The 13th edition of the Knit-Tech, a knitting technology trade fair organised by Hi-tech International Trade Fair under the India Trade Promotion Organisation concluded on February 9. More than 200 companies from India and abroad exhibited state-of-the-art machinery related to knitwear production which included circular knitting machines, dyeing and finishing machines, knit printing appliances, computerised flat knitting machines, yarn conditioning machines, sewing machines and fabric dyeing machines.

Apart from these, textile printing inks, air treatment solutions, spares of embroidery machines, knitting accessories, stripped fabrics, air compressors and needles used for production of hosiery items were also displayed. Since the exhibition was approved by the India Trade Promotion Organisation, foreign exhibitors were able to bring in instruments without paying import duty for display.

The organisers had also organised fashion shows and seminars to give value addition to the exhibition. A vintage apparel machinery museum was set up. It took visitors through a journey of transformation which apparel machinery has undergone in the last three centuries.

Some of the attractions at the museum included models of the 18th century Swiss Box Iron, which used a heated metal piece placed inside the hollow of the iron to press the fabrics without scorching the cloth, and a multi-system hosiery circular knitting machine used more than a century ago, paving the way for the production of high quality socks. A model of a power embroidery machine used during the Industrial Revolution was also a huge attraction.