Yarn Expo 2018 to showcase latest developments in yarns

The first edition of Yarn Expo 2018 will be held from 4-6 August, 2018 at the Surat International Exhibition & Convention Centre (SIECC), Sarsana, Surat. Organised by the Southern Gujarat Chambers of Commerce & Industry (SGCCI), around 80 exhibitors are participating and most of whom are renowned yarn producers from pan-India.

Yarn Expo 2018 will see participation of yarn producers like Reliance Industries, Bhilosa Industries, Wellknown Polyesters, Perfect Filament, Shahlon Group, Grasim Industries, RSWM Ltd, Indian Rayon, Nimbark Fashions, Century Enka, Arvind Ltd, Madhusudan Group and many others.

These exhibitors will showcase a wide variety and the latest developments in yarns in natural as well as manmade like cotton, polyester, wool, silk, linen, viscose, ramie, spandex, etc.

Yarns on show will also include various types of fancy and specialty yarns like elastic, metallic, embroidery, textured, slub, special effects fancy mélange, dope dyed spun, low torque, space dyed and hundreds of other yarn varieties.

The exhibition will be inaugurated by Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister of Textiles, who is also the Chief Guest, while Dr Kavita Gupta, Textile Commissioner and Mr R D Udeshi, President, Polyester Chain, Reliance Industries are Guests of Honour.

SGCCI has also planned several events, which will run concurrent to Yarn Expo 2018 exhibition. On 4 August, there will be a conclave, whose topic is ‘Future Opportunities – Yarn and Fabrics’.

The conclave will see participation of Mr RD Udeshi, President (Polyester Chain), Reliance Industries, Mr J Raghunath, Vice President (Polyester Chain), Reliance Industries and Mr Rahul Mehta, President, Clothing Manufacturers’ Association of India (CMAI).

There will also be a fashion show, jointly presented with the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) on 5 August, evening.

On 6 August a seminar will be held to discuss several topics, like ‘Developments in Nylon Yarn’ by Sanjay Mehrotra, Vice President (Marketing), Century Enka and Manish Daga, Director, Cotton Association of India (CAI), who will share his views on ‘Cotton and Yarn Market Trends in 2018-19’.

There will also be a presentation by YES Bank on ‘Facilities provided to MSME’s’, DIC will give a presentation on ‘Gujarat Government Schemes for MSME’s’, while; there will be another presentation by NSIC on ‘Central Government Schemes for MSME’s’.

For more details please visit https://yarnexpo.sgcci.in/