Industries Adviser Geeteara Safiya Choudhury inaugurated the exhibition.

Conference and Exhibition Management Services Ltd (CEMS) Bangladesh in association with CEMS USA is organising the 8th version of the TEXTECH and the 4th version of MACHINEXPO & DIFS'2007 at the same venue.

As many as 250 companies from 15 countries are participating in the event. The participating countries are India, Thailand, USA, Germany, Singapore, Turkey, Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Italy, Belgium, Spain, UK and Bangladesh.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony, the adviser said this type of exhibition would help the country's garment sector attract more foreign investment.

"The local manufacturers can have the chance to know about the latest technologies and machinery used in garment and textile industries," she said.

Later, Geeteara visited different booths at the exhibition.

Bangladesh Embroidery Manufacturers and Exporters Association President Ekram-u-Siddique said local manufacturers who cannot afford going abroad frequently to buy the latest machines could take advantage of such exhibitions.

The exhibition will remain open to all from 10:00am to 8:00pm without any entry fee.

Textiles Export Promotion Council (TEXPROCIL) and Bangladesh Knitwear Manufactures & Exporters Association (BKMEA) are among the local partners of the event while Apparel world, Texindex.com and Colourage are the international partners.

The Daily Star is the media partner of the event that will end on Sunday.