‘TIE-2010,' a buyer-seller meet, at Tuticorin

Micro Small and Medium Enterprises–Development Institute (MSME-DI), Chennai in association with Thoothukudi District Tiny and Small Scale Industries Association (THUDITSIA) will organise a buyer-seller meet at Tuticorin from August 6 to 8.

Called ‘TIE-2010,' the buyer-seller meet will bring in the representatives of 10 to 12 large and medium scale industries and MSMEs on a common platform to enhance their business. The former is scouting for sub-contractors and suppliers, while the latter wants to demonstrate their capabilities.

Talking to reporters on Monday, S. Sivagnanam, Director, MSME-DI said that they have been providing inevitable marketing support to MSMEs through conduct of workshops, exhibitions, conferences and buyer-seller meets.

Apart from holding buyer-seller meets in Chennai and Coimbatore, MSME-DI would focus on secondary cities such as Madurai, Tuticorin and Tiruchi.

According to him, the objective of ‘TIE-2010' is to provide marketing opportunities for MSMEs to showcase their strength and competitiveness; provide an insight into modern technological development; showcase capabilities of industrial equipment and machinery suppliers, manufacturers and technology and service providers.

“Tuticorin is slowly transforming into a Sakthi City from Pearl City. The export and import activities through Tuticorin Port have increased by over 1.5 times. The scope for industrial growth is very high and that is why we are conducting this meeting here,” he said.

Representatives of fabrication, general engineering, salt factories, match factories, food processing industries, fly ash bricks manufacturing, export oriented fish processing industries and process machinery manufacturers and port based service providers are participating in the exhibition. “THUDITSIA has over 400 members. This buyer-seller meet is being organised for the second time. It will be attended by over 10 large companies and about 250 delegates and it will benefit those operating in and around Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari and other southern cities.”