7th ITMA Asia + Citme combined show successfully opens in Shanghai

 

“We are extremely pleased to be able to stage Asia’s largest textile machinery exhibition during this challenging period, thanks to the strong performance of the China’s textile industry, and the support of our exhibitors and partners. This edition of ITMA Asia + Citme has further sealed the combined exhibition’s reputation as the leading-edge business platform in Asia for textile machinery,” Ernesto Maurer, president of Cematex, said in a press release.

 

“Each edition of ITMA Asia + Citme sees strong textile industry turnout. As an industry platform, it has been instrumental in facilitating the industrial upgrading of the textile industry in China and Asia. It is especially crucial now as the physical show allows companies to reconnect face-to-face again. Such meetings held in person are critical for building business relationships in the longer term and we are pleased to enable our participants the opportunity to do so in this exhibition,” Wang Shutian, honorary president of CTMA added.

 

Key highlights of the show include: the largest contingent of exhibitors at ITMA Asia + Citme 2020 comes from China, which has over 1,000 participants occupying over 56,000 square metres of net exhibit space; a total of 170 exhibitors from Cematex territories are taking part in the exhibition. Two of the largest national groups are Germany and Italy; the next largest group of exhibitors come from Japan, taking up more than 2,200 square metres of net space; although international participation has been greatly reduced due to travel restrictions, ITMA Asia + CITME 2020 still features leading brand names from Europe and Japan. They include Automatex Solution, Fil Control, Groz-Beckert, Itema, Jeanologia, Karl Mayer, MS Printing Solutions, Meech International, Muratec, Oerlikon Barmag, Picanol, Reggiani Macchine, Rieter, Santoni, Saurer, Savio, Shima Seiki, Staubli, Toyota, Tsudakoma, Vandewiele and Vanwyk; and in term of product categories, similar to previous editions, spinning remains the largest sector, occupying 25 per cent of the total exhibit space. The finishing sector forms the next biggest group at 24 per cent, followed by knitting (13 per cent), weaving (12 per cent) and printing (8 per cent).

 

ITMA Asia + Citme is organised by Beijing Textile Machinery International Exhibition Co Ltd and co-organised by ITMA Services.