Italian Textile Machinery ITM 2006 during Jun 27-Jul 2
25 May '06
3 min read
The 2006 edition of ITM, the trade fair event dedicated to textile machinery to be held from 27th June to 2nd July 2006 in Istanbul, will play host to over 160 Italian manufacturers exhibiting their latest technology innovations applied to the textile industry.
The significant number of Italian exhibitors on hand attests to the solid relationship which has been created between Italian textile machinery manufacturers and Turkish companies operating in the textile and garments industry.
The trust the local textile industry has placed in Italian technology is confirmed by the value of Italian exports to Turkey, amounting to 232 million euros in 2005, making Turkey the second major market for Italy's textile machinery industry.
Italian machinery most in demand by Turkey are for weaving sector (27 percent of the total), knitting one (26 percent) and finishing one (25 percent).
In the current post-quota era, following the end of the Multifibre Agreement, Turkish textile manufacturers too must face competition from Far East producers. To free themselves from competition based solely on price, the entire Turkish textile and garments sector have shifted their production to the mid-high ends of the market, further increasing the quality of their products so as to assert a “Made in Turkey” trademark on international markets.
This enhanced qualitative level in textile products has therefore required an upgrading in existing production capacity, and Italian textile machinery manufacturers have proven ideal partners in supplying the right solutions for this modernisation process.
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