PRGMEA central chairman Ijaz Khokhar said that the Pakistan Readymade Garment Manufacturers & Exporters Association is organizing this mega textile exhibition third time in Lahore in collaboration with Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan, which will last for three days till Monday (September 18).
He said that more than 50,000 trade and corporate visitors from Sialkot, Faisalabad, Multan, Gujranwala and Lahore are expected to visit the Exhibition to see for themselves latest garment machinery and accessories to upgrade their standards and capacity. "It is great effort of PRGMEA to bring international exhibitors to Lahore for its members to see physically modern technology at their doorstep instead of travelling abroad," he said and added that more than 600 foreign delegates are also participating in the textile machinery show.
PRGMEA vice chairman, Jawad Chaudhary said the textile fair is Pakistan's biggest trade show of B2B Value Added Textile, Garment, Embroidery, Digital Printing Machineries, Chemicals and allied services. More than 550 international brands will display their products in over 515 booths.
Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan president Dr Khursheed Nizam said that the International Textile Asia Trade Show is one of the most enduring events to be held for the last 17 successive years. Ijaz Khokhar said that the event will provide an effective platform for collaborations to the textile sector's SMEs, majority of which are located in Punjab, having no financial capacity to attend international exhibitions. He observed that the local textile sector's whole chain has also been invited to attend this country's largest textile show.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2017