The Textile and Textile Products are one of the most important industries in the Indonesian economy. Other than being the biggest income provider in almost one and a half decade, this industry has been some kind of a social safety-net especially in the number of manpower absorbed, which is 1.2 million every year.

The uncertain phenomenon of market access nowadays, starts from the fast-changing demand to the unpredictable behaviour of customers. While the market demands more competitive price, high quality and on time delivery with shorter lead-time. Added with tighter and harsher competition that resulted in creating competitive price. The competition happens not only between developing countries but also with advanced countries and new industrialist countries. This situation is ensured to sustain as an impact of the development and the changing of world trade order into the point of its equilibrium.

For Indonesian manufacturing industry, Textile and Textile Products included, the drastically changed of world trade order, coloured with the uncertainty and the in-conducive climate of business in Indonesia, is the fact of life. One possible solution for this is by enhancing the more solid and competitive power of products while considering the domestic potencies.

Enhancing this competitive power must be done simultaneously and collectively, starts from the production process until the distribution, and will be conducted much easier if applying the concept of integrated industrial estate.

The trade inside the industrial estate is proven more effective and efficient because financially there is no additional cost, and it is conducted dynamically among business doers which are supporting and coordinating with each others. Besides, the process is conducted by many experts & specialist in each field of production process, which resulted in increasing the acceleration of productivity and performance of each company.

In following up last year's event, the Indonesian Textile Association (API) will hold the “Indonesian Textile & Apparel Fair 2008 (ITAF) on November 26 - 29, 2008 at the Semanggi Expo, Jakarta. ITAF 2008 is designed to facilitate business meetings among entrepreneurs in Textile and Textile Product sector, from machinery and spare parts manufactures, to dyestuff and auxiliaries, fibre, yarn, fabrics, garment, accessories and other related industries.

With the support from many related institution, ITAF 2008 is expected to fulfil the need and demand of this sector, from the supplies to the market. ITAF 2008 is believed to re-strengthen Indonesia's position as one of textile and apparel business centre in Asia.