INTERNATIONAL TRADESHOW ON APPAREL MACHINERY & ALLIED PRODUCTS GARMENTECH CHITTAGONG 2017 CONCLUDES SUCCESSFULLY ATTRACTING OVER 3000 BUSINESS VISITORS IN ITS FIRST EDITION.

NEARLY100 COMPANIES FROM BANGLADESH AND ABROAD SHOWCASED APPAREL MACHINERY, YARN & FABRICS, GARMENT ACCESSORIES AND SUPPORT SERVICES AT GEC CONVENTION CENTRE, CHITTAGONG

Chittagong : September 16 The International Tradeshow related to Apparel Machinery & Allied Products, Yarn & Fabrics, Garment Accessories & Support Services organized between Septmber 13 and 15, 2017 at GEC Convention Centre, Chittagong for the benefit of the local RMG and Leather sector concluded successfully attracting 3,120 Business Visitors comprising of Knitwear, Woven Garments, Denim Manufacturers and representatives of the trade.

Moinuddin Ahmed Mintu -1st Vice President, BGMEA, & Director- Chittagong Chamber of Commerce, Mr.Shahid Uddin Ahmed Azad Director-BKMEA, MD of H&W Apparels Ltd & Managing Director of Four H Fashions Ltd., Mr. Md. Abdul Kader Khan, President BGAPMEA,are the special invitees at the inauguration function on 13th September.

Mr. Mintu after taking a look at the show said show of this type is very much needed and while congratulating the organizers, he urged them to organize this event periodically. He was a visibly impressed with the products and fabrics what were on display. Mr. Shaid appreciated the event and its variety on display. Mr. Abdur Kader Khan felt that there was scope for more companies to participate and benefit.

Organized by ASK Trade & Exhibitions Pvt Ltd, Bangladesh, nearly 100 companies from Bangladesh and overseas participated in this event titled GARMENTECH Bangladesh 2017 including an International pavilion of Yarn & Fabric manufacturers from China along with participants in Garment Accessories and Support Services.

Being the port city Chittagong is well placed to benefit from the expansion of RMG sector. It is set to grow both with expansion and establishment of new factories and the announcement of numerous Economic Zones by the government across the country including in this region is expected to accelerate the growth of the RMG sector.

On display at this exhibition is wide variety of sewing machines for woven and Knits and related spares, , offset, thermal, screen, Sublimation Printing for garment, textile and Home textile printing, Boiler, Laundry, Finishing, hydro extractor, cutting, spreader, plotter CAD/CAM. ERP solutions,

Yarn for Knitted, woven fabric, Denim, Poplin, Knittted Denim, sweater fleecem fake fur, taffeta, corduroy, plain, dyed variety and pocketing fabric. Sewing thread, bags, buttons, bar code printer, woven label, twill tape, elastic tape, PU Leather, Compressors,

“Bangladesh the 2nd largest RMG exporter in the world is moving towards the target of achieving USD 50 billion in exports. Productivvity, Compliance, Safety, Value-additon are the pressing concerns of the RMG makers. Technology always played its part in addressing these concerns. There is a mistaken opinion that technology means automation substituting workers, whereas in reality technololy providers offer solutions to increase productivity, quality and help in producing high value garments which require precision, thus earning more for the same efort put tin. In this backdrop GARMENTECH Chittagong 2017 will go a long way in helping those entreprenuers who are looking to set up new factories and expand, to source all their needs under one roof.” informed Tipu Sultan Bhuiyan, Director ASK Trade & Exhibitions Pvt Ltd, organizers of the event.

“ We are happy at the overall response both by the visitors and exhibitors. We feel a void for a technology tradeshow and yarn & fabrics has been filled going by the response of the visitors. We have had more people from many factories especially from the shop floor or merchandising visited the show besides students thus achieving the objective of organizing this event. We are confident of a bigger show next year which has been fixed as the same dates i.e. 13 and 15, September, 2018 at GEC Convention Centre.” said Nanda gopal K Director ASK Trade & Exhibitions Pvt Ltd

ASK Trade & Exhibitions Pvt Ltd have been oranizing the popular GARMENTECH Bangladesh tradeshows for the past 16 years in Dhaka and in an effort to take forward their philosophy of taking the global technology closer to the door steps of the end users, are organizing this regional edition of their popular tradeshow in Chittagong.

Tradeshows like these help the technical team in the factories along with middle management and senior management to visit & witness the latest technology in action by the global leaders closer to their doorsteps or other”wise they may have to visit either Dhaka or overseas which is not always easy. In that sense this tradeshow presents a great opportunity to source machiery, yarn & fabrics, garment accessories all under one roof.” informed Mr. Tipu.

2nd edition of GARMENTECH Bangladesh 2018 shall be organized between September 13 and 15, 2018 at GEC Covention Centre, Chittagong.