August 16, 2004
The International Middle East Exhibition for Textile, Embroidery and Sewing Machinery and Accessories (ITCE Dubai 2004), the region's leading exposition for textile manufacturing machinery, technologies and accessories, will make its debut in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region with ITCE Dubai 2004 to be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre from September 7-9, 2004.
Organised by Intralinks in cooperation with ACG&ITE, a leading trade fairs organiser, ITCE Dubai 2004 coincides with it's official partner show, MOTEXHA Autumn 2004, the Middle East region's largest 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 US$ 11 billion textile market.
Commenting on ITCE Dubai 2004, Nora Soliman, Business Development Manager, Intralinks and ACG & ITE, said: "We have seen a surge of activity with the entry of international clothing brands into the region as well as a growth in the number of garment manufacturing units in the GCC area encouraging the production and export sectors. As a result the industry is growing remarkably in the Middle East region. Dubai's strategic position at the cross roads of the world's largest textile markets and the steps it has taken to support the manufacturing and entrepreneurial activity in the sector has made Dubai the ideal location for hosting the exposition."
The government has already announced the launch of a US$ 60 million Dubai Textiles City built to consolidate Dubai's US$ 2.4 billion textile market. The industry corners 37 per cent of the GCC market, worth US$ 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.
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 year 2004 marks a turning point in the way global textile business is conducted. With the dismantling of the global trading quotas, one has to remain increasingly competitive by adopting latest technologies and raw materials and produce superior quality wares to survive in a burgeoning marketplace," said Soliman. "Dubai can capitalise on the best of both worlds; by positioning itself as a hub for traders from the region and the Far East seeking access to markets in the West and by actively promoting a national textile manufacturing infrastructure, producing quality wares at competitive prices."
"ITCE Dubai 2004 therefore will be the ideal platform for traders and visitors to understand the global textile trends and for them to choose the ideal technology that will enable them to capitalise on the opportunities, the multi billion dollar textile industry will provide in the near future," commented Soliman.
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, which will be hosted in Halls 5 and 5a at the Dubai World Trade Centre. ITCE Dubai 2004 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.
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About ITCE Dubai 2004
The International Middle East Exhibition for Textile, Embroidery and Sewing Machinery and Accessories (ITCE) is the most comprehensive trade fair in the region for textile machinery, successfully organized annually since 1994 in Cairo, Egypt. ITCE Dubai is a first-of-its-kind trade fair launched specially to serve the GCC and the surrounding markets. ITCE Dubai will enable trade visitors from the Middle East, the GCC, CIS countries, Indian Subcontinent, and Europe to meet face to face with 250 exhibitors from over 17 countries under one roof and view first hand, the up-to-the minute trends of the textile industry. The show will run from September 7-9, 2004 at the Dubai World Trade Centre coinciding with its official partner show, the Autumn 2004 edition of MOTEXHA.
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