The third Gartex Texprocess India in Mumbai came to an end on February 3rd, and it proved to be one of the most well-known “one-stop” venues for finding and selling cutting-edge products for the apparel and textile manufacturing industry.
Along with other notable figures from the sector, the event featured speeches from Hon. Chandrakant Patil, the Minister of Textile, Higher Education, and Technical Education, Parliamentary Affairs State Border Defence, and by Hon. Virendra Singh (IAS), the Secretary of Textiles, Maharashtra Government.
8,309 people visited the show floor of the third Gartex Texprocess India in Mumbai, where 105 exhibitors showcased state-of-the-art textiles, apparel manufacturing equipment, cutting-edge smart technology, textile printing solutions, and more.
Additionally, Gartex Texprocess India held two days of knowledge-sharing events: “Denim TALKS” on day two and “Gartex TALKS” on day one. Speaking at “Gartex TALKS,” Mr. Ramesh Gosai, Principal Consultant at R R Gosai & Associates, discussed “Ease of Doing Business: In Garment Manufacturing.” He gave the guests a briefing on the difficulties people have when launching a business in the textile sector and how to get beyond those obstacles to build a profitable company.
Denim TALKS held four sessions to talk about the state of the denim industry and current trends. Mr. Amit Gugnani, Senior Partner, Technopak Advisors, and Mr. Aamir Akhtar, Group President and CEO, Jindal Worldwide Limited, had a fireside talk about the “Denim Landscape” to start. The Division Director of Jeanologia SL’s Central Asia, Mr. Manuj Kanchan, gave a presentation titled “Water Era is Over, Air is the Future” during the following session. During his talk, he described how Jeanologia SL is ushering in a new era in denim production by using air technology to dye denim, which uses less water.
The partner of Technopak Advisors, Ms. Madhulika Tiwari, provided insight on the “Denim Market India.” She walked the audience through the history of denim in India as well as how the various Indian demographics have embraced denim over time. Mr. Puneet Dudeja, Director, Business Development, South Asia, WGSN, gave a presentation on denim trends for AW 24/25 during the final “Denim TALKS” event.
Exhibitors’ view on 3rd Mumbai edition of Gartex Texprocess India
Exhibitor Parvinder Singh, Sales Director at Optitex, said: “Gartex is a good platform for us, we have been participating for the last three years regularly in this show and getting very good response.”
Ms Gunjan Panchal, Sales Team at Lion Denim said: “Our experience at Denim Show has been overwhelming. Our stall witnessed a good number of visitor footfalls and had a great interaction with other brands and manufacturers and various other players in the industry. The experience has been so good so far and we are really hoping to see more action for the rest of the day.”
Sharad Jaipuria, President – DMA; Managing Director – Ginni International Ltd said:
“Gartex Texprocess India Exhibition is one of the largest textile exhibitions being held in India. It has the complete value chain, it has fabrics, it has trims, it has machinery manufacturer, printing machinery, etc. This time almost 30 denim mills are also participating in this exhibition. We hope to do good business. There is a large footfall, we have a lot of customers coming and interacting with us trying to understand the latest trend of fabrics.”
Mayur Ghatak, CEO and Co-Founder of Codverse Technology, said: “The visitor profile that we get is all niche, very relevant to what we do. We absolutely see our target audience and the quality of the visitors and the state of art facility that we provide is helping us in branding ourselves. You should consider Gartex Texprocess India as a potential platform for your upcoming trade shows. And if you’re serious about your products and getting the right customer, then this is probably the best place for that.”
Sharing his experience as a first exhibitor at Gartex Texprocess India Alok Parekh, Director – Shreenath Paper said: “This is my first time at Gartex Texprocess India and the experience is truly great and we are looking forward to participating again. We are getting absolutely the right visitor profile and we are also getting export enquiries from various countries and visitors are coming towards us.”
