OREANDA-NEWS. June 10, 2009. The economic forum held in the framework of the Major Trends in Development of Turkmenistan’s Textile Industry International Exhibition brought together the leading Turkmen and foreign specialists, scientists, businessmen and private producers from the Republic of Korea, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Turkey, Russia and other countries in the conference hall of the Exhibition Center in Ashgabat.

The achievements of Turkmenistan’s textile industry and the prospects for mutually advantageous cooperation in implementing its profound potential were the focus of the reports presented at the forum. It was emphasized that President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov’s innovative policy and initiatives to promote Turkmenistan’s active integration in world economy, favourable investment climate in the country and plans on further enhancement of the industry’s potential had conditioned foreign companies’ intense interest in intensifying business partnerships in this field.

It was noted that during the years of independence Turkmenistan had accumulated the profound experience of cooperation with foreign partners in implementing the investment projects in particular and as a result of this cooperation – dozens of new, factories and industrial complexes equipped with advanced technologies with the complete production cycle – from processing of cotton fiber to manufacture of a wide range of fabrics and finished products built throughout the country. Collaboration with the large financial institutions such as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation and others, contributes to applying latest technologies in industry that allow manufacturing high quality competitive products, which are in great demand in world markets.

The participants noted that Turkmenistan had every requisite to further develop textile industry and increase its export potential. Cooperation with such authoritative and reliable partners as the SGS Group – one of the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification companies would enable to ensure the high consumer properties of Turkmen textiles and to more effectively present certified products meeting the international quality standards at the commodity exchanges.

Awarding the Belcoro certificate was new convincing evidence of the high quality of Turkmen textile goods. The certificate was presented by the representatives of German Oerliron Schlafhorst to Abadan cotton mill. As is known, many textile enterprises in Turkmenistan are supplied with German equipment and today this partnership is filled with a new content. Opening the service centres that repair equipment and provide spare parts and train personnel in Turkmenistan on a regular basis was an important step to expand business contacts between Turkmen and German partners.

Mutually advantageous cooperation was the focus of the report made by an expert of the Korean Institute of Industrial Technology, who highly appreciated Turkmenistan’s strategy for development of textile industry. In this regard the proposals to establish cooperation on training highly qualified textile specialists and application of innovations in industry were put forward during the forum.

During the forum the foreign companies including the long-term as well as potential partners willing to expand on the very promising Turkmen market demonstrated their potential and high technologies of manufacturing protective membrane tissue and clothing in particular. Technical textile was mentioned as one of the most important trends. The companies Sympatex Technologies GmbH (Germany) and Tchaikovsky Tekstil (the Russian Federation) made the presentations during the forum.

Summing up the forum the participants called for furthering the fruitful dialogue to expand effective cooperation through implementing new joint projects as well.