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fostered at the series of events organized at ITMA this is particularly important when it comes to
2023. They extended their heartfelt gratitude to all the continued innovation in this challenging market.
participants, exhibitors, visitors, partners, and young Once again, we can look back on a very successful
talents who will drive the industry forward with ITMA trade fair. In fact, it was one of the best ITMA
game-changing innovations for the textile industry. exhibitions in our history – a true success both from
Four years from now ITMA 2027 will take place in an organizational and logistical perspective, as
Hanover, Germany. evidenced by the vast number of visitors to our booth
from day one. The many fruitful contacts we had with
ITMA has shown us countless innovations and customers and prospects from all around the world
pushed the industry towards making further steps to exceeded our expectations and will enable us to sow
sustainable manufacturing, particularly through even more seeds for the future.” Johan Verstraete. VP
adopting digitalization. Exhibitors continued to Weaving Machines, Picanol.
showcase their innovations and as we have seen
already, visitors will continue to invest in what has Innovator Xchange
been a strong buying show – evidenced across the Innovator Xchange provided an excellent platform for
halls. More than the machine purchases, the event visitors to learn about the latest innovations on
has also seen some formidable partnerships form, display at ITMA 2023 and gain insights from industry
which is exciting for the future of the textile and experts based on four trending topics: Advanced
garments industry. Materials, Automation and Digital Future, Innovative
Technologies, and Sustainability and Circularity. The
It highlighted the importance of a digital and Innovator Xchange has attracted a total of 1,174
sustainable transformation in the textile machinery participants over 5 days.
sector in terms of visitors, Day one of the event saw a
4% increase on the last exhibition in Barcelona, Sustainability @ ITMA 2023
Spain. Digitalisation and sustainability were clearly Small Acts, Big Impact
present throughout the halls of this year’s exhibition, With increasingly devastating climate catastrophes,

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