Int’l textile and garment machinery exhibition ’08 underway
UNB, Dhaka
A four-day international textile and garment machinery exhibition began here Sunday, showcasing the latest fashion trends, new technologies and material services for textile in trade.
Textiles and Jute Adviser Mohammed Anwarul Iqbal inaugurated the 5th International Textile and Garment Machinery Exhibition ’08 at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Center (BCFCC).
Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) and ES Event Management, SDN, and BHD of Malaysia jointly organised the exhibition.
Some 415 exhibitors from countries like the USA, the UK, Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, South Korea, Singapore, China, India, Hong Kong, Turkey, Belgium, Canada, Taiwan, Australia and host Bangladesh have assembled in ‘one stop selling and searching platform’ with world-class latest textile machinery.
Describing the textile industry as the most vital sector in empowering the country’s women, Anwarul Iqbal said this sector provides jobs to five million people of which 80 percent are women. “The sector contributes 13 percent to our GDP as 78 percent of the total export earnings come from textile and related products,” he told. Anwarul Iqbal said state of art technology is replacing the old ones in the textile and clothing sectors, boosting productivity, improving quality and increasing cost effectiveness.
“This exhibition will surely provide an opportunity to our people to witness the technological development taking place globally, as the exposition is being held at our doorstep,” he hoped.
Speaking at the inaugural session, BTMA president Abdul Hai Sarker said the show has become an annual event of BTMA and this year’s exposition has attained a far greater height compared to previous years’ ones.
“This year some 415 exhibitors from 26 countries who are the major manufacturers of textile machinery are participating in this exhibition with 730 booths; Last year, some 236 exhibitors from 25 countries took part in the show,” he said.
The BTMA president hoped that the exposition would provide a unique opportunity for local entrepreneurs and textile and garment manufacturers to have a glimpse of the technological advancements taken place in the international textile trade.
