»» NEWSLETTER Nov'05 »» The ILPA RQC - Gloves committee in Dusseldorf 2005.

Courtesy ... Paresh Rajda

The ILPA RQC - Gloves committee - participated in a joint stall at the A+A 05 fair in Dusseldorf from 24th to 27th Oct. 05. This is probably the world's largest fair on Personal Protective Equipment and with full support of CLE, India's flag flew proudly with a 36 sq. mtr. stand.

The number of visitors at our stand was very large. A lot of technical people with useful comments & suggestions were there. About 114 seriousvisitors from 40 countries registered at the stall & had detailed discussions 7 business was generated. Of course many regular buyers too visited the stall & over 5 million Euro worth of new business would have been concluded & many new clients are in the pipe line. Old customers too would have been concluded substantial business with our participating members.

Apart from the new business visitors, new contacts and renewing old ties our presence gave a boost to the "Made in India" image in an exhibition where there was a HUGE CHINESE presence . Our smaller but more educative stall stood out in a sea of Chinese small stalls offering "just cheap products". The India quality, technical information & innovation were appreciated by all.

In conclution it was a successful participation & cooperation amongst exporting members was strengthened & our joint efforts will yield to bigger growth of this industry.

An interesting development was that a very detailed quality meeting was held with the vice-president of the German Gloves Asscn. Where developments of incoming new quality norms were discussed & it was agreed that the same could be addressed jointly.

The ILPA RQC is striving to write a new chapter of cooperation in the industry & are making slow but sure progres.