The 9th Dhaka International Textile and Garment Machinery Exhibition (DTG 2012) were held from February 9th to 12th at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC). It is the largest gatherings for the textiles and garment manufacturers in Bangladesh -- with 869 exhibiting companies taking up more than 1097 booths showcasing state-of-the-art machinery and technologies, attracting more than 30,000 international and local visitors.  President of Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) Mr. Jahangir Alamin said at the opening ceremony of the exhibition that the primary textile sector (PTS) of Bangladesh provides a strong backward linkage for the country’s export-oriented readymade garment (RMG) industry. He added that the domestic textile mills have the capacity to meet 85-90 percent of the total knit yarn needs and 35-40 percent of overall woven fabric requirement of RMG exporters.

“There are three Special Economic Zones   already operational in the country, and four new Special Economic Zones   will be established within the next few months.” Said Finance Minister AMA Muhith while he Inaugurating the DTG 2012.

In all, exhibitors from 31 countries are participating in the expo, which provides a good opportunity to Bangladeshi entrepreneurs to interact with foreign participants and collaborate with them to upgrade their technology and machinery. The immense event was jointly organised by Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) and ES Event Management SDN BHD.

President of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Mr. AK Azad said several entrepreneurs from countries like Japan, Germany and Turkey have expressed their keenness to invest and relocate their industries to Bangladesh .He mentioned that a great amount of foreign investment will flow into Bangladesh, if the Government provides required support.

Bangladesh Textile Mills Association, Chan Chao International Company Limited and Yorkers Trade and Marketing Service Company Limited organized the exhibition. More than 102 booths with leading brands like Baruda, CTMTC, Fong's, Groz-Becker, Jacob Muller, Karl Mayer and many others from different  countries or regions participated in the event.

Most of the participants were satisfied with the performance and fruitful outcome of the exposition, and 90% of the exhibitors showed interests in participating in DTG 2012. All 10 exhibition halls were crowded with professional visitors and buyers who came to place orders, make inquiries and learn about the latest industrial technologies. More than a thousand machines were sold during the 4-day events, total of US$ 150 million on site orders was received, and are likely to receive more as a result of the exhibition.

DTG not only provided the opportunity for an excellent gathering of the international suppliers and buyers to expand business to global markets, but also brought in foreign investment and provide diverse and driving force to production and economic growth of Bangladesh. The successful event has become a definite hub for textile and garment related industries in South Asia every year.

New Technologies show cased in DTG 2012

Digital Inkjet Textile Printing Machine

True industrial textile printer Artrix GT, Manufactured by D-Gen, Korea was displayed for the first time in Bangladesh by NAF Group. Artrix GT is an inkjet printer which can print directly on RFP (Ready for Print Fabric) by a computer command. This printer can print at a speed 100 m2/hr good quality mood. The key benefits found from this technology a) Negligible use of underground water (Eco-friendly technology), b) Good run ability for no-loss production, c) Easy operation like a desktop printer , d) Low manpower, e) Can run non-stop 24 Hrs/day for 365 days f) Very very suitable and profitable for versatile designed short qty printing.

Refillable High Speed Apparel CAD Plotter

Garments CAD-CAM with cutting room solution was displayed by at least 8 national and international companies. Where most of the companies designed their cutting room solution with different brand of CAD software, plotter and Automatic Fabric Spreading and cutting machine except Garber and Lectra. Wintex resources is the local brand introduced a new high speed (110m2/h) single head plotter Winjet-120 Super Fast (refillable HP 88/HP 940 print head).

Jacquard Label Weaving Machine

Jacquard technology also displays by so many Chinese companies in DTG-2012. The focusing machines were displayed to produce narrow width fabric with selvedge like ties, labels and images. Jacquard with rapier loom was in focus point to produce garments label.

Single head embroidery machine

Single head embroidery machine also attract visitors for versatile end application (Cap, Lather Bag, Jeans Pant Pocket, Shirts, Jacket, aprons and more) of stitch effect. New Series of Gemsy Single head automatic embroidery machine GEM 1201A-C-J can stitch on 400*450 mm area using maximum 12 colors threads with a speed 1000 rpm. Doublelin is a Chinese brand also introduced their two items DLCB and DLCD single head Embroidery Machine in DTG-2012.

Laser Engraving Technology

Laser cutting, laser marking and laser engraving technologies also displayed in DTG-2012 commonly using for marking brand name on Garments Accessories, Electronic Chips, Decorative wooden work and also can apply to create wash effect on denims. Gbos laser is a world renowned brand of laser technology take part in last DTG.