Apparel Online Bangladesh Magazine February Issue 2019 | Page 21

EVENT REVIEW Inauguration of DTG 2019 also present at the events and were happy with the growth opportunities in the Bangladesh market. One such Indian company was Shree Lamipack, Ghaziabad which offers a wide variety of products like self- adhesive tapes, self-adhesive labels, barcode etc. Apurba Chakraborty, Regional Business Manager of the company shared: “We are participating in this event from many years and even at this time, the footfall is good.” Team Apparel Online met many quality visitors during these shows and found that despite all internal and external challenges of apparel export, they are expanding and are geared up for further growth. The interesting fact that came up was that new players from other sectors like trims are coming into apparel manufacturing. Multiplus Industries Ltd./Polybag Mfg. Co. (Bangladesh), an established player “Be it technology or raw material, wherever we can reduce the cost or can add value, we will surely go for that. With the same purpose, I visited Garmentech.” – Md. Matiur Rahman, Director, Essential Clothing Md. Matiur Rahman, Director, Essential Clothing Md. Zulfikar Ali, DGM-Production, BSA Group of Companies in trims’ segment, is now venturing into jeans and trouser manufacturing with a factory of 50 to 70 lines. Khaza Motaher Hossain, VP of the company shared that having in-house support of trims’ manufacturing is an added advantage for them. Apart from this edge, good demand also motivated him to start a garment unit. Similarly, Edison Group is focusing on garmenting and started initially with 17 lines. www.apparelresources.com | FEBRUARY 2019 | Apparel Online Bangladesh 21