The fifth edition of ITMA Asia + CITME attracted positive feedback from domestic as well as international manufacturers of textile machineries to meet better growth opportunities, while China continues to sustain quality products, higher productivity and use of green technologies. The new National Exhibition and Convention Centre (NECC) in Shanghai will hold the exhibition from October 21 to 25 October 2016 for which space applications will close by February 29, 2016.
Approximately 1,000 applications have been received from manufacturers, say to the show owners, CEMATEX, China Textile Machinery Association (CTMA), the Sub-Council of Textile Industry, CCPIT (CCPIT-Tex) and China Exhibition Centre Group Corporation (CIEC). Gu Ping, Vice President of CTMA said most applicants were Chinese manufacturers, while 30 per cent were first-time participants.
And as per CEMATEX President, Charles Beauduin, with deadline coming soon, more applications from both domestic and international manufactures have been coming in.
ITMA ASIA + CITME 2016 has become a leveraging unit for textile machinery manufacturers to explore and expand their latest technologies while China brings out its 13th Five-Year Plan (2016 – 2020), which is likely to prioritize and focus on upgradation and industrial transformation. According to CTMA, China’s textile industry has proven to be competitive through its huge investments. In 2015, it had about 15,235 new projects. From January to November 2015, fixed asset investments in textile projects of more than five 5 million yuan each amounted to 1.09 trillion yuan; representing a jump of 200 per cent from 2014.
ITMA ASIA + CITME 2016 is organised by Beijing Textile Machinery International Exhibition and co-organised by MP Expositions, Japan Textile Machinery Association stands to be the special partner of the show. Moreover, the last ITMA ASIA + CITME show in 2014 grossed 150,000 sq. mt. and lured around 1,600 exhibitors from 28 countries and a trade visitor ship of around 100,000 from 102 countrie.
