Date:22/02/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/02/22/stories/2007022219470400.htm

Karnataka - Bangalore

Garment expo from March 2

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: To provide a platform to various small and medium enterprises to display and sell their products, Small Industries Service Institute (SSI) in association with the Department of Industries and Commerce has organised a three-day buyers sellers meet titled "Garment Expo 2007" in the city from March 2.

To be held at the institute premises in Rajajinagar Industrial Estate, the meet will provide an opportunity to entrepreneurs to showcase their products, identify buyers and suppliers of other inputs, including finance.

Giving details of the expo, SSI director S.S. Dhillon said more than 100 large, medium and small manufacturers of fabrics, textiles, accessories for designing readymade garments, machinery and equipment from India and abroad were expected to participate.

During the exhibition, seminars and open house discussions on entrepreneurship would be conducted.

Entry free

Entry to the exhibition and seminars would be free, he said. Union Minister for Small Scale Industries Mahaveer Prasad and State Minister for Small Scale Industries Shivanand Nayak would inaugurate the expo, he added. Details can be had on ph: 9448371540 or 23151581/ 82/ 83.