More Indian trade visitors at
VDMA
member-booths
VDMA conducted a survey among
its 230 members attending the exhi-
bition to elicit their views on ITMA.
Revealing the results to ITMA Daily
News, the Chairman of the VDMA
exhibition and marketing group, Mr.
Hermann Selker, said the members
thought the show was better than
they expected and that there were
more people than at ITMA in Mu-
nich four years ago.
Mr. Selker, also the Marketing
Manager, Trutzschler Spinning, said
the members felt the No.1 [visitor]
group was from India and there were
also many visitors from Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Indonesia and Turkey.
Mr. Thomas Waldmann, VDMA
Managing Director, added that Mo-
rocco, Algeria and South America
were well represented in the spin-
ning area.
Barcelona played its part in at-
tracting so many Indian visitors, as
the city is well known in India as an
attractive destination for business-
men.
Said Mr. Selker: “A key topic
of discussion among visitors was
energy effciency. In Pakistan and
Bangladesh, in particular, there are
problems regarding availability of
electricity and the price is high. The
VDMA Blue Competence campaign
assists us in communicating the ef-
fciency of German textile machin-
ery.”
The year 2011 has been far bet-
ter than 2010 for German textile
machinery manufacturers. “There
is a good mood here. Our custom-
ers are optimistic for the rest of the
year. We think 2012 will be a stable
year”, he added.
VDMA also welcomed a 35-strong
CITI delegation to ITMA. “This is
proof of the dedication of the Indian
industry to German-manufactured
textile machinery,” said Mr. Wald-
mann.
Mr. Selker disclosed that Trut-
zschler has a long tradition of work-
ing with India. “We have had a
manufacturing plant in India for 25
years. The Indian delegation spent a
long time on our booth”, he said.
VDMA now has four offces in In-
dia.
w
Visitors from the Indian
sub-continent account-
ed for 47 per cent of
those who visited the
VDMA (German Textile
Machinery Associa-
tion) member-booths at
ITMA.
Mr. Hermann Selker,
Chairman, VDMA exhibition, and
Head-Marketing, Trützschler GmbH
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