One of the leading names in trade exhibitions, Mex Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd. hosted the 2nd edition of Gartex 2017 – India’s Comprehensive Exhibition on Garment & Textile Machinery, Fabrics, Accessories and Allied Industries from 29-31 July at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. The Show had special focus on Digitex, an exclusive section on digital textile printing technology.
Key Highlights of the show:
Latest computerised embroidery machines were the major attraction for the visitors
40% Growth against previous edition
35% New hard-core business buyers from various industry clusters
55% New exhibitors
60% Repeat participation from previous year
70% Enhanced participation of machinery manufacturers that include embroidery, digital printing, sewing, cutting solution, software and allied products
Buyers came from all over India including Delhi-NCR, Jaipur, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Surat,
Mumbai, Ludhiana, Panipat, etc.
Overseas buyers were from neighbouring countries including Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Singapore, and a few from Europe
Show at a glance:
Around 150 brands from India and abroad assembled at Gartex 2017 for product showcasing, brand building, networking and knowledge exchange. The show floo, spread over 65,000 sq ft, witnessed 16,790 trade buyers walking in to explore the latest technological advancements trending in the garment & textile manufacturing industry.
Talking to Exhibition Showcase, Gaurav Juneja,Director, Mex Exhibitions said, “Visitors’ long queue at the registration is the testimony of the fact that the Show has been well received by the industry. Also, the exhibitors expressed their satisfaction with the quality of visitors, we could attract them through our untiring efforts in show-promotion across the country. Apart from that with varied segments like embroidery, digital printing, value-added garment machinery, beading machines, CAD-CAM & other software, threads, sewing machines, quilting machines, etc.; we have tried bringing a value-chain of the garment & textile manufacturing solution for our valued serious buyers”.
We have participated in Gartex for the first time and we have received an overwhelming response from the visitors. The arrangements done by the organisers are good and we will surely participate in its next edition as well. I, personally recommend other exhibitors to showcase their products in Gartex atleast once”, Sanjay Jha, Director, Unix Stitch Machines Pvt. Ltd. “This event has opened many opportunities for small trade buyers like me. It has provided us a platform to interact with multiple brands”, Rajan Gupta (Visitor).
