The 7th Dhaka Int'l Textile and Garment Machinery Exhibition (DTG2010) were held from February 2nd to 5th at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC). It is the largest gatherings for the textiles and garments manufacturers in Bangladesh. With 625 exhibiting companies taking up more than 750 booths showcasing state of the art machineries and technologies, attracting more than 23,770 international and local visitors. The immense event was jointly organized by Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA), ES Event Management Sdn Bhd, Malaysia, Chan Chao International Co., Ltd., and Yorkers Trade and Marketing Service Co., Ltd., Hong Kong. Honorable Minister of Textiles and Jute Ministry Mr. Abdul Latif Siddique were invited to inaugurate the exhibition as the chief guest.
Textile and clothing
industry has been playing the most dominant
and expanding role in the Bangladesh economy.
World-wide textile and RMG players are
increasingly taking interest in Bangladesh
in their investment planning, which shows
a clear sign of tremendous potential of
the country's clothing industry due to
big domestic and overseas market. The
7th Dhaka Int'l Textile and Garment Machinery
Exhibition offered an ideal platform to
demonstrate new products and technologies,
as well as meet with manufacturers, traders
and buyers, and exploit business opportunities.
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750 booths were filled up with world's leading brands from 31 countries including, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, China, Czech, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Netherland, Pakistan, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, U.K and U.S.A. The categories of exhibits included spinning, weaving, knitting, dyeing, printing, finishing, sewing, iron & hanger system, CAD/CAM, testing and other related machinery, equipments and spare parts.
Most of the participants were satisfied with the performance and fruitful outcome of the exposition, and 90% of the exhibitors showed interests in participating in DTG2011. All 9 exhibition halls was crowded with professional visitors and buyers who came to place orders, make inquiries and learn about the latest industrial technologies. More than a thousand machines were sold during the 4-day events, total of US$130 million on site orders was received, and are likely to receive more as a result of the exhibition.
DTG not only provided the opportunity for an excellent gathering of the international suppliers and buyers to expand business to global markets, but also brought in foreign investment and provide diverse and driving force to production and economic growth of Bangladesh. The successful event has become a definite hub for textile and garment related industries in South Asia every year.
DTG2011 is set to be held in February 13~16, 2011 in BICC. The organizers have received a lot of space reservation demand during DTG2010, and they are all confident that DTG2011 will be successful and thriving as previous years.
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