#ITM 2018

2018-04-16

ITM 2018 opens its doors for record-breaking number of participants and visitors

ITM 2018 continues with great enthusiasm and many domestic and international visitors. Meeting point for the textile world, ITM 2018 International Textile Machinery Exhibition opened its doors at TÜYAP Istanbul on April 14th, at 9:30 AM. With its grand opening, ITM 2018 exceeds all expectations. Organized by Teknik Fuarcılık and TÜYAP partnership in cooperation with TEMSAD, ITM 2018 Exhibition is one of the industry's most important global events as well as being the biggest trade exhibition in the region of in Turkey, the Near East, and the Middle East.

Transformed into a show with the participation of industry professionals, participating companies, press members and guests, the ITM 2018 Exhibition continues enthusiastically for company owners and representatives. During the exhibition, many textile machine leaders are launching their new technologies for the world.

Being the most important textile technology exhibition in the region where thousands of companies from all over the world are participating, and thousands are visiting, the ITM 2018 is being held with the participation and visits of hundreds of producers worldwide, and investors from all over the world.

At ITM 2018, companies serving in all the sub-sectors of the industry, from cotton to yarn, weaving, knitting, digital printing, dyeing and dressing, bring together their latest technological products.

Purchasing committees from many countries including Iran, Uzbekistan, India, Russia, Egypt, Morocco, Panama, Tunisia, Ethiopia and Kenya are coming to the exhibition. Also the Colon Free Zone of Panama, the world's second largest Free Zone, is opening its booth for the first time at ITM.

Introducing the latest machinery and technologies of the world's leading brand in the textile machinery world, the exhibition is offering tremendous business opportunities for all professionals who want to stay up-to-date about the industry and follow the innovations.

Two Other Exhibitions are Being Held Simultaneously with ITM 2018

Being the first and only exhibition in its field and is held for the seventh time this year, the Hightex 2018 is awaiting its visitors at Hall 9. At Hightex 2018, textile producsts such as nonwoven, technical textile, intelligent which are rapidly complying the technological developments in the industry are being introduced. Continuing to be one of the most important platforms guiding the yarn industry, the Yarn Exhibition hosts industry representatives. High-performance and quality products of the top producers in the industry are exhibited at Hall 11 during the exhibition.

Italian Trade Agency ITA took its place at ITM 2024 with its Italian Pavilion

The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) decided to participate in the ITM 2024 Exhibition this year with the Italian pavilion. Italian textile machinery manufacturers, which are leaders in the global textile industry, will mark on the ITM 2024 with their innovative technologies focusing on energy consumption, efficiency, sustainability and digital transformation.

Providing Turkey's visa facilitation will make ITM 2024 a global destination

Leading textile machinery manufacturers, global industry investors and professional visitors will meet at ITM 2024 to see the latest textile technologies. The fact that the textile manufacturers of the countries that have visa problems when travelling to Europe will not have this problem when coming to Istanbul will increase the number of exhibitors and visitors of ITM 2024 Exhibition.

ITM 2024 gets ready to bring textile technology leaders together with global buyers

ITM 2024 Exhibition, where world brand companies in textile machinery and technologies will introduce the latest products they have developed, will host a unique experience with the diversity of exhibitors, visitor profile and the business volume it creates. Visitors to ITM 2024 Exhibition will have the opportunity to discover the technologies that will shape the future of textile.

2026 general meeting of the Friends and Supporters of RWTH Aachen at ITA

The Friends and Supporters of RWTH Aachen e. V. (proRWTH) looked back on a successful year of support at their 2026 general meeting. The meeting took place at Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) of RWTH Aachen and was combined with a joint session of the Executive Board and the Administrative Board. Before the general meeting began, participants were given a guided tour of ITA, providing them with fascinating insights into current research and development topics in textile engineering.

Cotton ConneXions Insight to Impact brings supply chain leaders together around cotton innovation

Cotton Incorporated’s Cotton ConneXions Insight to Impact brought together more than 300 industry leaders from 140 companies across 10 countries, including more than 45 top global brands and sourcing organizations, underscoring strong global interest in cotton-rich product development, sourcing and supply chain collaboration.

Footwear innovation enabled by warp knitting technology– insights from New Balance

The future of the athletic shoe is increasingly being shaped on warp knitting machines. For KARL MAYER, the footwear industry is one of the most important growth markets – and one of the sectors where innovative textiles can realize their full potential. In his keynote address at the opening of KARL MAYER’s TEXTILE INNOVATION CENTER in Obertshausen in April, Vishnu Prakash Muthusamy, Senior Textile and Materials Engineer at New Balance, explained the opportunities that warp knitting technology opens up for performance, sustainability, and faster development processes, and why textile manufacturers are transitioning from suppliers to development partners.