New Textile Expo Launched To Serve Middle East Market
New Textile Expo LaunchedTo Serve Middle East Market
A new exhibition catering to the Middle Eastern textile industry has been launched recently
by a partnership formed between England-based Xpo Group Ltd. and United Arab Emirates-based
Streamline Marketing.The show, named Textile Expo, will be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre
March 19-23, 2005.According to show organizers, exhibitors at the show will include manufacturers
and suppliers of machinery and accessories for a variety of textile sectors, including spinning,
weaving, knitting/hosiery, nonwovens, dyeing and finishing, garment and make-up, testing and
measuring, transportation, handling and packing, leather and shoes; as well as suppliers of
software, dyestuffs and chemicals.In addition, organizers said the show was conceived to create one
large international exhibition to serve the entire Middle East. With the abolition of quotas in
2005, it is predicted that the regions textile manufacturers will make large investments in new
equipment.Maria Avery, formerly the exhibition director of ITMA 2003, has been tapped as exhibition
director for the Dubai show. More information about the show is available at www.textile-expo.com.
Summer 2004