The Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) has announced to hold the 16th International Textile Asia Exhibition in Lahore in collaboration with Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan, terming it a trade fair of the Punjab's biggest B2B textile, garment, embroidery and allied service. PRGMEA Chief Co-ordinator, Ijaz Khokhar on Thursday said the three-day mega event is being held from August 27 to 29, 2016 at Lahore Expo Centre.
"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 the exporters of Faisalabad, Multan as well as Sialkot," he said. The event will 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.
PRGMEA Senior Vice Chairman, Sohail A Sheikh said the local textile sector's whole chain has also been invited to attend this country's largest textile show. The exhibiting countries included 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.