This survey of fabric forming machinery exhibited at CITME 1998 discusses weaving and knitting demonstrations. Warping machinery manufactured in the People's Republic of China include in Jiangsu No. 4 Textile Machinery Factory's GA 163 sectional warping and beaming machine and Zhengzhou Textile Machinery Plant's GA306 series sizing machines. Sulzer Ruti and Nanfei Textile Machinery Company Limited showed projectile looms. Lindauer Dornier, Picanol, Vamatex, Somet, Jinan Lusida Textile Machinery, and Kingtex Textile Machinery Manufacturing Comapny Limited showed rapier looms. Other looms included ari jet, water jet, narrow fabric, and label looms. Orizio Paolo, Pai Lung Machinery Mill Company Limited, Marchisio SpA, and Shanghai No. 7 Textile Machinery Works showed circular knitting machines. Stoll, Universal Maschinenfabrik, and Shima Seiki showed flat bed knitting machines. Other machinery included sock knitting machines, humidity control systems, and abrasion testing machines.