Kingpins Amsterdam will take place on April 10 to 11, 2019. The show will host 99 exhibitors. Different initiatives will be explored on the show floor. For this edition, initiatives by companies will be showcased. The most important attraction will once again be a mix of exhibitors and educational opportunities. The Kingpins Transformers area will return. New additions include installation of student work from a competition Kingpins supported earlier this year. Winning and runner-up collections will be displayed at the show. Avery Dennison will join Kingpins for the first time and highlight their products.

The show will ask denim spinners who exhibit to comply with, or exceed, current CSR regulations relating to environmental protection and the use of chemicals. The show’s goal is to become even more engaged in promoting environmental responsibility within the industry. Advise and support will be offered to exhibitors in order to help them transform their approach. Kingpins does not wish to introduce new certifications, but the organisers are keen to promote the strictest existing ones. Once they have drawn up a set of social responsibility specifications for exhibitors, they plan to share them with other textile shows, in order to promote collective change across the supply chain.