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Smart garment technology in

focus at ITMA 2019

ITMA is the world's largest textiles and garment To help garment manufacturers exploit technologies
technology exhibition. For its next edition to be held that optimize the manufacturing process for produc-
in June 2019, the ITMA will be focusing on smart tivity gains, ITMA 2019 is expected to feature a wide
Cotton stocks outside garment technologies. According to Fritz P. Mayer, array of innovative solutions. They range from
garment making machinery to other textile process-
President of CEMATEX, which owns the ITMA
China are projected to grow exhibition, the garment making industry is labour ing machinery, auxiliary machinery and accessories,
intensive and associated with low productivity.
such as: Software and systems for product planning,
design and related automation technology for
Things are set to change. Recently, there has been
much publicity about sew-bots, considered as a garment making, Equipment for product develop-
in 2017/18 major breakthrough in garment automation. Manu- ment, Machinery for shrinking, fusing, cutting prepa-
ration, cutting and related automation technology,
facturers fast enough to ride the digital wave will find
new opportunities and gain an edge over their Machinery for sewing, quilting and linking, Sewing
competitors. supplies and consumables, Machinery and equip-
The world cotton production is projected to increase by cotton mill use grew by 1.6%. Mill use in China is ment for product finishing, Auxiliary machinery for the
10% during 2017/18 reaching 25.4 million tons. Higher projected to grow by 1.5% to 8.1 million tons. Cotton The automation, especially in an integrated textiles garment making industry.
cotton prices during 2016/17 and better cotton price mill use is also projected to grow moderately in India, and garment manufacturing chain, will help to
ratios to other competing crops during 2017 planting Pakistan, Turkey, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Brazil. In address the fashion and clothing industry's current Besides a huge display of technologies, fibres, yarns
campaign resulted in expansion of cotton area by an 2017/18, world trade is projected stable at 8 million tons concerns of short production cycles and sustainable and fabrics, ITMA 2019 will be complemented by
estimated 3 million hectares to over 32 million hectares. and USA will remain the largest exporter accounting for business practices. With greater automation on the conferences and meetings that will add value to the
During 2017/18 the largest gain in production of 23% to 40%, or 3.1 million tons of world shipments. cards, industry players are seeing the resurgence of visits of garment technology buyers, as well as
4.6 million tons is projected in the USA. Production is Bangladesh will remain the largest importer in 2017/18 garment manufacturing activities in Europe and other brands and retailers. It will showcase an integrated
projected to increase in all other major producing accounting for 18%, or 1.4 million tons of world imports. developed economies. The garment manufacturers textiles and garment manufacturing value chain and
countries during 2017/18, including India, China, can be more competitive by improving competencies in addition to machinery, exhibits will also include
Pakistan, Brazil, Francophone Africa and Turkey as per World production is projected to edge over mill use through branding, innovation and R&D. ITMA 2019, yarns, fibres and fabrics, and solutions for technical
the official press release published by International during 2017/18, world ending stocks could increase which will be held in Spain, will be an excellent textiles and nonwovens, and garment making.
Cotton Advisory Committee. moderately and reach 18.7 million tons with stocks to platform for garment manufacturers to explore
use ratio remaining little changed at 75%. However,
Global cotton mill use is projected to increase at an ending stocks in China are projected to decline by 1.7 integrated solutions, ranging from textile and The event will be held from 20th to 26th of June
garment technologies to fibres, yarns and fabrics.
2019, at Fira de Barcelona, Gran Via.
improved growth rate of 2.7% during 2017/18 reaching million tons during 2017/18, while outside China stocks
25.2 million tons. In comparison, during 2016/17 world are projected to increase by 1.85 million tons.
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