First Taiwan textile fair in Colombo in Oct.

Leading textile companies from Taiwan will be exhibiting a wide range of quality design and high performance textile and garment products in Colombo at the Taj Samudra, Upper Crystal Room, on 30 and 31 October 2012.

After a decade long success story of textile fairs in India, Taiwan Textile Fair now expands into Sri Lanka. The garment industry in Sri Lanka is one of the important and largest industries which provides close to 15% of Sri Lanka’s employment either directly or indirectly, represents 43% of the country’s total exports and contributes 39% to the industrial production of the country.

Organised by the Bureau of Foreign Trade and Taiwan Textile Federation with its representative agency Worldex India Exhibition & Promotion Pvt Ltd., the event is duly endorsed by the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) and supported by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC), Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) and Sri Lanka Apparel Exporters Association (SLAEA).

Giving insights about the fair, Jennifer Liu, Project Manager, Taiwan Textile Federation says, “The Taiwan Textile Fair 2012 will act as a business matching platform and give opportunities to the Taiwan textile industry to expose their innovative, trendy fabrics and accessories to the Sri Lankan marketers, business buyers, partners, distribution channels & key decision makers. This year, we plan to make new ties and long association with some of the best in Sri Lankan garment industry.”

The fair will showcase a variety of products ranging from functional fabrics, knitted fabric, woven fabric, textured fabric, cotton yarn and grey fabric, underwear and lingerie fabric, sports and golf fabric, denim and hosiery machines, laces and embroidery fabrics, dyeing and resin finishes, buttons, zippers, interlocks, buckles, ribbons, badges, spandex fabric, jersey and brushed fabric, etc.

‘Taiwan Textile Fair Sri Lanka 2012’ will not only exhibit cutting edge and contemporary textile products but also look forward to establishing long-term business associations and tie-ups with the Sri Lankan apparel and textile industry.

This will be a boost for Sri Lankan garment manufacturing and exports units, as some of the largest global textile exporters, have long recognised the creativity and functionality of Taiwanese Textile products which are in perfect synergy with exporters’ increasing requirements for world class fabrics, yarns and trimmings. Log on to www.ttf.worldexindia.com for more information on the fairs.