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35 TH INTERNA TIONAL TEXTILE MACHINER Y EXHIBITION

ISSUE : 2 www.itmexhibition.com

2 - 6 JUNE 2020

ITM 2020 will Break New

Records with Its Occupancy

Rate Approaching to 100 Percent

The success of the ITM Exhibition, which broke a record with 1150 participants from
64 countries and 59 thousand visitors from 94 countries in 2018, will clearly repeat
itself again this year. The ITM 2020 Exhibition, which has draws great attention from the
moment its sales and reservations started, approached the 100 percent occupancy rate

with the increase in the number of participants and its capacity.

his year, the ITM 2020 (International Textile the fact that textile manufacturers, who are citizens of these
Machinery) Exhibition, which is organized with the countries do not experience such problems while traveling Ekrem İmamoğlu
partnership of TUYAP Tüm Fuarcılık Yapım A.Ş. to our country, and this plays a crucial role in increasing the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor
Tand Teknik Fuarcılık A.Ş., and in cooperation with number of participating companies and visitors in the ITM
TEMSAD (Textile Machinery and Accessories Industrialists exhibitions. The consulates and commercial attaches receive ‘‘I Believe that the ITM
Association) between 2 and 6 June, is expected by its an abundant number of applications from visitors from all
participating companies and visitors with great enthusiasm. over the world reveals that the ITM 2020 Exhibition will also Exhibition will Make
host a large number of visitors. In addition to this, the efforts
INCREASE BOTH IN NUMBER OF VISITORS AND of some tourism companies pursue in order to organize tours Significant Contributions
EXHIBITORS to the ITM 2020.
As the number of booths sold has increased and the continued on page 2 >> to the Development of the
companies expanded the size of the booth square meters, Sector and the Economy’’
which attracted great attention from its participants, and This big appointment in Istanbul, which is
therefore, there is no more vacant booths in some halls of the
ITM 2020 Exhibition. It is already certain that the ITM 2020 located in the center of countries that are Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Exhibition will break new records as in the ITM 2018, because intensively in the textile business, facilitates Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu stated that
of the increase in terms of both the number of visitors and the ITM Exhibition is a very important
participating companies. Citizens of countries such as sector representatives to introduce their trade exhibition for the textile industry
Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Afghanistan, as well as the economy of Istanbul and
Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, state-of-the-art technologies for the first Turkey, and added: ‘‘I am pleased that the
Indonesia, and Malaysia have difficulties to participate time at the ITM exhibition. exhibition is taking place in Istanbul.’’
in the similar exhibitions organized in Europe due to the page 3 >>
hardships encountered when obtaining a Schengen visa. But,
‘‘ITM; An Exhibition that

Adds Value to Istanbul

as well as the Textile

Industry’’

‘‘I must emphasize that
the ITM Exhibition has
an important role in the
perception and branding
of Istanbul as the city
of exhibitions. As the
Chairman of the Board
of Istanbul Chamber of
Commerce, I am delighted
to see the traces of a
professional endeavor
that will uplift the success
of the ITM even higher
than that of the previous Şekib Avdagiç
year’s exhibition.’’ İTO Chairman of the Board
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