The three-day 9th Interiors Pakistan Expo 2017 is being held from December 15 to promote the local furniture industry worldwide. According to PFC Chief Executive Mian Kashif Ashfaq, the exhibition will be held at the Expo Centre in Lahore where over 100 brands will exhibit their products. China, Italy, United Kingdom, Turkey, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, Denmark, Thailand and, Bangkok have been invited for participation while delegations from other countries are also expected to participate in the event," he added.
The expo is aimed at promoting and introducing Pakistani interiors, furniture and accessories in and outside Pakistan, he said. Earlier PFC had successfully organized eight mega exhibitions and got amazing response from the public and private sector, he added. This exhibition has now opened new vistas and venues to the amazing potential of Pakistani furniture, fixtures and respective furnishing goods that we produce with high quality.
The essence of this mega furniture exhibition is to promote the furniture and associated Pak made products at local and international level. He said that over 70 leading local companies and interior designers will display their products and as per previous trend nearly 250,000 to 300,000 people are likely to visit this mega exhibition. PFC is the only platform available to all small, medium and large furniture manufacturing companies in the country to promote their business and furniture related accessories, he added.
He urged the government to establish exclusive expo centres for furniture industry one each in Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Peshawar and Quetta, especially for Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad. "Only 25 percent industrialists and traders of the country visit Karachi fairs and after the establishment of new expo centres with greater facilities more people would come to theses cities to increase their trade with foreigners and local investors," he added.