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The Textile Magazine
OctoBER 2011
ITMA 2011
[exclusive feature]
they need to invest in innovative,
yet cost-effective solutions to stay
ahead of the competition,” said Ms.
Sylvia Phua, CEO of MP Interna-
tional, the organiser of ITMA 2011
and 2015.
Ms. Rita Menon, Textiles Secre-
tary, Government of India, who led
a high-level delegation that included
the Joint Secretary (Textiles) and the
Textile Commissioner, observed:
“ITMA 2011 demonstrated the fn-
est of global excellence in textile
Mr. Stephen Combes,
President, CEMATEX
Mr. Stephen Combes, President of
CEMATEX, said: “ITMA 2011 has
far surpassed our expectations. Con-
sidering that the world is still facing
economic diffculties, the vast ma-
jority of our exhibitors are delighted
with the quality and number of visi-
tors. According to our national asso-
ciations, their members have report-
ed signifcant enquiries and many
have taken even more orders than
they hoped for. The textile and gar-
ment industry must be commended
for its resilience and willingness to
invest and to innovate. The sales and
serious enquiries generated from
qualifed international visitors are
greatly appreciated by the exhibi-
tors, and our participants have all
given a very positive response to the
show.”
Mr. Attilio Camozzi, President
of Marzoli, commented: “A lot of
commercial negotiations have start-
ed and orders have been fnalised
for approximately 30 million euros
With a record participation of 1,350 exhibitors from 45 countries and over
100,000 trade visitors from 138 nations, ITMA 2011 held at Barcelona in Spain
during September 22 to 29 really turned out to be the biggest-ever global textile
and garment machinery technology exhibition. Over 90 per cent of the trade visi-
tors came from outside of Spain. The exhibitors demonstrated their latest techno-
logical products and innovative solutions, with their major focus on sustainability.
The international mix of visitors and buyers received all-round appreciation.
with customers from Argentina, In-
dia, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uz-
bekistan.”
Italy felded the largest contingent
of nine per cent of visitors, followed
closely by the host country Spain
and then India. Germany and Tur-
key ranked fourth and ffth respec-
tively in the visitorship tally. Mak-
ing it to the top 10 list from outside
of Europe are Brazil and Iran.
“Majority of the visitors are from
the textile making hubs in Asia, and
Central and South America. Thanks
to our extensive promotions, we
have been able to attract leading tex-
tile and garment makers from these
areas. Being global companies,