100,000 Trade Visitors Attend Bharat Tex 2024. 63 MoUs Inked
Over 100,000 trade visitors attended Bharat Tex 2024 and 63 MoUs were inked in various fields, including entrepreneurship, skilling and sustainability.
“The four-day event witnessed an overwhelming response not just from Indian, but also global players, including top brands and retailers,” an official statement said.
Over 10,000 artisans, weavers, design and fashion students, factory workers, NGOs and producer companies visited and participated in Bharat Tex 2024 as special invitees.
“Built on pillars of trade and investment and a focus on sustainability, the event attracted, besides policy-makers and global CEOs, 3,500 exhibitors and 3,000 buyers from 111 countries,” the statement added.
Bharat Tex also emerged as a launch pad for various initiatives and projects such as IndiaTEX, the launch of Textile Grand Innovation Challenge.
The 63 MoUs included those with international institutions focusing on collaboration in research, innovation, entrepreneurship, new product development, skilling and sustainability.
Pressing issues of the global value chain such as green financing, resilient supply chains, waterless dyeing, and innovation were among the other topics.
In total, there were over 70 knowledge sessions including 14 marque sessions on ESG, sustainability, circularity and recycling and green financing.
Over 25 capacity building masterclasses on various topics such as ESG, Skilling, Finance, Smart Factories and new applications in Geotech were also organised.
A special international conference by the Central Silk Board on the occasion of its Platinum Jubilee was also part of the event.
The event also saw over 50 business meetings with prominent global brands and potential investors covering areas of investment in manufacturing, R&D with focus on innovation and sustainability.
