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Asia's leading business platform

for textile machinery

ITMA ASIA + CITME 2022 will be held from

November 19-23, 2023 in Shanghai

ITMA ASIA + CITME is the leading textile machinery exhibition
that combines the strengths of the world-renowned ITMA brand
and CITME - China’s most important textile event.

Jointly owned by CEMATEX and China Textile Machinery
Association, and held in partnership with the Japan Textile
Machinery Association, the biennial ITMA ASIA + CITME “Compared with the previous
exhibition also receives strong endorsement from the Korea combined exhibition, the number of
Textile Machinery Association, Taiwan Association of Machinery exhibitors in this edition has increased
Industry, and other major international and regional industry by 15 percent, with new exhibitors
associations. accounting for 30 percent of the total
number of exhibitors, we welcome the
With a stellar track record of 7 successful editions, ITMA ASIA + presence of these new enterprises as
CITME 2022 will continue to serve as the leading-edge business they will add to a more diverse
platform in Asia for textile machinery manufacturers to extend showcase of the technological
their reach into the thriving market and to build quality innovation and provide new vitality and
connections with buyers exploring advanced manufacturing impetus for the development of the
technologies. textile industry.”
Gu Ping, President of China Textile
The upcoming ITMA ASIA + CITME exhibition will be held in Machinery Association
Shanghai at the National Exhibition and Convention Centre from
19 to 23 November 2023. ITMA ASIA + CITME, Asia’s business
platform for textile machinery, continues to draw interest for its
exhibition, with more than 1,400 exhibitors from 24 countries and “We have successfully held seven
regions applying to take part in the combined exhibition. Six editions of ITMA ASIA + CITME in
exhibition halls of the National Convention and Exhibition Center Shanghai. As part of our strategy to
grossing over 160,000 square meters have been booked, support the aspirations of local
according to the show owners - CEMATEX and its Chinese manufacturers in South Asia, South
partners, the Sub-Council of the Textile Industry, CCPIT East, and the Middle East to modernize
(CCPIT-Tex), China Textile Machinery Association (CTMA) and their operations, we are augmenting the
China Exhibition Centre Group Corporation (CIEC). series with a second location in Asia to
better reach out to the textile hubs in
Billed as the leading textile technology exhibition driving regional these regions.”
growth, ITMA ASIA + CITME moved the exhibition to Shanghai Mr Ernesto Maurer, President of
to enable our members to take advantage of the buoyant textile CEMATEX
sector in China after the country joined the World Trade
Organisation in 2001. Exhibitors are also buoyant about
prospects as China’s economy is projected to be performing
better than expected. The International Monetary Fund (IMF)
recently revised its forecast for China's GDP growth upwards to
5.2% in 2023 from its previous projection of 4.4% last October.

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