ITM 2018 Expects Visitor Surge From Iran and Uzbekistan

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ITM 2018 Expects Visitor Surge From Iran and Uzbekistan

The spring of 2018 will witness the latest edition of International Textile Machinery exhibition in full swing in Istanbul, Turkey. Preparations for the gala event or underway with a swelling team of participants from Iran and Uzbekistan kept in full anticipation.

The exhibition will be held in the Tüyap Fair and Congress Center from April 14-17, 2018. It’s been organized with the partnership of Teknik Fairs and Tüyap, in cooperation with TEMSAD (Textile Machinery and Accessories Industry Association). ITM, which directs the textile machinery sector, is the biggest exhibition in its field in the region.

The ITM team which took its place in the 23rd Irantex 2017 Textile Machinery, Subsidiary Industry, Home Textile, Embroidery Machines and Textile Products Fair held from September 4-7th in Tehran, the capital city of Iran, conducted highly productive negotiations with the official and commercial delegations that had plans to visit the spring exhibition from Iran.

In this context; talks were held with the officials of the Iranian government, directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Presidents of Associations. In addition, information on the process was shared with Cengiz Gürsel, Principal Trade Consultant of the Turkish Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Tehran.

Necip Güney, the Chairman of the Executive Board of the Technical Fairs, who evaluated the visitor activities and promotions in Iran, emphasized that ITM Exhibitions were highly prestigious and attracted a great deal of interest in Iran. Underlining that, the most intense foreign visitor participation to ITM 2016 Exhibition was from Iran with the rate of 19 % is a demonstration of this circumstance, Necip Güney added that, as part of the talks and visits they have made, it became definite that a giant team of Iranian visitors to the ITM 2018 Exhibition would far exceed the estimations.

INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE FROM CENTRAL ASIA UP TO THREE TIMES

Following Irantex, promotional activities for the visitors also continued at the CAITME 2017 11th Textile Machinery, Apparel Machinery and Technologies Exhibition held at Uzexpocentre International Expo Center in Tashkent, capital city of Uzbekistan. ITM advertisements placed in the exhibition area, the exhibition catalog and in the special journal of the exhibition, generated great interest in all CAITME participants and visitors. In addition, ITM team had talks with Uzbek official authorities about Uzbek official and commercial delegations planned to participate in ITM 2018.

The team conducted preliminary works with the authorities of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan about the procurement committee. Another meeting was held with the presidents of association the AMBIT (the Associations of International Business and Technology), whose members are Uzbek textile investors.

Detailed consultations were held with Ahmet Ba?ar ?EN, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey Tashkent about all these contacts and works. Uzbek textile businessmen have a smile on their faces thanks to the $ 2.2 billion textile investment subsidy provided by the government.

Under the effect of this support, it is expected that their attendance rate will increase up to three times at ITM 2018 compared to ITM 2016.