International Textile and Garments Machinery Trade Fair at Expo

The '17th Textile Asia: International Textile and Garments Machinery Trade Fair' will begin at Karachi Expo Centre on Tuesday (today). The 3-day fair is being organised jointly by Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) and Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan.
"65,000 people from trade and corporate sector as well as over 1,500 foreign delegates are expected to visit the trade fair," said PRGMEA Chief Co-ordinator Shaikh Muhammad Shafiq, speaking at a press conference, here on Monday. He said that the focus of this trade fair is value-addition in textile industry to increase the export of value-added textile and garment products.
"The trade fair that will be concluded on Thursday, is being termed as the Pakistan's biggest fair of textile, garment, embroidery, digital printing machineries and chemical and allied services," he said, adding that more than 1,000 international brands will display their products in over 800 booths and over 1,500 foreign delegates from 27 countries mainly from Austria, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Italy, Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, USA etc, will grace the event.
PRGMEA Chief Co-ordinator said that 'Textile Asia Conference 2017' will also be held in collaboration with Textile Institute of Pakistan on Wednesday where renowned experts will share their views. The conference is aimed at seeking to engage stakeholders to comprehensively discuss the plan to streamline Pakistan's textile industry and revisit and address the concerns of the companies.
President Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan, Dr Khursheed Nizam said that the Fair will help introduce overseas suppliers of textile and garment materials, accessories, parts and machinery to the textile and garment industry of Pakistan and complement their efforts for high quality, value-added products and assist them to further develop their business in the export markets.