Recovering from the impact of the pandemic, the highly anticipated ITMA 2023 exhibition in Milan included an impressive gathering of 1,709 exhibitors from the global textile industry, including an increasing number of digital printer manufacturers.
“ITMA 2023 attracted decision-making industry leaders and influential entrepreneurs who recognised the exhibition’s significance in shaping the textile industry’s future,” the organisers said. “With an overwhelming response, the exhibition was attended by a diverse and enthusiastic visitorship of more than 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%).”
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 digitalization 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.”
Federico Pellegata, director of ACIMIT: “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 organization 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.
Exhibitors gave the 2023 edition the thumbs up. “2023 is once again the place to be for decision-makers and experts from all over the world,” said Arno Gärtner, CEO Karl Mayer Group. “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.”
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.”
Digital inkjet shone and, although a small percentage of textile printing, is sure to grow further by the time ITMA '27 comes around, with companies such as EFI Reggiani, Epson, Mimaki, Azon and ColorJet amongst those returning. The next ITMA will be held at the Hannover Exhibition Center from Sept. 16-22, 2027.
ITMAconnect, the world’s largest digital listing of textile and garment technology manufacturers, was launched to complement this year’s ITMA exhibition. Non ITMA 2023 visitors are now able to access the platform to source and network with international technology owners and manufacturers who took part in the Milan exhibition.
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