Italy
dominates with
319 exhibitors
The Barcelona edition of the show
closed its doors with some impres-
sive fgures: in excess of 100,000
visitors hailing from 138 countries
paid a visit to the stalls of over 1,350
exhibitors during the eight days of
the trade fair. Italy led the way, both
in terms of the number of exhibit-
ing companies (319) and visitors
who streamed into the Catalan city
(nearly 9,000 or 9 per cent of the to-
tal number of visitors to the event).
“These are very respectful fgures,
mirroring the healthy state of Italy’s
textile manufacturing sector,” em-
phasized Sandro Salmoiraghi, Presi-
dent of ACIMIT. “Our manufac-
turers believed in ITMA as a must
opportunity for the industry, and
they were right.”
The many qualifed contacts es-
tablished must now be rendered
concrete, although a good deal of
business was concluded right then
and there at the trade fair.
Attilio Camozzi, President of
Marzoli, said he is satisfed with the
event’s outcome. “At the fair we
were able to fnalize orders for 30
million euros. Argentina and India
are the main export destinations for
the machinery we’ve sold, but orders
will also be coming in from Turkey,
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.”
“Considering the current situation
in the textile industry and the fnan-
cial crisis, we’re pleasantly surprised
with these results,” confrmed Tibe-
The trend was abso-
lutely positive for Ital-
ian textile machinery
producers exhibiting at
ITMA 2011, and prepa-
rations are under way
for the upcoming edition
of ITMA to be held in
2015 in Milan.
Mr. Sandro Salmoiraghi,
President, ACIMIT
ITMA 2011
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