Techtextil India 2011 ends on successful note
October 13, 2011 - India
Techtextil India 2011 – the international trade fair on technical textiles was held in Mumbai from October 10-12, 2011.
There were four international country pavilions from Germany, France, Belgium and China. Moreover 132 Exhibitors across 14 countries - Belgium, China, France, Germany, Holland, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Sweden, Turkey, USA, Austria and Indonesia took place in the event.
Key representatives from Indian Ministry of Textiles, Indian Technical Textile Association, Bombay Textile Research Association and The Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC) were also present in the event.
The event was hosted by Messe Frankfurt India Trade Fairs India Pvt Ltd and supported by the office of The Textile Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles Government of India; Bombay Textile Research Association (BTRA); Indian Technical Textile Association (ITTA) and The Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC).
With this support the event turned out as an excellent edition for exhibitors and buyers from both Indian & International technical textiles and nonwovens sectors.
Shri A. B. Joshi, IAS, Textile Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India was the Guest of Honour at the inaugural ceremony. He released the official catalogue of the 3rd Techtextil India and threw light on the fast growing technical textiles sector.
He said, “The technical textiles industry has grown to 63,000 crores in 2011-12 from 43,000 crores in 2007-08, which is a 11% growth per annum; and it is forecasted to grow to 158,000 crores by 2016-17 with a projected growth percentage of 20% growth per annum to be achieved.”
He further emphasised on the growing sectors within the Technical Textiles industry in India viz., Medical (Medtech), Geo-Textiles (Geotech), Protective Textiles (Protech) & Agricultural Textiles (Agrotech).
He said, “The Government of India, in its 12th Five Year plan has allocated funds to the development of Centre’s of Excellence (CoE) for the various Technical Textiles Sectors. The upcoming CoE’s, that have been established very recently are; for non-wovens & Medical in Ichalkarangi, Kolhapur, Maharashtra; for the Sports sector in Mumbai; for Composites in Ahmedabad, Gujarat & for the Industrial application of textiles in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.”
Mr. Michael Jänecke, Brand Manager-Techtextil, Messe Frankfurt GmbH, in his welcome note, profusely thanked the India Government for their ever growing and extended support towards Techtextil India 2011 and also said that globally, India’s presence as a global player in the textiles industry has garnered positive feedback as it is fast gaining the respect of many countries, worldwide.
Mr. S P Agarwal, President, Delhi Exporters Association & Board of Directors - SRF Ltd. put forth valuable suggestions for the growth and development of the textile industry in India.
Exhibitor’s included -Arvind, Oelikon, Birla, ATE, Montex, Investkonsult Sweden AB, SRF, Garware, Lindauer Dornier, Indorama Polyester, Karl Mayer, MEP Olbo, Dilo, Teijin India Pvt Ltd, Waxman Fibres, Khosla Profil, Ajanta Universal, , Tex-View, JMDC, Kusumgar and Raman Science Fibres.
The expo served as a platform to provide international buyers with business opportunities and to tap the valuable domestic consumer market.
Techtextil India-Symposium was held along with the exhibition on 11th October, 2011. One of the key speakers, Roshan Shishoo (Director of Shishoo Consulting, Sweden, former Director of the IFP, Sweden) discussed “Key issues in technical textiles”. Michael Jaenecke (Brand Manager Techtextil Worldwide, Mess Frankfurt, Germany) discussed about “overview of the worldwide markets for technical textiles.” The other speakers present were Mr. Narendra Kajale (Manager - Technical, PM, Dupont Protection Technologies, India), Samir Gupta (Managing Director, BCH), Fernando Merino (CITEVE, Portugal), Shanmuga Sundaram (Head – Material Testing laboratory, TUV Rheinland India).
There were four international country pavilions from Germany, France, Belgium and China. Moreover 132 Exhibitors across 14 countries - Belgium, China, France, Germany, Holland, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Sweden, Turkey, USA, Austria and Indonesia took place in the event.
Key representatives from Indian Ministry of Textiles, Indian Technical Textile Association, Bombay Textile Research Association and The Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC) were also present in the event.
The event was hosted by Messe Frankfurt India Trade Fairs India Pvt Ltd and supported by the office of The Textile Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles Government of India; Bombay Textile Research Association (BTRA); Indian Technical Textile Association (ITTA) and The Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC).
With this support the event turned out as an excellent edition for exhibitors and buyers from both Indian & International technical textiles and nonwovens sectors.
Shri A. B. Joshi, IAS, Textile Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India was the Guest of Honour at the inaugural ceremony. He released the official catalogue of the 3rd Techtextil India and threw light on the fast growing technical textiles sector.
He said, “The technical textiles industry has grown to 63,000 crores in 2011-12 from 43,000 crores in 2007-08, which is a 11% growth per annum; and it is forecasted to grow to 158,000 crores by 2016-17 with a projected growth percentage of 20% growth per annum to be achieved.”
He further emphasised on the growing sectors within the Technical Textiles industry in India viz., Medical (Medtech), Geo-Textiles (Geotech), Protective Textiles (Protech) & Agricultural Textiles (Agrotech).
He said, “The Government of India, in its 12th Five Year plan has allocated funds to the development of Centre’s of Excellence (CoE) for the various Technical Textiles Sectors. The upcoming CoE’s, that have been established very recently are; for non-wovens & Medical in Ichalkarangi, Kolhapur, Maharashtra; for the Sports sector in Mumbai; for Composites in Ahmedabad, Gujarat & for the Industrial application of textiles in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.”
Mr. Michael Jänecke, Brand Manager-Techtextil, Messe Frankfurt GmbH, in his welcome note, profusely thanked the India Government for their ever growing and extended support towards Techtextil India 2011 and also said that globally, India’s presence as a global player in the textiles industry has garnered positive feedback as it is fast gaining the respect of many countries, worldwide.
Mr. S P Agarwal, President, Delhi Exporters Association & Board of Directors - SRF Ltd. put forth valuable suggestions for the growth and development of the textile industry in India.
Exhibitor’s included -Arvind, Oelikon, Birla, ATE, Montex, Investkonsult Sweden AB, SRF, Garware, Lindauer Dornier, Indorama Polyester, Karl Mayer, MEP Olbo, Dilo, Teijin India Pvt Ltd, Waxman Fibres, Khosla Profil, Ajanta Universal, , Tex-View, JMDC, Kusumgar and Raman Science Fibres.
The expo served as a platform to provide international buyers with business opportunities and to tap the valuable domestic consumer market.
Techtextil India-Symposium was held along with the exhibition on 11th October, 2011. One of the key speakers, Roshan Shishoo (Director of Shishoo Consulting, Sweden, former Director of the IFP, Sweden) discussed “Key issues in technical textiles”. Michael Jaenecke (Brand Manager Techtextil Worldwide, Mess Frankfurt, Germany) discussed about “overview of the worldwide markets for technical textiles.” The other speakers present were Mr. Narendra Kajale (Manager - Technical, PM, Dupont Protection Technologies, India), Samir Gupta (Managing Director, BCH), Fernando Merino (CITEVE, Portugal), Shanmuga Sundaram (Head – Material Testing laboratory, TUV Rheinland India).