International Textile Machinery Association exhibition
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Exhibition related to textile materials
The ITMA exhibition is an event in the textile industry, where manufacturers from around the world gather to showcase their latest developments, innovations, and advancements in textilemachinery. It serves as a platform for professionals in the textile supply chain to gain insights into the latest technological advancements and new machinery and devices that can enhance textile manufacturing processes, including the production of fibers, yarns, and the processing and finishing of textile products.
ITMA is not the first of its kind exhibition. In the past, there have been references to exhibitions that are closely associated with it. One of them is the International Cotton Exposition. The International Cotton Exposition was a world fair held in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1881, showcasing the progress made in the city and developments in cotton production since its destruction in the Civil War and symbolizing the end of the Reconstruction Era and sectional tensions in the country.[1][2]
The first international textile exhibition was held in 1951 at the "Grand Palais de la Foire de Lille" in Lille, France. Since 1951, the event has been held every four years in different countries.[3][4][5][6] Soon the exhibition grew in size and participation of exhibitors. There were only 278 exhibitors at the first ITMA; the number increased to 881 at Basel, held in 1967, which was the fifth event.[4]:24
CEMATEX is a consortium of nine national European textile machinery associations that owns ITMA. According to CEMATEX, it is "the world's largest international textile and garment technology exhibition."[20][21][22][23]
Technological Developments in the Textile Industry
Several machine suppliers display machines and textile testing devices at the International Textile Machinery Association exhibition that can make production more efficient and cost-effective. The following are some examples:
↑ A Rebel Yell for Yankee Doodle: Selling the New South at the 1881 Atlanta International Cotton Exposition. By: Prince, K. Stephen, Georgia Historical Quarterly, 00168297, Fall2008, Vol. 92, Issue 3
↑ Montalvo, Joseph G.; Von Hoven, Terri (2015-10-26), Roberts, Craig A.; Workman, Jerry; Reeves, James B. (eds.), "Analysis of Cotton", Agronomy Monographs, Madison, WI, USA: American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, pp.671–728, doi:10.2134/agronmonogr44.c25, ISBN978-0-89118-236-8, retrieved 2022-12-12
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