Commerce Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury inaugurated the exposition titled the 4th Tex-Tech 2003 at Sonargaon Hotel.

Advisor to commerce ministry Barkat Ullah Bulu, Bangladesh Women Chamber of Business and Industry President Selima Ahmed and Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Matsushiro Horicguchi were present at the inauguration ceremony.

Khosru said formula for sustaining in the post-multi-fibre arrangement (MFA) era for garment sector lies on adopting modern technologies.

"Many factories have so far taken initiatives to equip their factories with such technologies," said Khosru.

The commerce minister hoped the exhibition will help garment factories choose state-of-the-art technologies.

Barkat Ullah Bulu said the show will provide a perfect one-stop market place for buyers to evaluate the performance of machinery and technologies that may best suit their requirements.

Companies from the US, Germany, Singapore, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Pakistan, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Turkey and UK are participating in the show, organised by Conference and Exhibition Management Services (CEMS), an event management company.

Some 80 stalls of 30 organisations put their products on display in the show that concludes tomorrow. The exhibition is open to all from 10am to 8pm everyday.

The products on the display include equipment, machinery for various textile dyeing, printing, sewing and finishing industries, gas generator, boiler, filtration solutions, textile dyes, chemicals, fusing presses, compressor, power generator, laser making system, automatic waser-extractor, lace braiding machine, knit textile machinery and various types of yarn.

"We are organising the fair since 2001 to help Bangladeshi garment factory owners derive benefit by receiving information about the latest technology," said CEMS Managing Director Meherun N Islam.

Islam said her company will organise Mega Expo 2003 in September at same venue.

The show will comprise three different events -- ConExpo for showing building materials, real estate companies and furniture; ElecExpo for electronic equipment and ServeExpo for service products, she added.