Yarn Expo continued its evolution into the industry’s most comprehensive and effective business platform with its Spring Edition which concluded with a large increase in the buyer figure,as well as another year of growth in the exhibitor number.Strong demand was evident for recent growth areas of the fair such as synthetic,fancy and specialty yarns as well as chemical fibers,while exhibitors in the more traditional cot-ton product group also fared well.In total,435 exhibi-tors from 10 countries®ions took part(2017:393,