International Textile Expo will be helpful for MSMEs: Textile Association

Coimbatore, Dec 26 (KNN) The sixth International Exhibition and Conference on Technical Textiles is being held in Mumbai from April 12, 2017.

With the theme Advantage India: Emerging Global manufacturing hub for Technical Textiles, the main objective of the three day conference is to make India a manufacturing hub in technical Textiles under the Make in India initiative.

The President of Textile Association, Arvind Sinha while talking to KNN claimed that the Expo will be helpful for the industries not only from the state but also from neighboring states.

“It will be helpful for the MSMEs as you come across lot of buyers and sellers. The states like Gujarat who are nearby can also come easily,” said Sinha.

He also said that the country is moving towards Digitization and so is the industry.

“Though demonetization has created problems for the industrial sector, but it was a huge initiative PM Modi. As we can see that Mumbai is completely normalized now. That’s way I think we are heading towards a digital India,” added Sinha.

In Technical Expo, more than 200 exhibitors are expected to showcase the latest products, machinery, equipment and developments at Technotex-2017.

The conference, to be organized by Ministry of Textiles and FICCI, will aim at technology adaptation and up gradation and also Joint Venture partnerships, project collaborations, transfer of technology, investments and R&D, said officials.

On display among others will be medical textiles, industrial textiles, Eco textiles, Geotextiles, Home and Packaging textiles and Sports textiles. (KNN/RAS)