Richard Ngatia; Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI)
Worth Noting:
- Circular Economy in the Indian Context will be presented by Thomas Gries, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, Mr. Uday Gill, Group Chief Strategy Officer, Indorama Ventures Limited, Indonesia, Mr. Prashant Agarwal, Co-Founder and JMD, WAZIR Advisors, Mr. Justin Kühn, Aachen University, Germany, Mr. Gurudas Aras, India consultant to the ITA group
- Innovate: Smart Manufacturing Conference by WTiN, UK
- Technical Symposium on of ‘Reduce-Reuse-Recycle:State of the Art’ in Textile Sector by VJTI
- Composites for the Energy Sector in India by PKC Bose, Global Sustainability Advocate, Dr.-Ing. Mohit Raina, Managing Director, Raina Industries Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Kumar Jois, Scientist, RWTH Aachen University (ITA), Germany, Prof Asim Tewari, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Dr. Rajalakshmi Natarajan, Former Senior Scientist and Head, Centre for Fuel Cell Technology, ARCI, IIT Madras, Ms. Gözdem Dittel, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
India ITME Society, the non-profit apex industry body from India organized
“India Networking Programme” at Nairobi, Kenya on Friday, 16th September 2022. This Networking programme was held with the purpose of highlighting the strengths and opportunities offered by India, home to 2nd largest textile market in the world & invite business delegation from Kenya to “India ITME 2022”, the most prestigious textile machinery and accessory exhibition hosted in India every once in 4 years from 8th -13th December 2022 at IEML, Greater Noida, India.
Mr. S. Hari Shankar, Chairman, India ITME Society extended warm welcome to Chief Guest Shri Rohit Vadhwana, Deputy High Commissioner & DPR (UN Envt & UN Habitat), High Commission of India, Nairobi & to all the esteemed Invitees & Guests.
India ITME 2022 is the most important, prestigious and acclaimed event showcasing Textile Engineering & textile technology from across the globe and serving whole of Southeast Asia. India ITME event has received acknowledgement and support from Ministry of Textiles – Govt of India, Department of Heavy Industries – Govt of India, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises – Govt of India, Make in India – Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade – Govt of India EEPC as B2B Partner & National Small Industries Corporation This is one business event where export promotion councils, trade promotion departments, Research Institutes representing 22 chapters of Textile segment come together to interact, explore and expand business network. India ITME is the single platform where all stalwarts of textile industries come together along with financial institutions, policy makers and government officials, making it the best & ideal forum for catapulting Textile business efficient & competent globally.
This year, the exhibition is expanded to include end to end solution for Fibre to end products & complete Sourcing Solutions and latest technology.
India ITME Society has invested significantly over the past several years to bolster its capabilities in helping the Textile industry clients in their B2B transformation initiatives and now has already started working on buyers sellers meet and technology workshops and seminars useful for the future growth of the Textile Industry.
India ITME 2022 ensures optimum experience & value addition for its exhibitors and visitors with the interactive & focused sessions on enthralling topics by renowned Speakers & Industry stalwarts on practical topics which is the need of the hour. It is the best opportunity to discover new knowledge and discuss with experts doing ground breaking work in the textile & textile engineering industry vertical.
- Circular Economy in the Indian Context will be presented by Thomas Gries, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, Mr. Uday Gill, Group Chief Strategy Officer, Indorama Ventures Limited, Indonesia, Mr. Prashant Agarwal, Co-Founder and JMD, WAZIR Advisors, Mr. Justin Kühn, Aachen University, Germany, Mr. Gurudas Aras, India consultant to the ITA group
- Innovate: Smart Manufacturing Conference by WTiN, UK
- Technical Symposium on of ‘Reduce-Reuse-Recycle:State of the Art’ in Textile Sector by VJTI
- Composites for the Energy Sector in India by PKC Bose, Global Sustainability Advocate, Dr.-Ing. Mohit Raina, Managing Director, Raina Industries Pvt. Ltd, Mr.
- Kumar Jois, Scientist, RWTH Aachen University (ITA), Germany, Prof Asim Tewari, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Rajalakshmi Natarajan, Former Senior Scientist and Head, Centre for Fuel Cell Technology, ARCI, IIT Madras, Ms. Gözdem Dittel, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
- Customised Joining Technologies for Technical Textiles by Philip Huber, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, Dr.-Ing. Yves Simon Gloy, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, Mr. Antonio Braz dos Santos Costa, General Manager at CITEVE – Portuguese Technological Centre for Textile and Clothing Industries, Portugal.
India ITME 2022 strives to assimilate & disseminate more knowledge & power for industry through the futuristic Technology topics at the Conference Sessions and planned B2B meetings with visiting foreign delegates + business visitors.
India – Kenya building new opportunities for growth in textile and machinery
Kenya has strong roots in the textile Industry & for years has been an entry point for sea trade & transport from Asian & Arabian countries. The textiles & apparel export in FY2021 has grown by 5% as compared to FY2017 however its imports in FY2021 have also increased by 10%. The market is driven by the imports of Man Made fibers having a share of more than 97% in total fiber imports having recorded worth US$ 73.3 Mn in FY2021. With a strong taste for fashion and skills the country in terms of value addition is directly exporting the end product i.e. garmenting, In FY 2021 it exported US$ 388.2 Mn of apparel. As far as the exports of the other value chain products are concerned, the value chain is running on imports flooded from other countries. The country exported yarn only worth US$ 9 Mn in FY2021, Fabric simply worth US$ 3.7 Million whereas the imports were worth US$ 49.8Mn & US$ 369.5Mn respectively. From the preliminary look, the country is having an excellent textile background with few missing lines where India & Kenya strategic alliance can play a major role.
Kenya imports most of its textile engineering and technology requirements. Its imports were highest in FY2018 recording purchases worth US$ 41.88Mn where spinning machinery was alone accountable for 28% of purchases followed by weaving and processing machinery. The imports of US$ 18.53Mn in FY2021 showed more inclination towards import of garmenting 35% share and processing machinery having a share of 31%. Spinning machinery one of the promising sector accounted for a 5% share. Majority of the machines around 44% were imported from China. India is the second highest exporter of textile machinery with a share of 29% showing the strong presence of India in the Kenya market.
The major focus of Kenya today is on developing the value chain. There is an abundance of raw materials so Kenya can strategically partner with India for gaining experience not only for developing strong dominance in the spinning segment but also encash on the excellent state of art machinery manufactured by the Indian players. It is an opportunity not only for India but also for Kenya to bring in investment from India by showcasing its strong roots & culture in textiles & channelling investors & big players from India for growth & expansion of all.
India today is home to World’s 2nd largest textile Industry and ITME 2022 hosted in India brings maximum market opportunities to interact with the biggest & the best of the machinery manufacturers in the Industry. This business event is not to be missed if you are serious about advancement in Textile business.
India ITME 2022 is being held at World class venue IEML Greater Noida, a well-designed Exhibition Venue in the National Capital Region and one of the largest in India spread across 235,000 sq mtrs area. Visiting & participating at India ITME 2022 is perfect opportunity to combine business with travel, experience & explore Northern India, enjoying the lovely cold weather in December.
India ITME 2022 is expected to host more than 1500 exhibitors from Austria, Belgium, China, Czech republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Slovakia, South Korea,
Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America in 22 Chapters with over 1,50,000 visitors over the 6 days period. This is a once in 4 year opportunity to view 1500+ live machineries from across the world on display from 22 chapters & meet Agents, Dealers, Government Officials on one platform years making India ITME 2022 the apex B2B event in the textile & textile Engineering Industry in the whole of South East Asian region.
India ITME Society has been serving the industry for more than 43 years based on transparent, authentic and genuine parameters, a philosophy deeply imbibed in its values. Today, ITME Society has evolved into a global phenomenon embracing internationalism and reaching out to emerging economics to do business with India.
Mr. S. Hari Shankar, Chairman, India ITME Society, formally extended an invitation to India
ITME 2022 in December to “Explore the Soul of Textiles”. He also encouraged an official delegation from Kenya, that could mark a beginning of a stronger Bilateral trade & Investment activities in Textile Sector between India & Kenya.
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