ITMA ASIA + CITME REVIEW REPORT
Successful Seventh ITMA ASIA + CITME combined show in Shanghai
Largest textile machinery exhibition held since the occupy over 3,700 square meters while 63 Italian start of the pandemic exhibitors take up over 2,500 square meters. The seventh ITMA ASIA + CITME 2020 exhibition in Shanghai with the largest showcase of the latest textile machinery since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic last year. Following an eight-month postponement, the combined exhibition grossing 160,000-square-metre brings together 1,237 textile machinery manufacturers from 20 countries and regions, and their buyers for face-to-face interaction.
The next largest group of exhibitors come from Japan, taking up more than 2,200 square meters of net space. The Japanese participation is coordinated by the Japan Textile Machinery Association - a strategic partner of the combined show. Although international participation has been greatly reduced due to travel restrictions, ITMA ASIA + CITME 2021 still features leading brand names from Europe and Japan. They include Automatex Solution, Fil Control, Groz-Beckert, Itema, Jeanologia, Karl Mayer, MS Printing Solutions, Meech International, Muratec, Oerlikon Barmag, Picanol, Reggiani Macchine, Rieter, Santoni, Saurer, Savio, Shima Seiki, Staubli, Toyota, Tsudakoma, Vandewiele and Vanwyk.
Against the odds, the combined show only contracted by 10% in gross exhibition space. The better- thanexpected performance of ITMA Asia + CITME 2021 attests to China being an attractive textile machinery market. As 2021 marks the first year of China’s 14th Five-Year Plan, it has ushered in fresh development opportunities for the local textile industry, according In term of product categories, similar to previous to the show owners. editions, spinning remains the largest sector, occupying 25 per cent of the total exhibit space. The The largest contingent of exhibitors at ITMA ASIA + finishing sector forms the next biggest group at 24 per CITME 2021 comes from China, which has over 1,000 cent, followed by knitting (13 per cent), weaving (12 participants occupying over 56,000 square meters of per cent) and printing (8 per cent). net exhibit space. Some major exhibitors include CHTC, Fong’s, Ningbo Cixing, Wuxi Another area showcasing industry innovation is the Hongyuan, Hangzhou Honghua, Jiangsu Yingyou Research and Innovation Zone. The zone features 11 Textile Machinery and Changshu Textile Machinery. local universities and colleges. Among the participants were Donghua University, Jiangnan University, A total of 170 exhibitors from CEMATEX territories Qingdao University, Tianjin University of were taking part in the exhibition. They occupy over Technology, Wuhan Textile University, Xi’an 9,200 square meters, amounting to 13 per cent of the University of Technology, Zhejiang University of net space. Two of the largest national groups were Technology and other institutions. Germany and Italy. Fifty-seven German exhibitors
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