French firms to woo Ludhiana textile manufacturers

French companies engaged in manufacturing of textile machinery have set their eyes on India. To introduce the French technology to the Indian textile manufacturers and promote Indo-French partnership, the French Trade Commission of the Embassy of France in India, Ubifrance (France’s agency for the international development of French companies) and the French Textile Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (UCMTF) are organising a seminar at Ludhiana on April 23.

Many textile manufacturing outfits are concentrated in and around Ludhiana. They largely import machinery from Switzerland, Germany and Italy. As most of the units in Punjab have plans for expansion in near future, the French players expect to meet their potential buyers and explain them about new technologies.

The sources in French Trade Commission, New Delhi informed that about 200 participants had confirmed their participation. The participating French companies are Staubli, Laroche, N Schlumberger, Superba, Ritm, Dollfus & Muller, Callebaut de Blicquy, Rousselet,Asselin,Thibeau Perfojet and Aesa Air Engineering. The well-known French companies, most of them world leaders in their specialities, will present their state-of-the-art technologies, analyse the market trends, the business opportunities and offer technical solutions for enhancing the competitiveness of the Indian textile industry in a challenging world.

A prominent textile manufacturer of Punjab said the foreign players nomally showcased their products and technologies at the trade fairs and exhibitions. This was for the first time that a group of machinery manufacturers would visit them at their doorstep in synergy with the French embassy.

The units here need exposure in technical textiles like geotextile, meditextile and protextile (fireproof). He added the participants look ed forward to getting an insight onto the state-of-the-art technologies of the developed world.