French machinery manufacturers have been actively preparing themselves for ITM 2012 to be held at Istanbul during April 21-24.
They used to come to ITM and, more generally, to Turkey which they consider a strategic market. Their latest regional collective action took place in October 2010 at Gaziantep (Turkey) and Alepo (Syria) where they organized two conferences. At Gaziantep they focused on the carpet industry which is so important in this fast growing city of Eastern Turkey.
For Evelyne CHOLET, the French Textile Machinery Manufacturers Association’s Secretary General, “the next ITM will be a major opportunity to meet once more our customers, communicate, at the highest level, about their needs to compete successfully on the ever changing global market, to introduce must-have new products, to have highly reliable, low-cost and eco-friendly processes”.
Christian GUINET, President of the Association’s promotion commission and manager of STAÜBLI, says he is much impressed by the dynamism of the mostly family-run companies working for their long-term future and that he will be personally very happy to have at ITM 2012 a new opportunity to meet such entrepreneurs.
It is important to note that France is the sixth textile machinery exporter worldwide. Together the 35 manufacturers’ annual exports exceed 1 billion Euros ($1.3 billion). France is also a main regional supplier of textile machinery, for example, the fourth supplier for Turkey.