CEMS-Global’s textile and garment exhibitions to kick-start this week

CEMS-Global USA & Asia-Pacific Group CEO S.S. Sarwar flanked by  CEMS Lanka Country Director Ejaz Sarwar speaking to the media about the upcoming exhibitions at an event held at the Mövenpick Hotel. 
Pic By Waruna Wanniarachchi

By Supun Dias
CEMS-Global USA Multinational Exhibition Organizer which launched its operations in Sri Lanka in year 2009 will hold its annual exhibitions focusing on the textile and garment industry in Sri Lanka from March 9 to 11 at the Sri Lanka Exhibition & Convention Centre (SLECC) in Colombo.
There will be more than 215 companies participating in the three exhibitions namely; 8th Textech Sri Lanka 2017 International Expo’ — An International Exhibition on Textile Garment Technology & Machinery Exhibition,  26th Dye+Chem Sri Lanka 2017 Int’l Expo’ and  Colombo International Yarn & Fabric Show 2017.
It is noteworthy to say that from the 215 companies participating at the exhibitions, 150 are from China. 
CEMS-Global USA & Asia-Pacific Group CEO S.S. Sarwar said that when his company wanted to come to Sri Lanka just after the war, there were lot of doubts from various stakeholders. “We were like Ambassadors of Sri Lanka, we knew the potential this country has, looking back we are really happy to be engaged in promoting trade and developing new businesses through our exhibitions,” he said. 
“Based in New York, CEMS-Global launched its most important International trade exhibitions for the trade and industry of Sri Lanka with a vision to further expand into the fast booming Sri Lankan industry sector and bringing most reputed international manufacturers and suppliers through our exhibitions to Sri Lanka. CEMS organizes over 40 exhibitions per annum on all important sectors of the trade and economy,” he noted. 
CEMS-Global has been organising the Textech series of exhibitions for 18 years in South Asia and brought this International branded exhibition to Sri Lanka in 2010 as there is a need for such exhibition in Sri Lanka which displays the latest technology that the country can obtain to update with the quality of the competitors in the world market.
With the ever-increasing competition in the world market, the industries of Sri Lanka can expand their share in the market abroad and at the same time could attract more foreign investment in the highly potential industry, specially the garment and textile industry and CEMS-global has brought international manufacturers/suppliers right here to Colombo.
Exhibitors from over six countries are participating in these exhibitions, which are targeted in one go to the entire business community and play an important role by assembling worldwide technology, machinery and material manufacturers at the doorsteps of the manufacturers of Sri Lanka under one roof to appraise them of the latest developments and technology available, enabling Sri Lanka to further compete in the world market.