Cottage Industries Exposition Limited

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Cottage Industries Exposition Limited
Company type Public
Industry Carpets and Handicrafts
Founded1978
Headquarters Dubai, UAE
Key people
Abdul Rashid Mir, Founder and CEO [1]
Website CIE, Miraj Islamic Art Centre SAGA World Dubai, SAGA Departmental Stores

Cottage Industries Exposition Limited (CIE) [2] [3] is a multinational company that sells carpets, handicrafts and other heritage items from India and the Middle East. [4]

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Cottage Industries Exposition Ltd was established in 1980 as an export-trading house.

Beyond the Indian shores, this concern for heritage is sustained by establishing emporia in Thailand, Mauritius, Indonesia, Cambodia, Africa, the Middle East, United Kingdom and the United States provide an opportunity not only to view and share the Indian heritage from the days gone by but also provide an opportunity to purchase items such as carpets, Pashmina shawls, silk, gilded artifacts, reproductions of Islamic art and miniatures. Bill Clinton, Madeleine Albright, Carl Lewis, Bill Gates, Madonna & Paul McCartney have all been CIE clients. [5]

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