The Italian textile and garment industry is looking forward to ITMA.

The industry hopes to leverage this global textile and garment technology exhibition to launch its latest innovations, especially those that will help the industry to digitalise and be more productive as well as those that help in building a more sustainable and circular economy. ITMA will be held in Italy, June 8 to 14, 2023.

However, the structure of the textile and clothing industry in Italy will have to undergo a profound transformation in the coming five years.There is a need for Italy’s textile industry to address two crucial issues: the evolution towards a production system that is more environmentally sustainable, and digitisation of the supply chain, which must include small and medium players. The Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers has accelerated its Digital Ready project for certifying Italian textile machines that adopt a common set of data, in order to more easily integrate with the operating systems of their client businesses.

Despite 2020 being a particularly difficult year for the textile and clothing industry, the textile machinery sector remained resilient, particularly in exports. Italy is the fourth country in the world for textile machinery exports, with a ten per cent share.