#ITM 2018

2018-04-25

A global textile show with 59 thousand visitors from 94 countries: ITM 2018

For two years, the textile industry has been looking forward with great interest to ITM 2018 International Textile Machinery Exhibition, held on April 14-17. From the moment ITM 2018 opened its doors to the sector members from Turkey and many countries around the world, flocked to ITM 2018 Exhibition, make an indelible impression on visitors throughout the four days.

World premieres of textile technology leaders turned the ITM Exhibition into a textile show and put a smile on the participants' face with 58.942 visitors from 94 countries.

ITM 2018 Exhibition, being organized by Teknik Fairs Inc. and TÜYAP, Tüm Fuarcılık Yapım Inc. in partnership and with cooperation of TEMSAD (Textile Machinery and Accessories Industrialists’ Association) hosted textile technology leaders for four days.

ITM 2018 Exhibition is the meeting point of the sector professionals where both national and international companies made sales of millions of Euros and by being a platform where hundreds of various business connections were established, it has written its name in gold letters to the world textile history.

Over 1150 textile technology manufacturers and company representatives from 64 countries participated at the ITM 2018 Exhibition, which took place in 11 different halls, and exhibited their products and technologies that have been introduced to the industry for the first time.

ITM 2018 Exhibition has turned into a textile show with the participation of hundreds of textile machine producers and global investors who are developing leading technologies in their field, have realized world launches. Participating companies draw attention with larger number of machines exhibits in the larger booth.

ITM 2018, beat a record with 14.248 international and a total of 58.942 visitors from 94 countries, among the ITM exhibitions. ITM 2018 has significantly enlarged in both country diversity and visitor numbers compared to the previous ITM Exhibitions. It has raised the success level according to the very positive feedback that has been received from the companies and visitors.

Strong Collaborations Generated during ITM 2018

The ITM 2018 Exhibition, which company owners, company representatives and visitors, will not erase from their memories, has also offered incredible commercial opportunities for all professionals who wanted to take the industry’s pulse and follow the innovations. ITM has been a productive meeting point where companies made sales of millions of Euros from the first day of the event.

The biggest factor behind this success is; the promotional activities carried out throughout the world for two years. Our team has participated in exhibitions and events from China to India, from Bangladesh to Pakistan, from Russia to Uzbekistan in all regions of the world textile producer; we have provided information about the developments and innovations which were foreseen to be presented during ITM 2018 to the company and sectoral associations. Thanks to promotion activities, ITM 2018 Exhibition was preferred as a great destination for textile investors.

Thousands of Visitors from 94 Countries

Countries that have visited ITM 2018 Exhibition: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kosovo, Panama, Guatemala, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libyan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen.

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