ITMA ASIA – Asian International Exhibition of Textile Machinery

ITMA is the world’s largest international textile machinery exhibition, an event which is owned by CEMATEX. ITMA is recognised as the ‘Olympics’ of the textile machinery

industry and the event has taken place every 4 years since its launch in 1951. In 1999,

CEMATEX made the decision to introduce an event which catered to the growing needs

of Asian textile manufacturers which represent a significant percentage of its association

members’ buyers. In 2001, ITMA ASIA made its debut in Singapore. Its second presentation held in 2005 grew by over 30 percent, with more than 850 international exhibitors from 36 countries taking over 40,000 sqm net (over 80,000 sqm gross).  Over 30,000 international visitors from 86 countries attended the event in 2005.

CITME – China International Textile Machinery Exhibition

CITME was launched in 1988. It has grown to be the most established as well as the

largest international textile machinery exhibition in China. With its authoritative

background and professional operation, CITME has become the first ever international

textile machinery exhibition in China endorsed by UFI ( the Global Association of the

Exhibition Industry) in 2002. The 10th edition of CITME, which is sponsored by China

National Textile & Apparel Council (CNTAC), and China Council for the Promotion of

International Trade (CCPIT) and organised by the Sub-Council of Textile Industry,

CCPIT (CCPIT TEX), China Textile Machinery Associations (CTMA), and China

International Exhibition Center Group Corporation (CIEC) was successfully held in

Beijing in October 2006. The exhibition space reached the new record of 65,000 sqm,

of which 25,000 was taken by 440 international exhibitors from 25 countries or regions.

The exhibition also received warm acceptance from the textile industry worldwide.

According to statistics from the Access Control and Registration system,  36,635 trade

visitors from 73 countries attended.