Powerloom Development and Export Promotion Council and the Regional Office of the Textile Commissioner have organized a three day textile buyer-seller event in Coimbatore where textile mills and weaving units from different parts of the State have displayed their products. The event was inaugurated on Friday by G. Bakthavathsalam, chairman of KG Hospital.
According to G. Kummaravel, assistant director at the Regional Office of the Textile Commissioner, this is an opportunity for hospitals, hotels, and educational institutions to select products and suppliers for bulk purchase. All the participants are direct manufacturers with 10 looms to 40 looms and they are already supplying products across the country and this is a platform for them to get new customers.
With as many as 18 stalls, the business-to-business meeting has companies from Palladam, Karumathampatti, Dindigul, Coimbatore and Erode displaying bed spreads, dress materials for men and women, aprons, shirts, towels, etc.
Textile dealers, garment manufacturers, merchant exporters, and institutions are the expected visitors to the exhibition.
The Central Government has provided Rs. 10 lakh for the event and only a nominal amount is collected from the participants for the stall charges.
Similar events were held here in 2011 and 2014. But, these were business-to-customer exhibitions but this year, it was decided to have a business-to-business so that the participants get long-term customers rather than just the counter sales.
The event will going on till 26 June at Suguna Kalyana Mandapam in Coimbatore.
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