Bangladesh’s largest annual leather industry fair kicks off

DHAKA, Nov. 4 (NsNewsWire) — A three-day international exhibition on machinery, components, chemicals and accessories for leather, footwear and leather goods kicked off in Bangladesh capital Dhaka aimed at bringing the latest technologies under one roof for the sector insiders, reports Xinhua.
Some 250 exhibitors from different countries or regions have been participating the fair to showcase machinery for tanning leather, manufacturing footwear and leather goods along with components, dyes and chemicals, accessories and allied products.
A local event management company –ASK Trade & Exhibitions Pvt Ltd — organized the 4th edition of the exposition styled “LEATHERTECH Bangladesh- 2016” in collaboration with Bangladesh leather industry insiders.
“The leather industry is eyeing US$5 billion export in next few years. Bangladesh leather industry is set to be the next of RMG sector,” said Nanda Gopal K, director of ASK Trade & Exhibitions Pvt Ltd.
Though there are companies from many countries or regions in the fair but actually a large majority of the participants come from China. China has a large pavilion at the event.
Sabbir Hossain Khan, managing director of Green Bay, said “We used to do to this business for last three years. Gradually this (Bangladesh) shoe market is improving. In Bangladesh, there are huge possibility in shoe industry.”
“We used to sell shoe machinery from beginning to end, everything,” said Khan, who has been representing a Chinese company — Handa Gloabl– in the fair.
Zeng Jing, executive director of Fun Footwear & Machineries Corportation, said she has already established business relations with customers in old part of Dhaka and seaport city Chittagong, some 242 southeast of capital Dhaka. Enditem