Four-day Consumer Expo-2015 at North Orissa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NOCCi) Business Park, Bampada was on Friday inaugurated by district Collector Sanatan Mallick.
Nocci president Devasis Mahanty, convener Amit Behera, joint secretary Harish Patel and Nocci infra vice president Shakti Singh Das were among others who spoke about the objectives of the event.
“The expo targets participants from building materials, building interior, electrical consumer products, automobile industries, cosmetic products, home and office furniture, electric and electronics, home and premises security, garment products, toys, jewellery, footwear, home appliances, garden equipment, agro industries, handicraft and handloom sectors,” said NOCCi president Mahanty.
The NOCCi, amongst its many other endeavors, has created a world class exhibition and convention centre, named as ‘Balasore International Expo Centre (BIEX).’It is a facility for holding trade fairs, exhibitions and conventions at Baleswar (Chandipur on sea), the humming coastal town of northern Odisha. The centre can cater to the need of three State capitals such as Bhubaneswar, Kolkata and Ranchi and many other economic hubs including Jamshedpur and Kharagpur, etc.
The BIEX has a 40,000 sq ft air-conditioned exhibition hall, with all facility to accommodate 150 stalls of 9 sq meter area each. In addition, ample open area to park vehicles, and arrange open air exhibition is also available.
The BIEX facility is in a 10 acre campus of the NOCCi Business Park, having star rated accommodation, recreation, cottage industry exposition and open air theatre, modern office facility, close to NH-5. Exhibitors and visitors can get all amenities, F&B services, banking, freight forwarding, courier, and travel services all under one roof in the Business Park.
After the grand success of the international exhibition-“Plast Future East-2014” during November 7-9 last year, the NOCCi has orgainsed the event.
Colourful cultural programme with daily celebrity events are being organized for making the Expo interesting for visitors. About 10,000 visitors are expected in the exhibition venue from around the district every day, said the organisers.