Source India 2010: Reverse buyer seller meet

Source India 2010 was held during  January 28-29, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Mumbai, India, The finest world-class man-made textile products exported by Indian exporters to 173 countries globally, including to some of the most demanding and sophisticated markets in Europe, USA, Far-East Asia, Middle-East Asia and Africa was showcased during the event.

 Source India organized by The Synthetic & Rayon Textile Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC) under the aegis of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, is a first of its kind event aimed at facilitating sourcing by serious and well-established international buyers of synthetic textile products like yarns, apparel fabrics, fashion fabrics, trimmings, fashion accessories, furnishing fabrics, home textiles & made-ups and a wide range of technical textiles. The focus will be directed towards the range of products made from polyester, viscose, nylon acrylic and blends.

 A range of value-added and high performance products offered by 100 exhibiting manufacturers and exporters. There were three fashion shows by Marc Robinson, featuring leading Indian fashion designers, and each one of these fashion shows was individually conceptualized to depict the depth and breadth of application possibilities with the Indian man-made fabrics and fashion accessories for day wear, evening wear and casual wear.

In the spirit of true globalization and integrated approach towards export promotion, SRTEPC has decided to open this B2B event to the sourcing offices of global brands located in India, Indian apparel exporters who need yarns and fabrics for their apparel export production and large Indian brands and retailers, who are looking at global sourcing, so that they have access to the world-class materials for their onward production.

Over the last five years the Indian man-made textile industry has made significant advances in terms of product range, quality managment, processing and fashion and value addition. The exports grew by 69% over the last five years to USD 3.336 billion in 2008-2009. The key export markets include Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa and Australia. India is now the fourth largest producer of synthetic fibre and has recently made large expansion in POY and PSF capacities.