Organisers of an international trade show for global sourcing and France-Bangla chamber have urged Bangladeshi industry people to take part in the exhibition, saying the participation in a bigger way will help the locals earn huge attention from the world’s apparel buyers.
The call came at a presentation on the French exhibition organised at French Embassy in Dhaka by the France-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFB) yesterday.
The exhibition, Fatex 2006, is scheduled to be held from November 7 to 9 at Nord Villepinte in Paris.
Bangladesh first took part in the Fatex trade fair in November last year and drew a significant attention of the world's leading apparel buyers, CCIFB President Syed Farhad Ahmed told the presentation.
"Although the Fatex is not a well-known fair, it can be an effective show for Bangladeshi manufacturers as the people who throng such a show are involved in fashion sourcing trade," observed Ahmed.
The main objective of the presentation is to make the Fatex show familiar to the local apparel manufacturers.
The exhibition is of an international nature which is meant for the industrial manufacturers of clothing and home textiles and the only interface in Europe between those who create and distribute fashion and those who manufacture the articles, said Sandrine Dervin, marketing and sales manager of Fatex.
"It is an ideal venue for all players in the fields of manufacturing, technology and services," she added.
Dervin hoped that the exhibition would create an avenue for the participants to showcase their products and know-how and get some orders establishing a new and reliable partnership with the EU companies.
In the last year's Fatex trade show, a total of 353 companies from 34 countries, including Bangladesh, showcased their products and services.
A total of nine local companies, especially clothing and textile industries, participated in the exhibition where around 7,000 professional individuals, including 72 per cent decision-makers, visited.
"We are expecting 38 countries' participation with a five to ten per cent growth in the number of visitors this year," Dervin said.
Speaking at the function, Elisabeth Yearbury, commercial and administrative attaché of the Embassy of France in Dhaka, said participation in the exhibition will help Bangladesh enhance its image abroad.
Among others, CCIFB Vice-president Alamgir MZ Rahman and Director Rifat Rashid spoke at the function.
