Home textiles from Pakistan - Pakistan Textile Journal

M. Naqi Bari, Chairman,
Bari Textile Mills Pvt. Ltd.
Naseem Anwar and Imran Mahmood of Tulip
Towel Industries Pvt. Ltd.
Home textiles from Pakistan
Around 210 manufacturers of home textiles from Pakistan participated at Heimtextil 2011. During last 10 years, this
participation has increased remarkably making Pakistan the fourth largest exhibiting country at Heimtextil after China, India
and Germany. The exhibition area has also increased manifold for many of the
participating Pakistani companies over the years. According to Mr. Naqi Bari,
Chairman Bari Textile Mils, Heimtextil this year is a show where both buyers
and Pakistani suppliers are cautiously negotiating and doing business but for
short term only due to the uncertain cotton prices. However the signals are good
for Pakistan’s home textiles as buyers seem willing to accept higher prices.
According to Mr. Ayaz Thaver of GIA Associates, one of the first exhibitors from Pakistan at Heimtextil, “the platform of
Heimtextil has been instrumental in development of the home textile sector in Pakistan. The exhibitors who came to the
first Heimtextil were able to market their products without any quotas and restrictions. This helped them to establish a solid
base of home textile industry in Pakistan. Heimtextil has gained even more importance for Pakistan with time.” In the following
pages we bring for our readers some glimpses of Heimtextil 2011.
Asim Shehzad, Director Marketing, Saqib Jabbar,
Director of H.A.R. Textiles Mills Pvt. Ltd. with
Imran Hameed.
Bashir Ali Muhammad, Chairman Gul Ahmed
Group and President ITMF.
Suleman Bhura, Director, Asif Ibrahim Bhura with
Yousuf Agha of Union Export Pvt. Ltd.
Muhammad Amjad, Executive Director and
Omer Ali Director, Shama Exports Pvt. Ltd
Aziz Thaver of Gia Associates.
Muhammad Ajaz Saya, Director, Saya Weaving
Mills Pvt. Ltd. with Hadi Salahuddin.
Abbas Tahir Qadri, General Manager,
Polani Textiles.
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Shehzad Ghani, Chief Executive, Anis
Mohammad, Director, Syncotex.
Arshad Siddiqui, Executive Director with Nadeem
Kamran, Deputy Manager Marketing of Bismillah
Fabrics Pvt. Limited.
Shahzad Mansoor, M. Amin Rehmatullah and
Naveed Nasir of FB Industries.
Zafar Iqbal Sarwar, Chief Executive,
Zis Textiles Pvt. Ltd.
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Saleem Ahmed, Director, Esquire Garments.
Farooq Afzal of Integrated Textiles Network with
Abdul Samad of Samad Textile Corporation.
Majid Waraich, Mohammad Riaz, and Farrukh
Riaz of Fazal Sardar Textile Mils
Rao Saif-ur-Rehman, Chief Executive,
Milli Textiles Pvt. Ltd. with colleague
Kamran Ejaz and Kamran Alam, Partners,
Tee Zee Textile.
Dr. Saleem, CEO , Saleem Textile
Ahsan Saleem, Marketing Manager, Roomi Tex. Faisal Ali and S.A. Waqas of Apex Corporation.

Sohail Shekhani with Johannes Graff von Westphalen, CEO and
Gerd Nasner, Sales Manager, TEXPA
Michela Emilians with Renato Cappa of
Kappa SrL.
Grank Giessmann of Nahmaschinenfabrik Emil
Stutznacker GmbH + Co. KG with
Hafizur Rehman of AHS.
Henning Frank of Monforts Amar Zaidi, of Crescent Commer Corporation
Technology at Heimtextil 2011
Martin R. Glattli, of Polytex Switzerland. Chris Heynen of Heynen Systems BV. Giuseppe Monserrato, International Sales
Manager, ALFA Klebstoffe AG.
Stefano Morazzoni with Luigi Morazzoni of
RIMAC SrL.
Amin Ahmed, Senior Product Manager, Al Borj
Machinery LLC with Hans Hofland of Eisenkolb.
Rik Krieger, Director Sales and Marketing, Swiss
Filament with Dr. Angelo Sabatelli, Regional
Sales Manager, SwissTex Winterhur AG.
Zimmer Austria team at their booth at Heimtextil
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