TEHRAN - Attended by senior officials, the 24th edition of Iran’s international exhibition of Textile Machinery, Raw Materials, Home Textiles, Embroidery Machines and Textile Products known as IRANTEXT and the 6th International Apparel Exhibition (Iran Mode 2018) started operating at Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds on Sunday.

More than 220 domestic and foreign companies from over nine countries are exhibiting their latest products, services and achievements in the textile industry at IRANTEXT 2018, IRNA reported.

As reported, 141 domestic companies along with 80 foreign exhibitors from Italy, Switzerland, Romania, Belgium, Taiwan, France, Turkey, Germany, China and Austria are participating in this exhibition.

As for Iran Mode exhibition, 60 Iranian participants are presenting their latest collections and productions of clothing to introduce the most up-to-date designs based on Iranian and Islamic culture.

Creating competition and exchanging information between manufacturers and exporters, improving domestic production, developing domestic designs, helping development of employment, marketing and increasing exports, and increasing efficiency have been mentioned as some of this exhibition’s main goals.

Both the exhibitions will wrap up on Wednesday.

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