CEMS USA here for:

Three-in-one exhibition

Ramani KANGARAARACHCHI

Fabric and Apparel Accessories Manufacturers Association (FAAMA) Chairman Hameed Ashroff, Sri Lanka Apparel Exporters’ Association Chairman Kumar Merchandani, CEMS Global, USA, Asia Pacific President and Group Managing Director Meherun N Islam, Sri Lanka Convention Bureau General Manager Vipula Wanigasekera and CEMS Lanka Pvt Ltd, CEO A. Jebsingh at the press briefing. Picture by Sudath Nishantha

International exhibition organizer, Conference and Exhibition Management Services (CEMS) USA will launch local operations with a three-in-one expo for Sri Lanka’s textile and apparel sectors in Colombo from March 4 to 6.

CEMS Global-USA and Asia Pacific President and Group Managing Director, Meherun N.Islam said South Asia’s textile and apparel industry occupies a top slot in the export sector. “With constantly increasing competition in the world market Sri Lanka’s industries can increase their share in foreign markets and attract more foreign investment to the country’s highly potential industries.

With the great potential offered by the sector CEMS has been organizing the Textech Expo for the past decade,” she said.

The three exhibitions titled “Textech Sri Lanka 2010 International Expo” “4 Dye+ Chem Sri Lanka 2010 International Expo” and “Colombo International Yarn and Fabric Show 2010” will be held at the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Conventional Centre.

This will focus entirely on Sri Lanka’s international textile garment technology and machinery, dyes and chemicals and the entire export sector in Sri Lanka.

Apparel Exporters’ Association Chairman Kumar Mirchandani said that the apparel industry always look for new development and technology and it requires everything under one roof.

Therefore this exhibition will be very important to the industry.

The Fabric and Apparel Accessories Manufacturers Association (FAAMA) Chairman Hameed Ashroff said the industry has to find ways and means to be competitive and sustainable in the market. An exhibition of this nature will educate industrialists on the latest technology, he said.