AHEC in India
- Written by Staff
The first edition of the Delhiwood Show held at New Delhi’s Pragati Maidan exhibition center from February 14 - 17 was the ideal way for the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) to make contact with operators in the Northern India wood market and launch a handy new technical publication entitled “American hardwoods and their suitability for the Indian market” developed through collaboration with Bangalore’s IPIRTI (Indian Plywood Industries Research & Training Institute) research institute.
For the occasion, AHEC released the latest and most encouraging data regarding exports of American hardwoods to India: a value of 6.2 million dollars was reached in 2008, a staggering 76.3% increase over the year before.
And that’s not all. In collaboration with the Institute of Indian architect – AHEC organized a conference on February 16 entitled “Wood in Architecture” at New Delhi’s Taj Mahal Hotel that was attended by over 249 architects.