region. The Łódź region has for many years been one of Europe’s most important textile and clothing hubs. It is here that clothing manufacturers, sewing factories, fabric and accessories suppliers, as well as companies supporting the entire garment production process, are concentrated.

At the heart of this ecosystem is Wholesale Center PTAK, home to more than 2,000 manufacturers and importers, with approximately 9 million customers from Poland and abroad each year. More than 43,000 companies connected directly and indirectly with the clothing industry operate around the centre

This is why the key message behind the entire concept is:

“PTAK is not only about trade. It represents the entire sourcing process – from design and material selection, through production, sewing and finishing, to the sale of the finished product.”

Trends Expo, Sourcing Expo and Wholesale Center PTAK therefore create one complete ecosystem. Sourcing Expo answers the question: who will manufacture the collection and how will it be produced? Trends Expo demonstrates: what can be offered to the market and who can it be sold to? Wholesale Center PTAK, meanwhile, provides a permanent business base of manufacturers, importers, buyers and distributors.

Each element naturally leads to the next, and together they present the complete picture of the contemporary fashion industry – from the first design concept, through production and the finished collection, to real commercial orders

Note: The headline, insights, and image of this press release may have been refined by the Fibre2Fashion staff; the rest of the content remains unchanged

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