2023 ITMA ASIA + CITME Exhibition Set for Nov. 19-23

ITMA ASIA + CITME, Asia’s business platform for textile machinery, continues to draw interest for its exhibition, which has been rescheduled to take place from Nov. 19-23, 2023 in Shanghai. To date, more than 1,400 exhibitors from 24 countries and regions have applied to take part in the combined exhibition.

Six exhibition halls of the National Convention and Exhibition Center grossing over 160,000 square meters have been booked, according to the show owners – CEMATEX and its Chinese partners, the Sub-Council of the Textile Industry, CCPIT (CCPIT-Tex), China Textile Machinery Association (CTMA) and China Exhibition Centre Group Corporation (CIEC).

Exhibitors are also buoyant about prospects as China’s economy is projected to be performing better than expected. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently revised its forecast for China’s GDP growth upwards to 5.2% in 2023 from its previous projection of 4.4% last October.

“The reopening of China’s economy is pivotal for the region as China is a key driver of the expansion. Such positive news has helped textile machinery manufacturers to rebuild their confidence in the China market,” said Ernesto Maurer, president of CEMATEX, which owns the ITMA and ITMA ASIA exhibitions.

“We salute our exhibitors for keeping faith with us,” he added. “Not only have they not withdrawn their participation, some have even increased their booth space. We have also received a steady stream of enquiries from new applicants.”

“Compared with the previous combined exhibition, the number of exhibitors in this edition has increased by 15 percent, with new exhibitors accounting for 30 percent of the total number of exhibitors,” Gu Ping, president of China Textile Machinery Association, noted. “We welcome the presence of these new enterprises as they will add to a more diverse showcase of the technological innovation and provide new vitality and impetus for the development of the textile industry.”

The combined show is organized by Beijing Textile Machinery International Exhibition Co., Ltd and co-organizer ITMA Services. Online visitor registration is now open. To register or for more information, please visit www.itmaasia.com.