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The Textile Magazine
MAY 2012
German team’s strategic thrust on
energy efficiency, cost cutting
textile machinery
Efficient textile production will be the main
topic at ITMA Asia + CITME 2012. Govern-
ment regulations aiming at higher energy
efficiency have been passed in China and India.
Adjusting to volatile energy and commodity
prices as well as ecological requirements from
retailers and consumers provide a challenge for
textile producers throughout Asia. The member-
companies of the VDMA Textile Machinery
Association are well prepared to give ITMA
Asia visitors profound answers on how to
increase energy or material efficiency so as to
combat cost pressure and to fulfill the needs of
the market.
China’s Five-Year Plan focus
China’s textile industry is entering a new era:
Countries like India, Bangladesh or Vietnam
are leveraging cost advantages to compete
with China for international markets. The 12th
Five-Year Plan of China is aiming high. “The
Chinese textile industry is facing a transforma-
tion process in the years ahead. The 12th Five-
Year Plan sets ambitious goals. Sophisticated
textile products for high-end markets, enhanced
productivity, energy savings and emission
reductions are just some key words that describe
the tasks for the Chinese textile sector. All this
requires technological upgradation”, explains
Fritz P. Mayer, Managing Associate of Karl
Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik and Chairman of
the VDMA Textile Machinery Association.
“The German technology suppliers can play a
major role to reach the targets in the upcoming
change process of the Chinese textile industry.
ITMA Asia 2012 provides an excellent platform
for the German textile machinery companies
to demonstrate how their products and services
Mr. Fritz P. Mayer, Managing Associate, Karl Mayer
Textilmaschinenfabrik and Chairman, VDMA Textile Machinery
Association