70 Textile machinery and accessory manufacturers from German paid visit to Ethiopia for four days.

The event was organized by SBS Systems for Business Solutions and Agathon Consulting. The initiation to organize the event was, on the other hand, done by a textile machinery association, VDMA German Engineering Federation.

Among the 70 German companies that came to Ethiopia some are; Groz-Becket KG, Fong’s Europr GMBH, Interspare GMBH, Jakob Muller AG and zHeusch GMBH & co KG.

Ethiopia’s textile export during 2014 reached U.S. $ 120 Million and the plan is to get this figure to U.S. $ 500 Million by 2016.

According to Fortune, the participants were machinery and accessory producers for spinning, knitting, weaving, hosiery, braiding, dyeing and sewing.

Source: Fortune