More than 1,400 exhibitors from 24 countries and regions have registered for Asia’s leading exhibition for textile machinery, ITMA ASIA + CITME, which was rescheduled last year due to the pandemic situation and will now take place from Nov. 19-23, 2023 in Shanghai.
Venue: The new National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai
ITMA Asia follows on from the success of ITMA Milan in May. Over 160,000 square meters have been booked at six exhibition halls of the National Exhibition and Convention Center, according to show organiser CEMATEX and its Chinese partners, the Sub-Council of the Textile Industry, CCPIT (CCPIT-Tex), China Textile Machinery Association (CTMA) and China Exhibition Centre Group Corporation (CIEC).
“Exhibitors are also buoyant about prospects as China’s economy is projected to be performing better than expected,” said CEMATEX, the owner of the ITMA and ITMA ASIA exhibitions. “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.”
Ernesto Maurer, president of CEMATEX: “The reopening of China's economy is pivotal for the region as China is a key driver of the expansion. Such positive news has helped textile machinery manufacturers to rebuild their confidence in the China market.
“We salute our exhibitors for keeping faith with us. Not only have they not withdrawn their participation, some have even increased their booth space. We have also received a steady stream of enquiries from new applicants.”
The president of the China Textile Machinery Association Gu Ping said: “Compared with the previous combined exhibition, the number of exhibitors in this edition has increased by 15 percent, with new exhibitors accounting for 30 percent of the total number of exhibitors.
"We welcome the presence of these new enterprises as they will add to a more diverse showcase of the technological innovation and provide new vitality and impetus for the development of the textile industry.”
Online visitor registration is now open. To register or for more information, please visit www.itmaasia.com
