Expo receives response of 364 buyers from 61 countries
Precious Kashmir News
New Delhi, Aug 26: The first Virtual Edition of 40th Indian Carpet Expo, an exclusive trade fair for Handmade carpets and other floor-coverings, organized by Carpet Export Promotion Council concluded here Wednesday.
This initiative of CEPC was aimed at to bridge the gap between Indian products and demand of Handmade Carpets and floor coverings across the globe in post pandemic era. The 1st Virtual Edition of 40th India Carpet Expo has received overwhelming response from around 364 overseas buyers from 61 countries and 191 Buying Representatives from across the world.
During the Expo, Council organized 2 Webinars for benefit of the participants and Member-Exporters. First Webinar was held on 14th August, 2020 on New Techniques of Packaging for Carpet Industry in association with Indian Institute of Packaging, Mumbai keeping in view the fact that in the changing scenario of world business packaging of product is an important segment for the quality business.
Dr. Tanweer Alam, Director (I/c), Indian Institute of Packaging, Mumbai made a presentation on “New Techniques of Packaging for Carpet Industry”. Now a days packaging is a combination of Science and Art & Technology and can increase the brand value of the product and is considered as silent salesman of any product.
Praveen Kumar, Director, Department was the chief guest on the first Webinar.
Meanwhile, the second Webinar was conducted on 19th August, 2020 on Colour, Design & Trends Forecast in association with National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), National Institute of Design (NID) & Buying Agents Association (BAA) keeping in view the fact that Colour and Design forecast plays an important role in the present market scenario and help the manufacturers and Exporters to assess the requirement of the consumers/ market and their taste. Experts from National Institute of Fashion Technology, National Institute of Design, CEO & Creative Director of prominent Sourcing Company, Editor of Carpet Magazine in Germany made their presentation during the event.
