Event Date
2022-08-05
Event Time
14:30:00
Venue
The Mills
BEC and The Mills Fabrica jointly bring you an industry visit to The Mills (南豐紗廠), one of the heritage and revitalisation projects in Hong Kong. Join us on 5 August (Friday) to experience a destination combining a business incubator, experiential retail, a non-profit cultural institution, and the Hong Kong story.
In this visit, you will learn about the reinvention of the former Nan Fung cotton-spinning factories into The Mills, and the transformation of Tsuen Wan's textile past into a Techstyle future of wearables and smart fabric. The Mills witnessed the manufacturing heyday in the 1960s, and now carries on that legacy with a future of applied creativity and innovation.
Visit Highlights
- The sustainability elements and historic attractions of The Mills
- The 3 pillars of The Mills
- The Mills Shopfloor: an experiential shopping destination integrated with sustainable elements, where you will find the unique Garment-to Garment (G2G) Recycle System, a mini-scale production line recycling post-consumer garment to a new one.
- The Mills Fabrica: a business incubator, impact fund, co-working space, impact concept store (Fabrica X) and a prototyping lab for techstyle and agrifood startups using technology to drive sustainable change.
- Centre for Heritage Arts & Textile (CHAT): a non-profit arts and cultural institution, where themes of textile and industry are woven into experiences of innovation, culture, and learning.
