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ITMA 2023 in Italy is fully

booked and the space

application response has

exceeded expectations

More than 93 percent of the exhibition space has of not only the coronavirus pandemic and the
been sold by the application deadline of 15 March ongoing geo-political situation, he was probably
2022. A total of 1,364 applicants from 42 countries referring to the Russia-Ukraine war. However, he
have booked over 111,000 square meters of net added that despite numerous disruptions, the
exhibition space. textile machinery buyers are buoyant about the
outlook of the market now that most borders are
The 220,000 square meters of space available for now open.”
its ITMA 2023 has been fully booked according to
the European Committee of Textile Machinery Space has been allocated to 1600 exhibitors that
Manufacturers (CEMATEX). will be coming from 44 companies. Around 100
companies are on the waiting list hoping to be
ITMA 2023 will take place in Milan from June 8-14. accommodated in their preferred sectors. The ITMA
CEMATEX has described it as “a highly anticipated 2023 will have 20 product sectors that will cover the
showcase of trendsetting textile and garment complete textile and garment manufacturing value
technologies”. chain. This also includes textile composites.
CEMATEX applicants have booked over 65 percent
Charles Beauduin the Chairman of the ITMA of the space. The three countries with the highest
Services for the event said the developers of textile number of applicants are Italy, Germany, and Spain.
machinery technology have booked the total From the rest of the world, the top countries are
available as they have high hopes that this event China, Turkey, and India. The top sectors based on
would attract many buyers as the textile industry is applicant numbers are finishing, spinning, weaving,
optimistic about the future. Many companies have printing, knitting, winding, and nonwoven.
taken advantage of the quiet business environment
during the last two years to research and develop CEMATEX president, Ernesto Maurer, expects many
more innovative solutions. Hence, they are all set to innovative technologies that would be showcased
use ITMA 2023 to unveil their technologies. at the exhibition. He said that the machine
Beauduin advised, “We would like to urge those manufacturers during the lean pandemic period
who have not applied for space to do so soonest to utilized the idle time by accelerating research and
get into their preferred sectors as space is filling up development activities and they will come up with
rapidly.” new and improved technologies. “We appreciate
the strong endorsement from the industry. The
He said the last normal ITMA exhibition will be held space booking status shows the industry’s
in the pre-pandemic era in Barcelona in 2019. The confidence in ITMA as the best global launch pad
world since then has drastically changed because of the latest technologies and innovations.”

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