A National Textile Machinery and Systems Symposium will be held in Turkey, October 20 and 21, 2022.

The aim is to create a platform that will contribute to the development of Turkey’s textile machinery and systems manufacturing industry. The symposium will bring together machinery manufacturers, the textile and apparel production industry and academics. Among the topics to be discussed are automation systems and digitalization, software and ERP systems, technical textiles and special purpose textile machinery and auxiliary systems, finishing machines and auxiliary systems.

Turkey’s dyeing and finishing machinery alone realizes 80 per cent of the country’s exports. Developing countries such as Central Asia, South Asia and the Arab countries stand out among the main markets of the sector. While the textile and apparel industry and the technical textiles industry are making progress in Turkey, the country continues to import the machinery, software, auxiliary equipment and systems. A competitive position is yet to be attained in fields that require high technology and knowledge such as yarn, weaving and knitting.

Turkey has a target of becoming one of the top three textile exporting countries in the world. The country is already one of the top five textile exporting countries and overtook countries like South Korea and Italy to claim the fifth spot.