Udyog 2012, organized by Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industries (SGCCI) and National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC), scheduled for four days from 27-30th January, is positioned to bringing together business leaders, corporates, manufacturers, entrepreneurs, buyers and sellers of various industrial segments on a common platform for mutual growth. The special focus of the event is on sustainable solutions with a separate hall allotted to technology directed to the area.
“No industry can ignore the need to be environment-friendly and Surat which has a major presence in processing, is taking a lead in this direction,” says Rohit Mehta, President, SGCCI. Surat has over 600 dyeing and printing mills, 65 MSME chemical manufacturing units and over 1500 weaving units. The emphasis at the fair will be on Green technology in areas of water treatment and recycling, air cleaning and solid waste.
This is the second edition of the event at the specially constructed world class exhibition and convention centre having a pillar-less air-conditioned dome of 1,16,000 sq. ft. spread over 13 hectares. In 2010, the event saw 65,000 visitors and generated business worth over Rs. 250 crore. Confident of success, the fair has received extensive support from not only the Indian industry associations, but also foreign associations like JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization), Consulate General of The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) and Indonesia Trade Promotion Centre, to name a few.
A large section of the fair is devoted to textile and garment machines and going forward the growth area envisaged is technical textiles. “Over the years, the Surat industry has invested more than Rs. 7000 crore on embroidery machines; now the focus is shifting to digital printers. But more than this, there is an awareness that the industry needs to explore in technical textiles for future growth and we are looking to organize a seminar on the topic either at the fair or at the later stage, but certainly in the first half of the year,” says Mehta.
Unflustered by the global market slowdown, Mehta says that the application of fabric produced in Surat is very wide and the manufacturers are not solely dependent on garment exporters for business, so the city has remained positive.
Bharat Tex Special Report 2026 
