ITMA ASIA Successful For 40 Members Of VDMA Textile

This year’s edition of ITMA ASIA + CITME proved to be a success for the exhibiting VDMA member companies, with more than 40 VDMA member companies exhibiting their innovative products.

Measured by booked square metres, Germany had the largest contingent, among the foreign exhibitors.

“Although facing a difficult market situation, this year’s edition of ITMA ASIA has exceeded the expectations, both in terms of the number of visitors and the quality of the talks,” Dr. Janpeter Horn, Chairman of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association said.

“The significant number of foreign visitors to the fair was particularly pleasing,” Dr. Janpeter Horn added.

VDMA members presented their technologies for saving water, energy and raw materials under the heading ‘Smart technologies for green textile production’.

“Saurer is satisfied with both the number of visitors and the quality of the discussions,” Dr Uwe Rondé, CEO, Saurer Intelligent Technology AG also said.

“Our booth was full from morning to evening with customers focused on latest technologies within the three mega trends: recycling, automation and digitalisation,” Dr Ronde added.

“Although machine utilisation in the spinning mills is still well below average, people are already gathering information and thinking about what to invest in once the market recovers,” he stated

“This year’s ITMA ASIA has exceeded our expectations by far. Especially the first day, we met high-quality customers and decision makers at our booth,” Benjamin Reiners, CEO of Reiners + Fürst stated.

“We estimate that about 20 percent customers came from Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam,” Reiners too added.

“All customers agreed that the market situation at the moment is difficult, capacity usage is between 50-75 percent in ring spinning and improvement is expected not before the second half of 2024,” he noted.

“ITMA ASIA was a great success for Trützschler. We welcomed a large number of Chinese visitors as well as a significant number of international visitors,” Dr. Bettina Temath, Head of Global Marketing at Trützschler also said.

The VDMA Textile Machinery Association and VDMA China were present at the fair, to support the members with regard to IPR.

With the help of a VDMA expert and a contracted law firm, the member company Sahm submitted a complaint application for patent infringement disputes during the exhibition to the onsite IPR office.

Both parties, Sahm, and the Chinese company, that used patented design without permission reached an agreement and the Chinese company had to stop displaying functions and designs involving patent infringement.

The latest survey of VDMA members’ subsidiaries in China gives reason to hope that the economic situation in the Chinese textile industry could also improve significantly in the second half of the year.

In addition, European textile machinery manufacturers are urged to be present in the most important market and at the trade fair and offer Asian customers most advanced technology for their demanding challenges.