Apparel Online Bangladesh Magazine February Issue 2019 | Page 23

EVENT REVIEW
Massive visitation at the events (18th Garmentech; 2nd Printing & Packaging International Expo; 10th Yarn & Fabrics Sourcing Fair, and 10th GAPEXPO 2019)
as well as offering a knowledge
sharing platform for stakeholders),
the 16th edition of the events were
attended by over 1,200 machinery
manufacturing organisations from 37
countries including Australia; Austria;
Belgium; China; Czech Republic;
Brazil; Croatia; Denmark; Finland;
France; Germany; Greece; Hong Kong;
Hungary; India; Indonesia; Italy;
Japan; Korea; Malaysia; Netherlands;
Pakistan; Poland; Portugal; Romania;
Saudi Arabia; Singapore; Spain;
Sri Lanka; Sweden; Switzerland;
Taiwan; Thailand; Turkey; UK;
UAE, and USA.
Attending 16th DTG 2019, thrown
open by Federation of Bangladesh
Chambers of Commerce and
Industry (FBCCI) President
Md Shafiul Islam (Mohiuddin),
BTMA President Mohammad Ali
Khokon maintained that textile
machinery manufacturers now regard
Bangladesh as a hub for textile
and clothing machinery sales while
underlining that over Taka 70,000
crore has been invested in this sector,
which is a record-high for a private
sector industry (hinting towards the
rapid growth and development the
Bangladesh readymade garment
sector is making).
“Garmentech
Bangladesh 2019, with
concurrent sourcing
shows under one
roof, is positioned
as a complete
sourcing forum for
all stakeholders in
the RMG sector. As
the RMG sector is on
a fast track to reach
the target of US $
50 billion of exports
by 2021, increasing
factory efficiency and
adopting practices
that allow for the
manufacturing of
smaller production
runs without
significantly increasing
costs are areas that
were addressed in-
depth at the shows.
We hope it will
prepare the sector to
reduce lead times, will
greatly enhance the
appeal of Bangladesh
to higher-end labels,”
informed Tipu Sultan
Bhuyian, CEO,
Zakaria Trade and
Fair International.
“We expect the Government would
come forward with more supportive
policies with incentives for the
development of the garment and
textile industries,” stated the BTMA
President, while highlighting how gas
and electricity crisis are still the prime
investment barriers in the textile
sector. He called upon the Government
to take appropriate and adequate
action with all seriousness to address
the deficiencies for greater interest
of the country and the economy as a
whole.
Likened to a ‘mini ITMA’, this year,
DTG 2019 boasted the largest scale
in its 16-year history, with 1,200
brands using 1,650 booths or 30,000
sq.m. in space to display their latest
products, up by 25 per cent on year.
Highlighting machinery equipment
and accessories needed in different
stages of textile and garment
industrial chains (including upstream
spinning, midstream weaving and
dyeing and downstream garment
manufacturing segments), many
renowned brands from the segments
took part in the event, including
leading spinning equipment suppliers
CTMTC, LMW, Murata, Ieter, Saurer
and Trützschler; iconic weaving
equipment brands Itema, Picanol,
Staubli and Toyota; top circular
knitting machinery brands Lisky,
Mayer & Cie, Pailung, Santoni
and TERRO; major flat knitting
machinery brands Cixing, Shima
Seiki and Stoll; famous warp
knitting machinery specialist Karl
Mayer; noted dyeing equipment
suppliers ACME, Bianco, Fong’s,
Monforts, SON-TECH and Thies;
and printing machinery specialists
Epson, M&R, Mimaki, MS, OZ,
SULFET alongside cutting machines
from IMA, Kuris and Richpeace;
sewing machines supplied by
Brother, Pegasus, SIRUBA, Shing
Ling, Typical and ZOJE; and
embroidery machines from Tajima.
In the following section, Apparel
Online presents some hand-
picked exhibitors and their
offerings to highlight if and how
the industry could use the same
for furthering business needs and
goals while being cost-effective,
efficient and sustainable. Owing
to extensive discussions that AO
had with a plentiful of exibitors,
the opinions, experiences and
product details of several other
exhibitors will be encapsulated
exclusively for our readers in our
upcoming March 2019 issue.
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