20,000 visitors visit '9th Textech International Expo' 2008
Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan | Monday, 23 June 2008
The '9th Textech International Expo' 2008, ended Sunday in the city with around 20000 visitors were estimated to have strolled the largest expo for textile and garments machinery in Bangladesh.
"Approximately, on an average 5000 visitors have visited the 4-day expo this time," said M Tushar of CEMS, the event manager company of the exhibition.
This year's figure is a significant rise from 12,000 last year, he added.
Organized concurrently with '2nd Dhaka International Fabric Show (DIFS)', '6th Machinexpo' 08' and '2nd Dye+Chem Expo' 08', this year's gala was participated by over 250 companies from 15 countries all over the world.
"This sort of event is particularly beneficiary in the present context of Bangladesh when garments and knitwear industry is driving our economy," affirmed Denayet Hossain of Glory Trade Center Limited, manufacturer of sewing machines for garment factories.
Explaining the benefit of participating in this sort of expo; Sadruddin Alam of Modern Erection Limited said, "If nothing else, it works as a sort of manifestation for our products". His company which manufactures locally designed boiler, claims to share 90 percent of the local market for garments finishing machinery.
"Foreign visitors at the same time, use this occasion as an opportunity to choose or locate local agents for their companies," noted one of the visitors.
Many local manufacturers also expressed concern over the quality and longevity of the cheap Chinese machineries that have flooded the local market in recent years.
"The apparent low price of Chinese machines poses a threat which may lead to a deterioration in the quality of textile products," observed Minhazul Islam of M Choudhury Group, the local dealer for embroidery machine manufacturer SunStar whose one such embroidery machine has already been sold to a local factory for US $ 65000.
In the backdrop of a booming market for garments and textiles machineries; most of the local exhibitors however couldn't see any prospect of such textile machineries being completely manufactured in Bangladesh in the near future.
On the other side of Textech Expo, a sheer presence of Indian and Chinese companies was visible at the Dhaka International Fabric Show 2008.
"Chinese companies are offering new, fancy and innovative designs in the product line of linen and coated embroidery and thus they are receiving good responses from the local buyers," observed Sam Zhang of Shaoxing Zhongzhi Trade Company Limited from China.
The joint exhibition also features exposition for all kinds and fine and specialty chemicals titled 'Dye+Chem Expo '08' while 'Machinexpo '08' showcases various features of the latest industrial machinery and machine tools.
"Approximately, on an average 5000 visitors have visited the 4-day expo this time," said M Tushar of CEMS, the event manager company of the exhibition.
This year's figure is a significant rise from 12,000 last year, he added.
Organized concurrently with '2nd Dhaka International Fabric Show (DIFS)', '6th Machinexpo' 08' and '2nd Dye+Chem Expo' 08', this year's gala was participated by over 250 companies from 15 countries all over the world.
"This sort of event is particularly beneficiary in the present context of Bangladesh when garments and knitwear industry is driving our economy," affirmed Denayet Hossain of Glory Trade Center Limited, manufacturer of sewing machines for garment factories.
Explaining the benefit of participating in this sort of expo; Sadruddin Alam of Modern Erection Limited said, "If nothing else, it works as a sort of manifestation for our products". His company which manufactures locally designed boiler, claims to share 90 percent of the local market for garments finishing machinery.
"Foreign visitors at the same time, use this occasion as an opportunity to choose or locate local agents for their companies," noted one of the visitors.
Many local manufacturers also expressed concern over the quality and longevity of the cheap Chinese machineries that have flooded the local market in recent years.
"The apparent low price of Chinese machines poses a threat which may lead to a deterioration in the quality of textile products," observed Minhazul Islam of M Choudhury Group, the local dealer for embroidery machine manufacturer SunStar whose one such embroidery machine has already been sold to a local factory for US $ 65000.
In the backdrop of a booming market for garments and textiles machineries; most of the local exhibitors however couldn't see any prospect of such textile machineries being completely manufactured in Bangladesh in the near future.
On the other side of Textech Expo, a sheer presence of Indian and Chinese companies was visible at the Dhaka International Fabric Show 2008.
"Chinese companies are offering new, fancy and innovative designs in the product line of linen and coated embroidery and thus they are receiving good responses from the local buyers," observed Sam Zhang of Shaoxing Zhongzhi Trade Company Limited from China.
The joint exhibition also features exposition for all kinds and fine and specialty chemicals titled 'Dye+Chem Expo '08' while 'Machinexpo '08' showcases various features of the latest industrial machinery and machine tools.