ITMA

: : ITMA History : :

The first ITMA exhibition (Internationale Textilmaschinen Ausstellung) was launched by CEMATEX in 1951 and has taken place with great success every four years since then –

1951 Lille	1955 Brussels	1959 Milan	1963 Hannover
1967 Basle	1971 Paris	1975 Milan	1979 Hannover
1983 Milan	1987 Paris	1991 Hannover	1995 Milan
1999 Paris	2003 Birmingham	2007 Munich

In 1999 CEMATEX made the decision to launch an event which catered to the growing needs of Asian textile manufacturers which represent a significant percentage of its association members’ buyers.

ITMA ASIA 2001 Singapore

ITMA ASIA 2005 Singapore

ITMA ASIA + CITME 2008 Shanghai

: : The role of ITMA : :

•	to encompass the whole range of textile and garment machinery and associated technologies, thereby creating the world’s most comprehensive textile related exhibition
•	to welcome and perpetuate the ‘World Forum of Textile Technology’
•	to be the showcase for the latest technology in the textile and garment machinery industry in order to meet the requirements of all the actors of the textile field
•	to maintain and strengthen its position as the leading exhibition of the textile and garment machinery industry with exhibitors and visitors coming from countries world-wide
•	to strengthen the textile and garment machinery industry
•	to offer a reasonable cycle of exhibitions not only in the interest of its member companies but also to the benefit of their customers
•	to offer the best value for money to exhibitors and visitors