Textile Days-Shanghai 2010 Rhonalpines Excel ence Honours Shanghai

With over 50 participating companies from the Rhone-AlpesRegion， the foremost textile region of France， the conclusion ofTextile Days Shanghai 2010 held in the Rhone-Alpes Pavilionhas left a tasting impression at the Shanghai 2010 UniversalExposition. With a centuries-old tradition of textile production，Rhone-Alpes is still today the number one area in France fortextiles. Since the 16th Century， the region has maintainedaffirmed its preeminence as the \"Silk Capital\" of France， andpreserved this reputation and continued to assert this dominanceby developing the best textile mills in the area producing a hostof wonderful fabrics such as voiles， legendary jacquards， \"Vichy\"checkered wovens and other imaginative fabrics， includingtoday's highly engineered and impressive technical textiles.Rhone-Alpes Region: a centuries-old tradition mixed with creative\"savoir-faire\"， and coupled with today's high-tech innovation.