BANGALORE: Fabrics and Accessories Trade Show (F&A Show) is where the creme de la creme of the textile value chain converge to network and source the entire range of textile materials for garmenting. The eighth edition of the F&A Show 2011 was inaugurated on June 3 at Gayatri Vihaar, Palace Grounds, at the hands of the chief guest, A P Joshi, textile commissioner, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. The trade show aims at bringing together manufacturers and suppliers of apparel fabrics, trims, embellishments and services from across the industry. An important feature of the event is that the Government of India, Ministry of Textiles and Regional Office of the Textile Commissioner, Bangalore has associated with this edition of Fabric and Accessories Trade show under the banner of buyer seller meet; as a part of the integrated scheme of powerloom sector development of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. Addressing the crowd at the inauguration, A P Joshi highlighted the different programmes started by the ministry of textiles like the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS). He explained, “The scheme was started in order to upgrade the technology in making textiles. The scheme looked at funding and giving a five percent reimbursement on the interest charged by financial institutions on the sanctioned projects. Upgradation would ordinarily mean induction of state-of-the-art or near-state-of-the-art technology. Technology levels are benchmarked in terms of specified machinery for each sector of the textile industry.” He further added, “People can benefit from this scheme upto 2012. Many have been encouraged through this scheme.”He also said that the small scale sectors like the cotton ginning and pressing sector and the jute sector form the major share of the industry and need to be encouraged. He also laid emphasis on the skill development projects for the apparel industry. The other dignitaries present at the event were D A Venkatesh, IFS, commissioner for Textile Development and director of handlooms and textiles Karnataka, Ashish Kumar, CEO, Arvind Limited Lifestyle Apparel, Gautam Chakravarti, director of Gokaldas Exports, Atul Ujagar, country director, India, SriLanka, Pakistan, Nike Inc and Krishnamurthy, CEO, S S Textile Media Pvt Ltd.Organised from June 3 to June 5 at Gayatri Vihar, Palace ground, F&A is the only event of its kind in the southern Indian city of Bangalore that attracts top-notch trade visitors from Asia, South-East Asia, US and Europe, making it a premier meeting point for sourcing. The city of Bangalore, besides being the country’s IT hub, is also a major center for textile and apparel manufacturing and is easily accessible to other manufacturing centers like Chennai, Coimbatore, Salem, Erode, and Tirupur.Exhibiting at the F&A Show provides companies with tremendous advantage in terms of reaching a large number of high quality buyers. The event has been organised by the S S Textile Media Pvt Ltd for the past eight years. After the success of the Business Networking Forum last year, the show is all set once again to bring together captains of the Textile Value Chain to speak and debate on pressing issues of the textile and clothing industry. Within the framework of F&A Show 2011, the much anticipated Business Networking Forum (BNF) will be held with leading manufacturers launching their new collections or products and distinguished speakers presenting topics that would be of interest to the textile industry. As was during the last edition, this year too the BNF will be strategically planned and formulated with the help and support of leading international and national experts. Latest and greatest products will be launched along with cutting edge technologies.
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