DUBAI - The International Middle East Exhibition for Textile, Embroidery and Sewing Machinery and Accessories (ITCE Dubai 2004), an exhibition for textile manufacturing machinery, technologies and accessories, will make its debut in the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (AGCC) region with ITCE Dubai 2004 to be held from September 7 to 9 at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
The government has already announced the launch of a $60 million Dubai Textiles City built to consolidate Dubai's $2.4 billion textile market. The industry corners 37 per cent of the AGCC market, worth $6.5 billion, and is the second largest contributor to the Dubai's trading industry and a key sector of the economy in the Emirate.
ITCE Dubai 2004 , organised by Intralinks in cooperation with ACG&ITE, coincides with it's official partner show, Motexha Autumn 2004, the Middle East region's Fashion and Textile trade show.
ITCE Dubai 2004 will bring together around 250 companies from across the world exhibiting the latest in textile manufacturing technology and accessories to around 6000 trade visitors in an effort to boost the region's $11 billion textile market.
Textile industry leaders are mulling to opt Dubai as their trading hub in anticipation of the business the Indian and Chinese textile markets will generate once the trading quotas are done away at the turn of the year 2005.
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, The Department of Economic Development-Government of Dubai, The Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority and Temsad are supporting the ITCE Dubai 2004 exposition, and it will serve the traders and visitors from countries including , Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, UAE, Russia, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
BY A STAFF REPORTER
© Khaleej Times 2004
