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ITMA 2015 Review – Part 2

Show draws nearly 123,000 visitors from 147 economies

The global textile and garment manufacturing industry converged at ITMA 2015 in Milan to source innovative solutions to enhance their business sustainability. Their commitment to sustainability is evident from the strong industry turnout.

 

At the end of eight days, the 17th edition of the world's most established textile and garment technology exhibition attracted nearly 123,000 visitors from 147 economies.

Sustainability agenda drives strong attendance

  1. Italy

  2. India

  3. Turkey

  4. Germany

  5. France

  6. United States

  7. Iran

  8. Brazil

  9. Pakistan

  10. Spain

Top number of visitors by country

Levi Strauss & Co. of USA, known worldwide for its authentic vintage look jeans, is the winner of the first ITMA Sustainable Innovation Award.

 

It clinched the ITMA Industry Excellence Award category from two other finalists: Berto Industria Tessile (Italy) and Gebrüder Otto (Germany).

 

Using the NoStone® garment washing technology from Tonello, an ITMA 2015 exhibitor, Levi Strauss & Co. has started preliminary development work in it Plock facility in Poland.

Levi Strauss garners Sustainable Innovation Award

World Textile Summit explores green business

The World Textile Summit gave more than 150 textile industry leaders a range of expert insights into the business issues that feed into decisions on sustainability in the textile supply chain.

 

Co-located with ITMA 2015, the world’s most prestigious exhibition of textile manufacturing technology, the summit had a program designed to examine how investment in “clean” manufacturing or the use of sustainably sourced materials can help add value to companies at all levels of the supply chain.

Exhibitors: 1,691

Net exhibit space: +108,000 square meters

 

Largest total booth space by country (in square meters):

  1. Italy – 32,540

  2. Germany – 21,380

  3. Switzerland – 5,530

  4. Spain – 4,540

  5. Turkey – 7,590

  6. China – 5,880

  7. India – 4,870

  8. Japan – 3,960

 

Countries fielding largest contingent of exhibitors:

  1. Italy – 453

  2. Germany – 238

  3. China – 184

  4. India – 158

ITMA 2015 by the numbers

Top five sectors:

  1. Dyeing and finishing – 23 percent of the space, 303 exhibitors

  2. Spinning – 14 percent of the space, 290 exhibitors

  3. Weaving, 12 percent of the space, 179 exhibitors

  4. Knitting and hosiery, 13 percent of the space, 128 exhibitors

  5. Printing, 10 percent of the space, 113 exhibitors

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