ITMA 2019, which opened its gates on June 20, 2019 in Barcelona, willprovide a first-hand look at the technology proposals of roughly 360 Italian machinery manufacturers. Italian exhibitors will occupynearly 30,000 sq. metersof the total space at the exhibition.
Alessandro Zucchi, President of ACIMIT, stated, “Italy’s textile machinery industry will play a leading role, with a large number of participants at the largest international showcase for textile machinery products. This confirms the vitality of our industry, especially with regards to the qualitative and technological levels that Italy knows how to express.”
Italian textile machinery and digitalisation
The digitalisation of textile production processes is an indispensable response to new trends in the requiring faster time-to-market and just-in-time production.
Zucchi states, “Our manufacturers aim to provide a suitable response to clients who are facing difficult challenges in developing new production processes and business models within the textile industry. Our products ranges are increasingly compliant with 4.0 technologies.”
There are numerous examples of such types of technologies in Italian machinery at ITMA. Among these include the intelligent management platforms, on-board machine sensors for data acquisition allowing the monitoring of both the machine and products, predictive maintenance, for a reduction in costs obtained through less downtime, and augmented reality applications supporting the operator in the various production phases.
Government support
The Italian textile machinery sector is supported by the Italian Government, through the Ministry of Economic Development and Italian Trade Agency for the promotion abroad and internationalisation of Italian companies.
Roberto Luongo, General Director of Italian Trade Agency states, “This year’s ITMA trade fair exhibit in Barcelona is once again an essential international showcase for Italy’s textile machinery industry. Textile machinery represents the excellence of Made in Italy industrial technology, with an acute propensity for internationalisation in its entrepreneurial fabric, requiring innovative, global and high level outlets to consolidate its business. For this reason, we have lent our support to the entire textile machinery chain with a significant investment in the promotional program and, in collaboration with ACIMIT, supporting all companies exhibiting at the trade fair with a structured activity plan, aimed at enhancing the keywords of the 2019 edition: sustainability, digitalisation and technology.”
Among the various initiatives supporting the participation of Italian textile machinery manufacturers at ITMA is a communication campaign in industry specific magazines and portals, as well as the organisation of a press conference during the fair.
