Knit Tech trade fair 2017 opens doors with colourful start

The 14th edition of the Knit -Tech trade fair one of Asia’s largest machinery exhibition organized by Hi-Tech International Trade Fair India Private Limited kicked off with a colourful start yesterday, 11 February on Friday displaying a wide range of latest machinery in apparel production and technology solutions.

Tadesse Haile, the State Minister (Exports, Investment) in Economic Section at Ethiopian Prime Minister’s Office, inaugurated the event in the presence of Tirupur Exporters Association president Raja M. Shanmugam and representatives of various other textile associations.

The four-day knitwear technology fair attracted manufacturers of knitting, compacting and dyeing machines, apparel accessories, and technology solutions from as many as 23 countries. More than 200 stalls were set up in the fair arena.

Mr.M.A. Rayappan, chairman of the Knit-Tech Show said that the attraction this year was equipment developed using indigenous technologies like the ones meant for knitted fabric dyeing were on display apart from the imported appliances.

The Knit-Tech show is expecting 40,000 visitors over the four days including the 6,000 persons registered online for the entry.

KNITTECH 2017 will run from 10th to 13th February at Hitech Trade Fair Ground, TIrupur.