International Textile Asia Exhibition, the most promising and enduring Textile Industry Show in Pakistan for the first time in collaboration with Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan will be held in Lahore, announced Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers & Exporters Association (PRGMEA) on Monday.

International Textile Asia Trade Show is one of the most and enduring events being held yearly basis for 14 successive years but now first time in Lahore. The event is being organized at the most opportune time when the government is looking forward to modernize and upgrade the textile sector of the country for better quality products and enhanced productivity.

The PRGMEA is taking steps to boost export of value-added sector by bringing latest garment technology at door step and this activity is being done to facilitate exporters of Faisalabad, Multan and Sialkot.

PRGMEA Central Chairman Ijaz Khokhar said that the three-day mega event was being held at Lahore Expo Centre from August 29 to 31, terming it a trade fair of the Punjab’s biggest B2B textile, garment, embroidery, digital printing machineries and chemical and allied service.

The event would provide an effective podium for joint ventures and collaborations to the textile sector’s SMEs, 80 percent of which are located in Punjab, having no financial capacity to attend international exhibitions. So, the mega fair is going to provide them a best opportunity where more than 350 international brands from around 29 countries would display their products in more than 500 stalls and 210 foreign delegates would participate in the event.

The local textile sector’s whole chain have also been invited to attend this country’s largest textile show. The exhibiting countries include: Austria, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Italy, Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, USA etc. The Management of Apparel has also been invited to participate in the fair.