CII expo huge success

The mega four day long CII expo titled 'Destination Punjab' that concluded on Monday was quite a success judging from the fact that it resulted in over 7,000 enquiries worth around Rs 30 crore.

Spread over 6000 sqm, the Expo had over 120 exhibitors from various sectors like auto components, hand tools, machine tools, engineering, farm equipments, industrial maintenance, consumer durables, healthcare and tourism etc.

The Mega Expo was carrying basic objective of being a platform for the business world to interact and forge partnerships and bring forth newer investments and entrepreneurship opportunities for the future of Punjab.

Rajneesh Arora, Vice Chancellor, Punjab Technical University, said, “One of the key requirements of industry is trained technical manpower and PTU has been playing an important role in fulfilling  this need. At Destination Punjab, we were able to interact with a large number of corporates from Punjab as well as other parts of the country."

Pikender Pal Singh, Regional Director, CII Northern Region said, “Destination Punjab has reinforced the successful track record of CII’s prestigious events which  have always created an investment platform for the state. Looking at the enthusiastic response, we have decided to make Destination Punjab  an annual event,”,he asserted.