The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA), Coimbatore organized Texfair 2013 – largest expo of textile machinery, spares, accessories and other supporting services and Farm to Finish Expo 2013 – expo showcased right from farm to finished products during December 13-16, 2013 at CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex, Coimbatore.

At the inaugural function held on 13th December 2013, SIMA Chairman Shri T Rajkumar welcomed the Chief Guest Shri S Damodaran, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture, Government of TamilNadu, Shri S M Velusamy, Mayor, Coimbatore Corporation, Shri Prem Malik, Chairman, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry, New Delhi,
Dr A Sakthivel, Chairman, The Apparel Export Promotion Council, New Delhi,
Shri N Neelakrishnan, President of Textile Machinery and Mill Stores Merchants Association, Coimbatore, Shri Diven Dembla, President of Indian Textile Accessories & Machinery Manufacturer’s Association, Mumbai, Shri J Anand, Vice-Chairman of Textile Machinery Manufacturers’ Association, Mumbai and the Exhibitors to the inaugural function. Shri S Dinakaran briefed about Texfair 2013 and Farm to Finish Expo 2013. Shri N Neelakrishnan, Shri Diven Dambla and Shri J Anand offered felicitations. Deputy Chairman Shri M Senthil Kumar delivered vote of thanks.

At the Texfair expo machinery, spares manufacturers / suppliers and other supporting service providers from China, Japan, Switzerland, Italy and USA apart from domestic players across the country catering to the various segments of the textile industry showcased their products and services.

At the Farm to Finish Expo, various varieties of cotton, man-made fibres, regenerated fibres, various types of yarn, cloth samples, fabrics, made-ups, garments, and special clothings like sports wear, baggages, etc were exhibited by the textile mills across the country. Texfair 2013 is Eight edition in its series.

The expos provided an opportunity for various clusters of the industry to know the latest improvements in technology and availability of domestic as well as import substitution spares. 210 exhibitors showcased their products and services in 240 stalls. The Expos attracted about 75,000 visitors. Business visitors from countries like China, Indonesia, Thailand, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka visited the Expo and derived the benefit, besides the visitors from all over the country.

This is the only fair being visited by all the technicians, shop floor, middle management and top management of each and every mill located in South india (around 2500 textile mills, seven lakh powerlooms, 70% of the cotton knitted fabric manufacturers, 30% of the processing fabrics manufacturers, 30% of the handloom weavers and have significant presence across the textile value chain).