CEMATEX, the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers, has announced that Spain will host the 18th edition of ITMA. It will be held at the Fira de Barcelona exhibition centre during June 20-26, 2019.
ITMA was last held in Barcelona in 2011 where visitorship exceeded 100,000 from 138 countries. Almost 90 per cent of the visitors were from outside of Spain, and the international mix of visitors and buyers much impressed the exhibitors.
Mr. Charles Beauduin, President of CEMATEX, stated: “We are delighted to bring ITMA back to Barcelona. The selection process took us 2 years and our investigations into all the 9 potential venues and their services were very detailed. We enjoyed an extremely successful show in Barcelona in 2011 and our exhibitors and visitors were much delighted over the facilities and infrastructure on site. We are looking forward to another great event there in 2019”.
Mr. Agustin Cordon, CEO of Fira de Barcelona, added: “We are delighted and honoured to have been selected once more to host the ITMA show, and our team is looking forward to welcoming exhibitors and visitors back to the city. We gained a lot of experience from working on the 2011 show and are confident of achieving another very successful event”.
CEMATEX has appointed an official accommodation agency, B-network, to manage the hotel accommodation services for ITMA 2019, following its professional and successful management of the 2011 show. An official website has already been set up (www.itmahotels.b-network.com) offering very competitive rates in a wide range of hotels.
Meanwhile, preparations for this year’s ITMA in Milan to be held in November are on, with over 1,600 exhibitors from more than 40 countries taking part in it. Over one lakh trade visitors are expected at the show.