The Textile Magazine
OctoBER 2011
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ITMA 2011 held at Barcelona in Spain started off
with a lot of scepticism in view of the worsening glo-
bal economic crisis and the uncertainties gripping
the Indian cotton yarn industry. Many Indian as well
as overseas exhibitors withdrew their participation
a couple of weeks before the show. Even those who
braved the odds and confrmed their participation kept
their fngers crossed over the outcome of the show.
However, fortune favours the bold, as the saying
goes. ITMA 2011 surpassed all expectations. With
more than one lakh business visitors, the show has
been rated highly successful by all the exhibitors, par-
ticularly the Indian participants. Many of them signed
up big orders during the show, and “success” was the
consensus among the participants in general.
Although much of manufacturing has moved to In-
dia and China, Europe continues to be the R&D cen-
tre of the global textile industry. ITMA is indeed a
platform to showcase new products and technologies.
The focus is always on improving effciencies and
green technologies.
India led from the front with 125 participants and
over 5,000 visitors. The exact number would be much
higher, but it was very obvious that the maximum
number of visitors, outside of Europe, came from In-
dia. VDMA, the German Association of Textile Ma-
chinery Manufacturers, confrmed that 47 per cent of
the visitors to its member-stalls in the frst few days
were from India.
Team Textile Magazine was present from start to
fnish capturing every interesting moment at ITMA.
In the next two issues, we will present some of the
major highlights of the show. I hope you enjoy read-
ing this exclusive coverage. If you need to know
more about the ITMA participants, do drop us a mail
at textile.magazine@gmail.com
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