GFT 2015, the most comprehensive show for garment and textile manufacturing industry in ASEAN which will once again open its door to the domestic as well as international participants from 9 - 12 July 2015 at BITEC, Bangkok.

According to Duangrat Udomsomporn, senior manager-portfolio Reed Tradex Company, the upcoming GFT will bring opportunities for Vietnamese firms in the field to broaden knowledge, and update trends and latest technology and network across ASEAN,

Under the theme “Dress Up Your Competitiveness in AEC,” GFT will arm the whole community with all the factors required to drive your business growth in terms of technologies, know-how, trends, networks and promising opportunities. To help promote the technology and innovation application for Thai garment and textile industries,

Besides exhibiting technologies and solutions from around 250 leading brands from 25 countries, the expo will also include the ASEAN garment and textile summit and business matchmaking, allowing participants to receive exciting and in-depth perspective on current and future trends of the industry.

Malinee Harnboonsong, Thailand's Director of International Trade Promotion, said that trade turnover between the two countries totaled US$10 billion last year, a year-on-year increase of 12.5%.

GFT 2015 will be a one-stop single platform to showcase the latest textile and garment machinery and technologies will be held concurrently with the Garment Manufacturers Sourcing Expo 2015 (GMS), ASEAN's only exhibition on materials, accessories, and equipment for garment and textile manufacturing. It is expected to meet the needs of manufacturers from downstream to upstream.