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Looking at the 2019 export figures for the textile Egypt and other addressed countries such as India, the brand value of ITM advances with each year
industry, we observe that numbers close to the last Pakistan and Indonesia. We can safely indicate that passing on both domestically and internationally. We
year have been accomplished. There is a 0.3% increase ITM Exhibition is the largest regional exhibition of recommend that the companies having productions
in textile exports in the first 10-month period comparing textile industry. in this industry should take part in ITM Exhibitions,
with 2018. Having said that, considering the countries The western countries show more interest in the ITM which is one of the organizations that provides global
that textile products have been exported, there is a Exhibition. The main reason behind this is that Turkey representation of our sector.
decrease in the export to EU countries, while there being the biggest market for the western companies.
is an increase in the export to eastern bloc countries Turkey features as a very important market for the ■ What are the activities you carry out, as TEMSAD,
such as Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. As to the western countries especially in yarn, fabrics and in order to introduce the ITM Exhibitions to the world?
textile machinery industry, it is among our product technical textile machinery. Therefore, neighboring What do you exercise to attract more international
groups that could achieve an increase in its exports countries, which would like to invest with the state- visitors?
with regards to many other sectors. It has been seen of-the-art technology, strive to benefit from ITM As you know, our association has collaborative
that we achieved 750 million USD worth of exports in Exhibition by bringing both visitors and committees agreements with textile institutions from 18 different
2018 and 10% increase in exports sales in the first 10 for purchase. Hence, two different important points countries. According to these agreements, we organize
months with respect to last year. In addition to this, raise for this year’s ITM 2020 Exhibition. First, it workshops locally or in the relevant country such as
the imports of textile machinery, which occurred as provides the Turkish industrialists an opportunity Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, USA,
1.9 billion USD in 2018, showed a significant decrease to make the postponed investments. Secondly, the Russia, China, Indonesia, South Korea, Taiwan, and
this year. Moreover, the fluctuation in exchange rates, exhibition allows easy access for the neighboring Egypt. We mention the ITM Exhibitions in almost all
investments, and increase in the usage of domestic countries for their machinery investments related of these workshops and highlight the importance of
textile machinery relative to the past years show its to textile. Because, especially neighboring attendance of institutions from the partnering countries
effect on the subject. The imports of textile machinery countries have the convenience to attend the as participants or as visitors. In ITM 2018, we hosted
showed a significant decrease of 48% in the first exhibition without a visa problem. For instance, close to seventy visitors as guests of our association
10-month period of this year. We are expecting 800 some of the participants from certain regions may from related institutions. Almost all of these guests
million USD of exports and 1 billion USD of imports by face difficulties, such as obtaining a visa, for the are the executives of the leading companies and the
the end of 2019. exhibitions organized in Europe. For this reason, the institutions of textile industry in that particular country.
National textile machinery suppliers are improving ITM Exhibitions are considered more attractive for We describe the studies of our members and find
themselves every single day and advancing their them. the chance to provide with the necessary information
international market share in the world. Our textile
machinery industry, which is capable of trading with
180 different countries, has 3% market share in the
global textile machinery commerce. Through market
variety advantages and value-added, high-technology
products, we believe that national textile machinery
manufacturers will pursue their progress both in Turkey
and in the world in the upcoming years.

■ The ITM International Textile Machinery Exhibition
has a great importance for the participants as well as
the visitors since Turkey is a textile-oriented country.
Can you please elaborate on the contributions of the
ITM Exhibition to the Turkish economy and the textile
industry?
ITM Exhibition holds a great importance for domestic
textile machinery industry. Because of the position
of Turkey, ITM Exhibition creates great advantages
for the textile businessmen from Middle East and Far
East regions, who encounter difficulties to attend to
the other exhibitions that are organized in Europe.
The ITM Exhibition, in which global textile machinery
technologies are presented, has improved its quality
and become more professional with each year passing
on with the collaboration of Tüyap, Teknik Fairs Inc.
and TEMSAD. We saw that clearly in the ITM 2018
Exhibition that was organized in 2018. The ITSM 2018 ■ Please tell us about the participation of Turkish regarding our sector in Turkey by hosting our
Exhibition was a great success, with participants textile machinery manufacturers to the ITM international guests during ITM Exhibitions.
consisted of 1150 manufacturing firms from 64 countries Exhibitions? Do you find their attendance sufficient? Moreover, in every occasion and platform that advertise
and close to 60 thousand visitors, of which 15 thousand What would you advice to the related companies our industry, we frequently mention our members,
of them were internationals. We attended the exhibition regarding this subject? the strength of our sector and the ITM Exhibitions
with 110 of TEMSAD members and the surveys we We consider that the Turkish textile machinery industry to domestic textile businessmen as well as the
took after the exhibition revealed a satisfaction rate takes sufficient interest in the ITM Exhibition. We international textile machinery buyer companies.
of 95%. Economic and political developments forced observe an increase in the participation applications By the way, I would like to relay one of our current
Turkey to conjectural reduction and procrastination of of the companies connected to the consistent growth agenda. A recent project, ‘Technology-Oriented
investments in the past three years. As well known, the of our sector every year. Every company, which Industry Move’, which aims the manufacturing of
most important industrial sector in Turkey is textile. In manufactures textile machinery and needs to promote the imported textile machinery in Turkey, was just
this regard, the ITM Exhibition can be considered as their brand in Turkey and abroad, should attend to the initiated by the Industry and Technology Ministry. We
a big opportunity for the investments to be made in ITM Exhibitions. The last ITM 2018 exhibition hosted 110 care very much about this project. Call for demands
textile industry. Therefore, ITM Exhibition bears a great of TEMSAD members displaying their products. We are are open under six chapters for domestic machinery
favorable circumstance for Turkish Textile Industry as happy to see the increase in the interest to participate manufacturers. I believe that our colleagues will utilize
well as its neighboring countries, i.e. Iran, Uzbekistan, in the fair. Furthermore, we can easily express that this opportunity in the best way.

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