欧洲纺织品创新技术及机械设备展览会（ITMA）是全球最大的、最专业的纺织品创新产品技术及生产加工机械设备贸易展览会，该由欧洲纺织机械制造商委员会（The European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers / CEMATEX Associations）组织，以及欧洲非织布制造协会共同主办，从1951年开始，四年一届，在欧洲各地轮流举行。ITMA是时尚趋势的纺织和服装技术平台，行业每四年会聚一堂，探索新的想法，有效的解决方案和合作伙伴关系，促进业务发展。
ITMA是全球最大的纺织服装制造技术平台，ITMA品牌由CEMATEX所有，同时也引进了创新和环保机械。该展旨在通过创新技术实现行业现代化，创造更多的价值和环保解决方案，帮助我们的制造商在纺织品世界市场上竞争。政府部分在该行业的投入也逐年增加，如意大利五年内预算约20亿美元投入实施。
ITMA被公认为纺织和服装技术行业的“奥运展” - 展示最新技术，是来自世界各地买家和卖家的重要会议场所。技术创新是产业转型的基础，对纺织服装业的成功至关重要。ITMA 2019提供无与伦比的市场和知识平台。预计将具有以下特点：总展览面积20万平方米，净展出面积达10万平米以上；来自45个国家的1,600多家参展商；来自约140个国家的超过10万人的游客。即将到来的ITMA将于2019年6月20日至26日在巴塞罗那的Fira De Barcelona，Gran Via举行。
ITMA的作用：为世界纺织服装行业提供先进的平台，为市场提供高效，可持续的解决方案，共享知识和网络；促进和加强CEMATEX成员协会纺织机械行业；为了提供合理的展览周期，不仅符合技术提供者的利益，也为了客户的利益；涵盖纺织服装机械及相关技术的全系列，从而创造世界上最全面的端到端制造解决方案展览。
ITMA 访客资料：纤维，纱线和织物制造商；服装和运动用品制造商；家纺厂家；品牌，零售商及百货店业主；无纺布，工业和技术织物生产商，说明者，买家和用户；时尚，纺织和产品设计师；工程师，技术经理和生产专家；纺织废物回收专业人员；纺织，时尚和技术顾问；大学，研究所和实验室；纺织服装协会；政府和非营利组织；银行与金融机构；媒体所有者。
展品范围(Show Products):
纺纱制备机械，人造纤维生产，纺纱，辅机及配件；卷绕，纹理，扭转，辅助机械及配件机械；无纺布和毡皮，辅助机械及配件的卷筒纸成型，粘合和整理机械；编织机械，织造，簇绒机械，辅机及配件；针织和袜子机械，辅助机械及配件；绣花机械，辅机及配件；编织机械及配件；洗涤，漂白，染整，干燥，整理，切割，滚动和折叠机械，辅助机械及配件；印刷机械，数码印刷机械，辅机，油墨及配件；制衣机械，其他纺织加工机械，辅机及配件；实验室测试和测量设备及配件；运输，搬运，物流，仓储和包装设备及配件；回收利用设备，减少废物和污染防治及配件；设计，数据监控，处理和集成生产软件；纺织工业的着色剂和化学助剂；设备和产品，以确保机械和设备运行；纺织工业服务；研究与创新；纤维，纱线和织物。
展会报告(Show Reports):
19 June 2023 – Recovering from the impact of the pandemic, the global textile industry has demonstrated remarkable resilience, capturing the world's attention with its strong presence at ITMA 2023 in Milan. This highly anticipated exhibition served as a comprehensive showcase of cutting-edge technologies, brought to life by an impressive gathering of 1,709 exhibitors.
ITMA 2023 attracted decision-making industry leaders and influential entrepreneurs who recognised the exhibition’s significance in shaping the textile industry’s future. With an overwhelming response, the exhibition was attended by a diverse and enthusiastic visitorship of over 111,000 from 143 countries. The top six visitor arrival countries are Italy (29%), followed by Turkey, India and Germany (6% each), France (4%) and Brazil (3%).
Mr Ernesto Maurer, President of CEMATEX said: “This edition has been a great success with the visitorship higher than the previous exhibition in 2019. At this ITMA, the transformation journey toward digitalisation and sustainability has taken a huge leap forward. It has been a mega gathering with the presence of stakeholders of the entire textile and garment making ecosystem. CEMATEX associations and their member companies, as well as all other exhibitors, are delighted with the results as the exhibition has surpassed all our expectations.”
Mr Federico Pellegata, director of ACIMIT, noted: "The results of Milan edition confirmed ITMA as the most important showcase for world textile machinery industry. It was a great success, judging from the quality of visitors in attendance, and many Italian exhibitors have secured contracts and sold their machines."
The 19th edition of the world’s largest textile and garment technology exhibition also drew the participation of several delegations and supporting organisation groups. Among many officials and government representatives, ITMA 2023 hosted high-level country delegations from two of the major textile producing countries, India and Uzbekistan.
The delegation from the 6th largest cotton producer in the world was led by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan, who declared his strong intentions to boost the textile industry in his country.
India was represented by Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh, Minister of State (Textiles and Railways) of India who led the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) business delegation. The delegation comprised 39 top Indian textile and apparel CEOs keened to seize new opportunities by riding on the digitalisation and sustainability wave.
Smt. Jardosh said: “ITMA 2023 was an excellent showcase of textile machinery. I am confident that interactions during the fair will further spur investments in the sector and help India achieve Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 5F vision of Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign vision.”
ITMA 2023 also welcomed Ms Valentina Superti, Director, European Commission, DG GROW-Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs. She gave a presentation at the Impact Financing for Sustainable Transformation forum.
Thumbs Up
Exhibitors, ranging from start-ups to seasoned industry bellwethers at ITMA, gave the 2023 edition the thumbs up.
Mr Arno Gärtner, CEO Karl Mayer Group said: “ITMA 2023 is once again the place to be for decision-makers and experts from all over the world. Our participation with the strategic topics of sustainability and digital process solutions provided answers to current customer challenges. We had an unbelievable number of intensive discussions with our international customers. We are glad that the enforcement of IPR regulation is taken seriously at ITMA. We had successfully taken action against a case of infringement of our patent rights during the exhibition.”
A first-time exhibitor at ITMA, Ms Ida Alnemo, Head of Application & Sustainability, TreeToTextile, said: “ITMA 2023 in Milan was our first participation in a large trade show, where we were offered the opportunity to participate in the Start-up Valley, a truly innovative environment which drew high attention amongst the visitors. We had an overwhelming positive response from all over the world, and from all parts of the value chain. ITMA has been a great platform for future collaboration needed to scale breakthrough innovations like ours, to make a positive change of the textile industry in offering better fibres to all.”
Summing up the positive response from participants, Dr Janpeter Horn, Chairman, VDMA Textile Machinery, said: “ITMA 2023 is one of the few international shows that did not suffer a drop in the number and quality of visitors after the pandemic. This speaks volumes about the brilliance of ITMA! The Milan exhibition has set the benchmark for ITMA 2027 in Hanover. We are eager and confident to continue ITMA’s success story 36 years after it has been hosted there.”
The next ITMA will be held at the Hannover Exhibition Center from 16 to 22 September 2027.
