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customer demands and more awareness in areas VDMA
like sustainable and eco-friendly production The Mechanical Engineering Industry Association
practices. The symposium aimed to boost (VDMA) represents more than 3,200 member
inter-company relations, introduction of cutting-edge companies in the SME-dominated mechanical and
technologies and machinery, Industry 4.0 standards, systems engineering industry in Germany and
and solutions using less energy, water and raw Europe. VDMA initiated this business delegation trip
materials. to Pakistan to foster possible collaboration between
the industries. Under the umbrella of the VDMA,
The German delegates were led by Dr Christian there are about 120 textile machinery and
Storost, Head of division VC1 of the German Federal components manufacturers affiliated with the Textile
Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. In a Machinery Association, which exported textile
statement, he said the symposium was the first machinery worth about EUR 3.4 billion in 2018.
project of the MEP in Pakistan in which they aimed to
reach out to the Pakistani textile industry. He German Pakistan Chamber of Commerce & Industry Presenters Group Photo at VDMA Lahore Symposium
acknowledged that with 15 million employees, this The GPCCI seeks to help its members by promoting
was the country's largest and most important them and developing and furthering their economic
economic sector. Pakistani textiles, clothing and well-being. It provides them a collective voice and
shoes mainly go to the European Union. He noted represents them as well as their interests. It
that Pakistan is modernising its textile industry, and enhances competitiveness and success in their

VDMA Lahore Symposium

woven and knitted fabric technical textiles, for warp knitting machines, technical textiles as well
nonwovens, carpets and other planiform materials. as warp preparation units for weaving and warp
Innovative energy saving concepts such as knitting for large companies with global outreach as
heat-recovery and exhaust air purification lines well as mid-sized and small companies. KARL
SBS Systems for Business Solutions organised a business meetings and institutional and technical Presenters Group Photo at VDMA Karachi Symposium complete their profile. MAYER’s agency network spans more than 90
symposium for German textile machinery producers visits highlighted their trip and helped foster bilateral countries.
and their Pakistani customers in collaboration with cooperation and exchange of views on innovations, moving away from simple manufacturing and businesses, which in turn contributes to their Groz-Beckert KG
the German Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and technologies and business opportunities. processing to high quality products, which is economic progress within both countries. Groz-Beckert has about 70,000 product types, Monforts GmbH
Industry (GPCCI) and with technical support of the necessary to keep up with the increasing serving textile-production and joining processes of Monforts supplies textile finishing ranges that are
VDMA Textile Machinery Association. The main Conferences and seminars of the German and competition from China, India, Bangladesh and Sri SBS Systems for Business Solutions knitting and warp-knitting, waving, tufting, carding, ultramodern and technically sound. The company
objective of this symposium was presentation of Pakistani companies was held on the 12th Lanka. The German textile machinery manufacturing SBS provides cross-cultural thinking and sewing and the manufacture of nonwovens like also provides individual advice and solutions. Its
products and services, B2B, and networking. November 2019 at Hotel Avari Towers, Karachi, and industry aims at facilitating this move to custom-made solutions based on its specialised sewing-machine needles and shoe-machine products range from stenter, dyeing ranges, and
TEXtalks was the media partner of the event. on 14th November 2019 at Hotel Avari Towers, modernisation by providing innovative and efficient experience in international project management and needles. With production and sales affiliates and shrinkage ranges, coatings, special applications,
Lahore. The project was led by Mr Franz Nienhaus, German textile technology. consulting. It strives to overcome intercultural trading partners in more than 150 countries, environmental protection, and control & automation.
Fourteen German companies comprised the advisor to the GPCCI board of directors. borders by finding the right partners in the most Groz-Beckert offers solutions from knitting and warp
delegation based on their innovation and The symposium was supported by the following emerging and attractive markets. knitting, weaving, felting, tufting, carding or sewing as Truetzschler GmbH
technologically-advanced specialties. These In the preface to the project, Mr Nienhaus departments and organisations: well as a unique service offering distinguished by its Trützschler Spinning supplies machines and
companies specialised in production technologies acknowledged that textile manufacturing was Prominent German companies that attended the expert knowledge and intensive application advice. installations to yarn producing companies for
along the entire textile value chain from spinning, Pakistan’s most important exporting business with BMWi symposium were: spinning preparation as well as cleaning lines for
knitting, weaving, nonwovens and finishing. They 58% of all exports, and accounting for USD 13.3 The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Brückner Group Karl Mayer GmbH cotton, man-made fibre opening, fibre blending
visited Pakistan on a five-day trip to Karachi and billion of exports. He added that to compete with Energy (German: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft The Brückner group is one of the leading companies Karl Mayer prides itself as a trendsetter in the fields
Lahore to establish a Pakistani-German business companies in other countries, the Pakistani industry und Energie), abbreviated BMWi, is a cabinet-level in the production of textile finishing lines. Their of Warp Knitting, technical textiles and warp installations, waste cleaning lines, cards, draw
dialogue. Five days of conferences, individual needed high quality products, flexibility to meet ministry of Germany. It was established as the preparation for weaving. The company provides frames, combers, and systems for monitoring of
Ministry of Economics and Technology. portfolio comprises line systems for the finishing of various machine concepts and tailor-made solutions operating and quality data.
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