ITM 2024 Exhibition, one of the most important meeting points of textile technology leaders, was  completed with great success. ITM 2024, which was organised after the pause experienced all over  the world since September 2022, has been the life line support of the textile industry. Hosting 66.200  professional visitors and investors from 99 different countries, ITM 2024 brought vitality to the textile  industry with machine sales and billion euro business volume for 5 days.

ITM 2024 International Textile Machinery Exhibition, which will be held in partnership with Tüyap Tüm Fuarcılık Yapım Inc. and Teknik Fairs Inc. and in cooperation with Textile Machinery and Accessories Industrialists Association (TEMSAD), was held at Tüyap Fair and Congress Center between 4-8 June 2024. ITM 2024 Exhibition, which was held in 13 halls in an area of 120 thousand square metres, broke new records with the number of exhibitors and visitors as well as machine sales. 1385 companies and company representatives from 71 countries participated in ITM 2024 Exhibition, which was visited by 66.200 people from 99 countries, 45% from abroad and 55% from domestic.

VISA LIBERALISATION INCREASED COUNTRY DIVERSITY

ITM 2024 hosted thousands of visitors from all over the world due to Istanbul’s ease of transportation and the absence of visa problems. The countries of origin of the visitors are as follows: Afghanistan, Germany, United States of America, Angola, Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Czech Republic, People’s Republic of China, Denmark, Indonesia, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Morocco, Finland, France, Guatemala, South Korea, Georgia, India, the Netherlands, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iraq, Iran, Ireland, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Iceland, Japan, Canada, Montenegro, Kazakhstan, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Kyrgyzstan, Colombia, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Lebanon, Hungary, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Egypt, Mongolia, Moldova, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Taiwan, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Oman, Jordan, Vietnam, Yemen, Greece, Zimbabwe

Visitors from 99 Countries Satisfied Exhibitors Organising ITM 2024 in Istanbul provided an ideal environment for global collaborations by increasing visitor diversity. While Turkey stands out as an important market in the textile industry, this diversity further reinforced the strategic importance of the exhibition. Exhibitors expressed their satisfaction for meeting their customers from countries that cannot go to exhibitions in Europe, especially due to visa problems, at ITM 2024. Professional visitors and investors from countries such as Sri Lanka, Uruguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Rwanda, Burkina Faso, Mauritius, Mongolia, Tuvalu once again demonstrated the global attractiveness of the exhibition.

MACHINE SALES AND NEW COLLABORATIONS SIGNED

ITM 2024 Exhibition has once again reinforced its leading position in the sector with the wide range of opportunities offered to its visitors and exhibitors. The companies participating in the exhibition both strengthened their existing business relations and created new business opportunities. From the first day of the exhibition, the exhibitors were flooded with visitors, started machine sales and signed important collaborations. This dynamic environment created a great vitality not only for the exhibitors but also for the textile machinery industry, which has been experiencing a pause since September 2022. During the 5-day exhibition, the machinery sales and collaborations made during the exhibition created a total business volume of more than 1.5 billion euros. This enormous trade volume played an important role in accelerating the sector and the economy.  

LATEST INNOVATIONS IN TEXTILE TECHNOLOGIES EXHIBITED AT ITM 2024

ITM 2024, which was organised this year with the motto ‘Discover the Future’, turned into a textile feast with the participation of hundreds of manufacturers developing leading technologies in the field and the visit of global investors and trade delegations. Exhibitors had the chance to closely follow the developments in the sector by meeting the latest technologies and innovations exhibited during the exhibition. Company owners, managers, employees and sector representatives who visited the exhibition had the opportunity to see the latest technological innovations for the first time and witnessed the world launches. Visitors to the ITM 2024, where innovations from every field of textile from weaving to knitting, from yarn to digital printing, from finishing to denim were exhibited; discovered innovative, natureprotecting, pioneering technologies in digitalisation for a sustainable future. Company owners, who were able to get information from experts about the technologies they will use in their factories, determined the road map for their new investments.

MANY COMPANIES HAVE ALREADY RESERVED  THEIR PLACES AT ITM 2026 

Stating that they have achieved a sales graph far above  their expectations since the first day of ITM 2024 Exhibition  and hosted visitors from all over the world, many company  officials have already booked their places in ITM 2026  Exhibition. Companies went to the registration application  points during the exhibition and applied for intensive  participation for ITM 2026.

ITM 2024 International Textile Machinery Exhibition and HIGHTEX 2024 International Technical Textiles  and Nonwovens Exhibition, which were held in partnership with Tüyap Tüm Fuarcılık Yapım Inc. and Teknik  Fairs Inc. between 4-8 June 2024 at Tüyap Fair and Congress Center - Büyükçekmece / Istanbul, brought the world textile industry together. Global investors who visited the exhibition, where leading technology  manufacturers presented their innovations, signed major purchases and agreements.

This research report has been prepared under  the supervision of the Union of Chambers and  Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) on ITM  2024 International Textile Machinery Exhibition  and consecutive HIGHTEX 2024 International  Technical Textiles and Nonwovens Exhibition held  at TÜYAP Fair Convention and Congress Center –  Büyükçekmece / Istanbul on June 4-8, 2024.

PURPOSE OF RESEARCH

This research aims, by identifying the visitor profiles, the  overall assessments of the fair by the visitors with the  help of the surveys carried out throughout the event  and the information and foreign visitors at the exhibition entrance to present  the analysis results, exhibition-related news summaries  released in the media to the exhibiting companies, and  making use of the gained data to improve and develop  future exhibitions. 

RESEARCH METHOD AND SAMPLE  STRUCTURE

This research was carried out by making face-to-face  surveys with the exhibition visitors equally-distributed  to the days and hours during which the exhibition  was held and randomly picked on different spots  of the exhibition center; assessing the information  forms collected from the visitors at the entrance of  the exhibition; and analyzing the info on the entry  registrations and invitations of the professional visitors. 

SECTORAL COLLABORATIONS

ITM 2024 International Textile Machinery Exhibition  and consecutive HIGHTEX 2024 International  Technical Textiles and Nonwovens Trade Exhibition,  organized by the partnership of Tüyap Tüm Fuarcılık  Yapım Inc. and Teknik Fairs Inc. andwith the  cooperation of TEMSAD Textile Machinery and  Accessories Industrialists Association, was opened  with the attendance of industry professionals,  exhibiting companies, press members and guests. 

EXHIBITION SUMMARY INFO

- 71 countries 1385 companies and company  representatives

- 99 countries 66.200 professional visitors - 36.410 domestic, 29.790 foreign visitors - 55% domestic, 45% foreign visitors

EXHIBITOR INFO

The countries with intensive participation are as  follows: Germany, United States of America, Austria,  Bangladesh, Belgium, United Kingdom, Brazil, Czech  Republic, People’s Republic of China, Indonesia,  France, India, Netherlands, Japan, Iran, Sweden,  Switzerland, Canada, Hungary, Egypt, Pakistan, Peru,  Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey, Greece.

FOREIGN VISITOR INFORMATION

ITM 2024 International Textile Machinery Exhibition  and HIGHTEX 2024 International Technical Textiles  and Nonwovens Exhibition, held simultaneously,  hosted visitors from 99 countries. Countries are as follows: Afghanistan, Germany, United States  of America, Angola, Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan,  Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, United Arab  Emirates, United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Czech    Republic, Peoples Republic of China, Denmark,  Kazakhstan, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus,  Kyrgyzstan, Colombia, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia,  Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Lebanon, Hungary,  Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Egypt,  Mongolia, Moldova, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Pakistan,  Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Russia,  Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka,  Sudan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Tanzania,  Thailand, Taiwan, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Tuvalu,  Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Oman,  Jordan, Vietnam, Yemen, Greece, Zimbabwe.

FOREIGN TRADE DELEGATION

The countries from which the Trade Delegations  came are as follows: Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Lebanon,  South Africa, South Korea, Macedonia, Poland,  Serbia. In addition; International delegations from  Algeria, Morocco, India, Iran, Egypt, Uzbekistan,  Pakistan, Russia visited ITM 2024 Exhibition.

DOMESTIC VISITORS INFORMATION

ITM 2024 and HIGHTEX 2024 exhibitions attracted  36,410 visitors from all over Turkey. The main  provinces with visitors are as follows: Adana,  Adıyaman, Afyonkarahisar, Ağrı, Aksaray, Amasya,  Ankara, Antalya, Aydın, Balıkesir, Bartın, Batman,  Bilecik, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Çanakkale,  Çankırı, Çorum, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Düzce, Edirne,  Elazığ, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gümüşhane,  Hatay, Isparta, İstanbul, İzmir, Kahramanmaraş,  Karabük, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kırklareli,  Kocaeli, Konya, Kütahya, Malatya, Manisa,  Mardin, Mersin, Muğla, Niğde, Ordu, Osmaniye,  Sakarya, Samsun, Sinop, Sivas, Şanlıurfa,  Tekirdağ, Tokat, Trabzon, Uşak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat,  Zonguldak.

Special Section Of Denim  Technologies Was The Centre  Of Attention Of Visitors

The Denim Technologies Special Section, which was opened for the second time this year at ITM 2024-International Textile Machinery Exhibition, which broke records with both exhibitors and visitors from all over the world, attracted great interest from visitors. The specialised hall where denim technology manufacturers exhibited their latest innovations; ITM 2024 Exhibition became a popular destination for visitors. 

In the Denim Technologies Special Section opened in Hall 11A, machines and chemicals used in denim production such as washing, bleaching, dyeing, cutting, patterning, finishing, drying and ozone were exhibited. Visitors had the opportunity to closely follow the future trends in the denim industry with the latest technology products exhibited at the exhibition.

Especially automation, sustainability and digitalisation were among the main themes that attracted the attention of the visitors. Company representatives stated that they established important connections and developed business partnerships thanks to the wide exhibitor network and qualified visitor profile offered by ITM 2024. Denim technology manufacturers, who were satisfied with the exhibition in terms of both the number of visitors and sales figures, have already started to make applications to reserve their places at ITM 2026 and to enlarge their booth areas.

Interviews Broadcasted On ITM Channel Were Highly Appreciated

All developments and news about the ITM 2024 Exhibition continued to be  shared on ITM CHANNEL, which has its own channel and meets its followers  on Youtube. ITM CHANNEL, where the opening ceremony of the ITM 2024  Exhibition, interviews with exhibitor company managers and promotional videos  of all halls from weaving-knitting to fiber yarn, from dyeing-finishing to digital  printing and denim technologies were published, attracted great attention.  Interviews and promotional videos projected on giant screens placed in the  exhibition area; It was watched with interest by both participants and visitors.

The videos, which were shared on ITM Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn  accounts and viewed hundreds of times, received many likes. The company  executives interviewed in the videos drew attention to the diversity of countries  and the professionals who know what they want. Stating that they signed  strong collaborations during the fair, the executives expressed that they are  already looking forward to the 2026 Exhibition.
 

KEY WORDS:

ITM2024     ITM 2026    ITMAASIA2024    GARMENTTEC2025

♦ References

► ITM2024-sonuc-rapor-en.pdf

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