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A Global Textile Show With
59 Thousand Visitors From                                                                                               Next Meeting Will
 94 Countries: ITM 2018                                                                                                 Be Held Between
  For two years, the textile industry has been looking forward with great interest to ITM 2018                          2 - 6 June 2020
  International Textile Machinery Exhibition, held on April 14-17. From the moment ITM 2018                             The next meeting of the ITM and HIGHTEX
  opened its doors to the sector members from Turkey and many countries around the world,                               Exhibition, which bring together the leading
 flocked to ITM 2018 Exhibition, make an indelible impression on visitors throughout the four                           companies of the world textile sector, will
                                                                                                                        be held in Istanbul between 2-6 June 2020.
days. World premieres of textile technology leaders turned the ITM 2018 Exhibition into a textile
     show and put a smile on the participants’ face with 58.942 visitors from 94 countries.
ITM 2018 Exhibition, being organized by Teknik Fairs Inc.
and TÜYAP, Tüm Fuarcılık Yapım Inc. in partnership and
                                                            Over 1150 textile technology manufacturers and com-
                                                            pany representatives from 64 countries participated at      Companies Sales
with cooperation of TEMSAD (Textile Machinery and
Accessories Industrialists’ Association) hosted textile
                                                            the ITM 2018 Exhibition, which took place in 11 different
                                                            halls, and exhibited their products and technologies        Record Breaks in
                                                                                                                        ITM 2018
technology leaders for four days.                           that have been introduced to the industry for the first
ITM 2018 Exhibition is the meeting point of the sector      time. ITM 2018 Exhibition has turned into a textile show
professionals where both national and international         with the participation of hundreds of textile machine
companies made sales of millions of Euros and by            producers and global investors who are developing
being a platform where hundreds of various business         leading technologies in their field, have realized world
connections were established, it has written its name       launches. Participating companies draw attention with
in gold letters to the world textile history.               larger number of machines exhibits in the larger booth.

                                                                                                                        The leading brands of the textile machinery
                                                                                                                        sector which introduced the latest inno-
                                                                                                                        vations, also broke records with machine
                                                                                                                        sales at the ITM 2018 Exhibition. Many
                                                                                                                        companies attracted with ‘Sold’ note on the
                                                                                                                        machines they exhibited in the exhibition
                                                                                                                        area. Company officials announced that
                                                                                                                        they were selling a large number of machi-
                                                                                                                        nes during the 4-day ITM Exhibition.

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ITM 2018, beat a record with 14.248 international and                      Euros from the first day of the event.                              Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
 a total of 58.942 visitors from 94 countries, among the                    The biggest factor behind this success is; the promo-               Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic,
 ITM exhibitions. ITM 2018 has significantly enlarged                       tional activities carried out throughout the world for              Chad, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Repub-
 in both country diversity and visitor numbers compa-                       two years. Our team has participated in exhibitions                 lic, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia,
 red to the previous ITM Exhibitions. It has raised the                     and events from China to India, from Bangladesh to                  Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran,
 success level according to the very positive feedback                      Pakistan, from Russia to Uzbekistan in all regions of               Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea,
 that has been received from the companies and                              the world textile producer; we have provided informa-               Kosovo, Panama, Guatemala, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan,
 visitors.                                                                  tion about the developments and innovations which                   Latvia, Lebanon, Libyan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Ma-
 Strong Collaborations Generated during ITM 2018                            were foreseen to be presented during ITM 2018 to the                cedonia, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco,
 The ITM 2018 Exhibition, which company owners,                             company and sectoral associations. Thanks to pro-                   Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan,
 company representatives and visitors, will not erase                       motion activities, ITM 2018 Exhibition was preferred                Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia,
 from their memories, has also offered incredible                           as a great destination for textile investors.                       Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia,
 commercial opportunities for all professionals who                         Thousands of Visitors from 94 Countries                             South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swe-
 wanted to take the industry’s pulse and follow the                         Countries that have visited ITM 2018 Exhibition: Afg-               den, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tunisia,
 innovations. ITM 2018 has been a productive meeting                        hanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Austra-                Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United
 point where companies made sales of millions of                            lia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus,             Kingdom, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen.

 Ministry Of Economy Gave                                                                                  Textile World Fall Into the
 A Procurement Committee                                                                                   Visitors Lap With ITM 2018
 Support to ITM 2018                                                                                       ITM 2018 Exhibition, which is the meeting point of textile
                                                                                                           technology leaders, has met under the same roof with
                                    Ministry Of Economy Gave A Procurement Com-                            The 15th International Istanbul Yarn Exhibition, HIGHTEX
                                    mittee Support to ITM 2018. The countries where                        2018 International Technical Textiles & Nonwoven
                                    the Procurement Committees come from are:                              Exhibition and the 8th International Textile Conference.
                                    Albania, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Moldova,                        Thanks to these four activities, which are directly related
                                    Tunisia. In addition, international delegations from                   to each other, the most comprehensive meeting of the
                                    Iran, India, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Egypt, Morocco,                     textile industry has been realized.
                                    Algeria, Panama, Czech Republic, Russia visited                        The 8th International Istanbul Textile Conference (ETT 2018) arranged by Marmara
                                    ITM 2018. The procurement committees from                              University brought together academicians and industry experts from around
                                    these countries could meet companies providing                         the world. Academicians and experts discussed topics about the textile sector
                                    integrated of all kinds of yarn, woven and knitted                     at the ETT 2018 Conference, whose theme is “Current and Future Developments
 fabrics as well as facilities for dyeing, printing, finishing, technical textile and                      in Innovations and Enterprises in Traditional Textile, Technical Textile and
 nonwoven fabrics. In addition, another surprising country attended the ITM 2018                           Ready-Made Clothing Areas.” Leading researchers from all over the world
 Exhibition, which is a vibrant sourcing platform where industry leaders introduce                         had the opportunity to discuss business and technology experiences. Expert
 the latest technological products. The Panama Colon Free Trade Zone, the world’s                          academicians and company representatives in the field were invited to the
 second largest Free Zone, was featured at ITM.                                                            conference as guest speakers.

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Exhibitions Outcome Report
               The outcome report of ITM 2018 and HIGHTEX 2018 Exhibition taking place from
            April 14-17, 2018 has been completed. According to this report, 58.942 professional visitors from
                    94 countries attended the exhibition to which 1150 companies and representatives.
This research report has been prepared                                                                                                   nical Textiles and Nonwovens Exhibition
under the supervision of the Union of                                                                                                    welcomed visitors from 94 countries.
Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of                                                                                                      The countries are; Afghanistan, Albania,
Turkey (TOBB) on ITM International Textile                                                                                               Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Australia, Austria,
Machinery Exhibition and consecutive                                                                                                     Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus,
HIGHTEX 2018 International Technical                                                                                                     Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia Herzegovi-
Textiles and Nonwovens Trade Fair held                                                                                                   na, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African
at TÜYAP Fair Convention and Congress                                                                                                    Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Croatia,
Center – Büyükçekmece / Istanbul on April                                                                                                Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Esthonia,
14-17, 2018.                                                                                                                             Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany,
                                                                                                                                         Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq,
1.1. PURPOSE OF RESEARCH                                                                                                                 Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
This research aims, by identifying the visitor                                                                                           Korea, Panama, Guatemala, Kosova, Kuwait,
profiles, the overall assessments of the fair                                                                                            Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liech-
by the visitors with the help of the surveys                                                                                             tenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Republic of
carried out throughout the event and the                                                                                                 Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco,
information forms collected from both do-                                                                                                Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria,
mestic and foreign visitors at the exhibition                                                                                            Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Qatar,
entrance to present the analysis results, exhi-            3. EXHIBITOR INFO                                                             Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Sin-
bition-related news summaries released in the media to     Intense participation from the following countries:               gapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea,
the exhibiting companies, and making use of the gained     USA, Germany, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, UAE,                  Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan,
data to improve and develop future exhibitions.            United Kingdom, Brazil, Czech Republic, China,                    Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UAE, United
                                                           Indonesia, France, South Korea, India, Netherlands,               Kingdom, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen.
1.2. RESEARCH METHOD AND SAMPLE STRUCTURE                  Iran, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, Canada,
This research was carried out by making face-to-face       Costa Rica, Luxemburg, Pakistan, Panama, Portugal,                4.1. FOREIGN PURCHASING DELEGATION
surveys with the exhibition visitors equally-distributed   Romania, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Turkey,                     The countries where the T.C Ministry of Economy Pur-
to the days and hours during which the exhibition was      Greece.                                                           chasing Committees come from are: Albania, Bulgaria,
held and randomly picked on different spots of the                                                                           Kazakhstan, Kosova, Moldova, Tunisia. In addition,
exhibition center; assessing the information forms col-    4. FOREIGN VISITOR INFORMATION                                    international delegations from Iran, India, Uzbekistan,
lected from the visitors at the entrance of the exhibi-    ITM 2018 International Textile Machinery Exhibition               Pakistan, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Panama, Czech
tion; and analyzing the info on the entry registrations    and consecutive HIGHTEX 2018 International Tech-                  Republic, Russia.
and invitations of the professional visitors.
                                                                          CHANGES IN DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN VISITORS BY YEAR
1.3. SECTORAL COLLABORATIONS
ITM International Textile Machinery Exhibition and                     Domestic Visitors          International Visitors
                                                                                                                                                             44.694
consecutive HIGHTEX 2018 International Technical
Textiles and Nonwovens Trade Exhibition, organized                                                                                  40.884
by the partnership of Tüyap and Teknik Fuarcılık and
with the cooperation of TEMSAD Textile Machinery
                                                                       32.491
and Accessories Industrialists Association, was                                                  32.897
opened with the attendance of industry professionals,
exhibiting companies, press members and guests.

2. EXHIBITION SUMMARY INFO
- 64 countries 1150 companies and company agents
- 94 countries 58.942 professional visitors                                                                                                                           14.248
- 44.694 domestic, 14.248 foreign visitors                                                                                                    8846
- 75,80% domestic, 24,20% foreign visitors                                       5256                        6359
- 16% overall visitor increase compared to previous
exhibition
- 38% foreign visitors increase and 20% participant
country diversity increase                                               2012                     2013                              2016                      2018

                                                                                                         Yurtiçi Ziyaretçi     Yurtdışı Ziyaretçi
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DISTRIBUTION OF
       NORTH
     AMERICA                             %24
                                                   EUROPE
                U.S.A.         GERMANY          FRANCE          MACEDONIA
     %1         GUATEMALA      ALBANIA          CROATIA         MOLDOVA
                CANADA         AUSTRIA          NEDERLAND       MONACO
                MEXICO         BELARUS          SPAIN           POLAND
                PANAMA         BELGIUM          SWEDEN          PORTUGAL
                               UNITED KINGDOM   SWITZERLAND     ROMANIA
                               BOSNIA AND       ITALY           RUSSIA
                               HERZEGOVINA      CYPRUS          SERBIA
                               BULGARIA         MONTENEGRO      SLOVAKAA
                               CZECH REPUPLIC   KOSOVO          SLOVENIA
                               ESTONIA          LIECHTENSTEIN   UKRAINE
                               FINLAND          LITHUANIAN      GREECE

        SOUTH
      AMERICA
%1        BOLIVIA
          BRASIL
          COLOMBIA
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FOREIGN VISITORS (%)
                                            ASIA                 %57

                                            AFGHANISTAN   PALESTINE     QUATAR           SRI LANKA
                                            AZERBAIJAN    SOUTH KOREA   KAZAKHISTAN      SYRIA
                                            BAHRAIN       GEORGIA       KYRGYZSTANKORE   SAUDI ARABIA
                                            BANGLADESH    INDIA         KUWAIT           TAJIKISTAN
                                            UNITED ARAB   HONG KONG     LEBANON          TAIWAN
                                            EMIRATES      IRAQ          UZBEKISTAN       TURKMENISTAN
                                            CHINA         IRAN          PAKISTAN         JORDAN
                                            INDONESIA     ISRAEL        RUSSIA           VIETNAM
                                            ARMENIA       JAPAN         SINGAPORE        YEMEN

                                                                  OCEANIA
                                                                          AUSTRALIA       %1

     AFRICA                   %16

    ANGOLA             LIBYA
    BENIN              MALI
    ALGERIA            MARITYUS
    REPUBLIC OF CHAD   EGYPT
    ETHIOPIA           NIGERIA
    MOROCCO            MIDDLE AFRICA REP.
    SOUTH AFRICA       TUNUS
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5. DOMESTIC VISITORS INFORMATION                                                                     VISITORS BREAKDOWN BY POSITION (%)
  Visitors from totally 70 cities. These cities are:
  Adana, Adıyaman, Afyonkarahisar, Ağrı, Aksa-                        26%

  ray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Aydın, Balıkesir,
  Bartın, Batman, Bilecik, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bur-
  sa, Çanakkale, Çankırı, Çorum, Denizli, Diyar-
  bakır, Düzce, Edirne, Elazığ, Erzincan, Erzurum,
  Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Hatay, Isparta,                                  15%

  İstanbul, İzmir, Kahramanmaraş, Karabük, Kas-                                                  13%
                                                                                                            12%

  tamonu, Kayseri, Kırıkkale, Kırklareli, Kocaeli,
  Konya, Kütahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mer-
                                                                                                                           9%
                                                                                                                                      8%

  sin, Muğla, Nevşehir, Niğde, Ordu, Osmaniye,
                                                                                                                                                      5%
  Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Sinop, Sivas, Şanlıurfa,                                                                                                                       4%

                                                                                                                                                                                3%
  Tekirdağ, Tokat, Trabzon, Tunceli, Uşak, Van,                                                                                                                                              2%            2%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       1%

  Yozgat, Zonguldak.                                               Management Production       R&D/
                                                                                            Engineering
                                                                                                        Purchasing     Marketing/
                                                                                                                         Sales
                                                                                                                                    Export
                                                                                                                                    Import
                                                                                                                                                Logistics          Quality
                                                                                                                                                                   Controle
                                                                                                                                                                              Planning    Technical
                                                                                                                                                                                         Maintenance/
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Others   Financing/
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Accounting
                                                                                                                                                                                            Repair

                                                                    VISITOR STRUCTURE BY REGIONS (%)

                                                                                                                                                           3    MEDITERRANEAN REGION : %4
                                                                                                                                                                Adana, Antalya, Burdur, Hatay, Isparta,
                                                              4                                                                                                 Kahramanmaraş, Mersin, Osmaniye,

                                                                                                                                                           4    BLACK SEA REGION : %1
                     1                                                                                                                                          Bartın, Bolu, Düzce, Giresun, Karabük,
                                                                                                                       6                                        Kastamonu, Ordu, Rize, Samsun, Sinop, Tokat,
                                                                                                                                                                Trabzon, Zonguldak
                                                     5
                                                                                                                                                           5    CENTRAL ANATOLIA REGION : %2,5
                            2
                                                                                                                                                                Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Bilecik, Çankırı,
                                                                                                           7                                                    Çorum, Eskişehir, Kayseri, Kırıkkale, Konya,
                                            3                                                                                                                   Kütahya, Nevşehir, Niğde, Sivas, Yozgat

                                                                                                                                                           6    EASTERN ANATOLIA REGION : %2
                                                                                                                                                                Ağrı, Bitlis, Elazığ, Erzincan, Erzurum, Malatya,
                                                                                                                                                                Tunceli, Van,
       1     MARMARA REGION : %81,5                                  2      AEGEAN REGION : %6
             Balıkesir, Bursa, Çanakkale, Edirne, İstanbul,                 Afyon, Afyonkarahisar, Aydın, Denizli, İzmir,                                  7    SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA REGION: %3
             Kırklareli, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Tekirdağ, Yalova                 Manisa, Muğla, Uşak,                                                                Adıyaman, Batman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep,
                                                                                                                                                                Mardin, Şanlıurfa

                                                                  SECTORAL DISTRIBUTION OF VISITORS (%)

                                 Lingerie         1,50%

                                 Hosiery                  2,10%

                    Carper Production                                            4,60%

           Printing & Digital Printing                                                   5,30%

                                 Apparel                                                 5,40%

                    Integrated Facility                                                                    7,20%

   Nonwoven & Technical Textiles                                                                                                     9,60%

                   Dyeing & Finishing                                                                                                        10,10%

                           Home Textile                                                                                                                    11,20%

              Circular & Flat Knitting                                                                                                                                            13,50%

                                Weaving                                                                                                                                                   14,20%

                          Fiber/ Spinning                                                                                                                                                           15,30%

                                        0,00%     2,00%              4,00%                 6,00%               8,00%                10,00%                     12,00%            14,00%                 16,00%

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ITM 2018 RECEIVED FULL MARKS
   FROM THE PARTICIPANTS
ITM 2018 International Textile Machinery Exhibition, which the textile world is looking forward to with great
 impatience, was held this year from April 14th to April 17th. The ITM 2018 Exhibition opened its doors to exhibitors
 and visitors from both the Turkish textile industry and from many countries of the world, and was the scene of numerous
 textile technology innovations. ITM 2018, which broke a record this year with a large influx of visitors, welcomed guests
  for four days without any problems. ITM 2018 Exhibition, where textile technology leaders made the world launch and
       turned into a textile show, put a smile on the participants’ face with 58,942 visitors from 94 countries.

                       Bastian Fritsch                                                           Mehmet Paşa İpekçi
                       Karl Mayer’s Senior Sales Manager                                          ZTM Board Member

                       “ITM is a great platform for introducing                                   “We got a very good return from ITM
                       our products to the market and                                             2018 Exhibition. We performed a four
                       meeting with our potential long-term                                       day performance already during the
                       customers.”                                                                first two days. “

                       İhsan Mokanoğlu                                                           Michele Riva
                       EFFE Machinery General Manager and Member                                  EFI Sales and Marketing Director
                       of the Board of Directors

                       “ITM, which is growing its geography                                        “ITM is a unique opportunity to
                       day by day, is now a world brand.”                                         meet with our partners in Turkey and
                                                                                                  contiguous countries. Thanks to ITM
                                                                                                  we have the opportunity to exhibit our
                                                                                                  products. “

                       Christian Straubhaar                                                      Erwin Devloo
                       ITEMA Business Unit Manager                                                Picanol Marketing Communication
                                                                                                  Manager

                        “Turkey is a big market for Itema. We have                                 “We have a lot of customers from
                       managed to increase our sales more the 50                                  Turkey and from neighbouring
                       percent during last year and this year. For                                countries. ITM is a good exhibition and
                       this reason, ITM is a very good platform for                               develops itself continuously every two
                       us and has met our expectations.”                                          years.”

                       Markus Lichtenstein                                                       Pia Terasa
                       Toyota General Manager                                                     Saurer Vice President Marketing

                       “We are suprised that Turkish entrepreneurs                                “Turkey is a very important market for
                       have grown their investments. We are very                                  the textile sector. For this reason, we
                       pleased to have joined ITM, which welcomes
                                                                                                  will always continue to participate at
                       a large number of visitors. “
                                                                                                  ITM. “

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Hakan Uzman                                        Benjamin Mayer
                          SPGPrints Printing Systems General                 Mayer & Cie Owner and General
                          Manager                                            Manager

                          “ITM is indisputable the best exhibition           “I was very pleased with the ITM
                          in the field in Turkey. In addition, it is one     exhibition. The visitors were very
                          of the most important organizations in             qualified. We will definitely be at ITM
                          Europe.”                                           Exhibition 2 years later. “

                          Reto Simmen                                        Joachim Maier
                          Mouvent CEO                                        Uster Marketing Manager

                          “You can talk about new machines and
                          innovative technology, but nothing                 “It’s important for us here in Turkey to
                          beats seeing innovation for yourself in            build a platform for customers to stay
                          a live environment. The reaction from              up to date.”
                          the attendees at ITM was phenomenal.
                          For all of us who work at Mouvent, that
                          reaction is incredibly rewarding.”

                          Simone Rancan                                      Sezgin Bingöl
                          SMIT’s CEO                                         Tetaş General Manager

                          “ITM is a well-organized exhibition. We
                                                                             “ITM Exhibition gives us a clue
                          are very pleased to collaborate with
                                                                             especially about the second half of the
                          many customers from many countries of
                                                                             year. ITM 2018 is an exhibition that has
                          the world, not only from Turkey. “
                                                                             no alternative in this geography.”

                          Kemal Göçmen                                       Andrea Pelissero
                          Alesta Sales Manager                               Bianco Sales Director

                                                                             “ITM is a very important exhibition
                          “Our foreign customers are very satisfied          because of Turkey’s strategic location
                          with ITM 2018. ITM is well organized               between Europe and Asia. We took
                          exhibition.”                                       our place at ITM for new projects and
                                                                             investments. “

                          Galip Bilol                                        Danny Bourgois
                          Bilol Tekstil Makine Mümessillik General Manager   Van de Wiele Head of Marketing
                                                                             Communications

                          “ITM experienced an extra increase in              “My first impression from the first day of
                          the number of exhibitors and visitors              the exhibiton is was that there are much
                          this year. We will also be talking about           more people then during the previous
                          ITM’s success in the coming years.”                exhibition. It’s a good sign anyway for
                                                                             the Turkish market and the market in
                                                                             general.”

                          İsmail Şengüler                                    Gabriele Tonin
                          Dilmenler General Manager                          Savio Area Sales Manager

                          “Thanks to the ITM exhibition we are               “Because the ITM Exhibition was
                          delighted to introduce our products                held in Istanbul, many customers
                          to the world for the first time and                came from many different
                          ITM exhibition have reached number                 countries. Everyone knows Turkey
                          one in the field of textile sector.”               as the center of the textile market
                                                                             in this region.”

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Lutz Vogel                                                 M. Evren Özcan
Stoll Sales Representative                                 İnter Tekstil Managing Director

                                                           “ITM, both for our company and in
“ITM is the best platform in Turkey to                     terms of Turkey is a very important
show new technologies to existing and                      exhibition. At ITM, customers from
potential new customers. We had more                       the Middle East and the Far East
people then we’ve expected. We had                         were able to meet with companies
very fruitful discussions. We are making                   which we representative. We are
new deals.”                                                very hopeful in this respect. “

Mikeal Äremann                                             Turhan Arslan
IRO AB Managing Director                                   TA-teks General Manager

“ITM Exhibition is a very good
                                                           “The exhibition will bring big
organization to showcase the
                                                           gains both for companies and for
company’s latest technological
                                                           Memminger-Iro. We were very
products. We have been here for
                                                           delighted to host a huge number of
many times and we’ve always been
                                                           visitors already on the first day.”
very happy of the successful and the
organization of the exhibition.”

T. Kahraman Güveri                                         Uğur Şenel
Mayer Mümessillik Vice President                           MBK Dilmenler Regional Sales
                                                           Manager

“Representatives from other                                “At the ITM, we are reviving the
surrounding countries send their on-                       textile industry as well as our
site sale representatives to ITM. So,                      country. New companies have
ITM is a versatile exhibition event.”                      the chance to be inspired by us
                                                           while old companies are getting
                                                           stronger thanks to the exhibition.”
                                           MBK Dilmenler

Claudio Bertolotti                                         Yaşar Uzun
Mesdan Sales Manager                                       MS Printing Solutions Sales Manager

“This year as you can see, we                              “ITM Exhibition is the most
are investing a lot, because the                           important exhibition in the region
Turkish market deserves this kind of                       and we are involved in this important
investment. ITM is one of the most                         meeting since long time. We will
important exhibitions in the world.                        continue to participate in ITM
We will continue to join in the future.”                   and expand our existing regional
                                                           power.“

André Wissenberg                                           Seven Yılmaztürk
Oerlikon Vice President                                    Pro-Ser LLC General Manager

“ITM is definitely the third most                          “ITM is helping us open door
important exhibiton worldwide.                             for international markets. ITM is
We are very impressed of the                               contributing quite a lot to our efforts
organization, which is the getting                         to make a presence in the global
more professional over years.”                             markets.”

Selma Wobben                                               Thomas Elsener
Rieter Marketing Manager                                   SSM Marketing Officer

“At ITM we have showcased the                              “ITM is a very important show for us.
latest innovations of our company                          This exhibition is very well organized.
and met with many visitors.”                               It gives us a good chance to meet our
                                                           existing customers as well as new ones
                                                           and to show our latest products.”

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Stefanie Jähn                                Markus Wurster
                           Terrot’s Head of Marketing & Communication   Trützschler Sales Director

                           “We are very pleased to join ITM and         “ITM is the right address to meet
                           witness the great attraction of the          with customers. It is an international
                           visitors.”                                   exhibition that welcomes not only
                                                                        Turks but also customers from other
                                                                        countries. “

                           Dr. Raffaella Carabelli                      Faruk Kılıç
                           Fadis Sales Director                         Feteks General Manager

                           “Every year we feel that ITM is getting
                           more important in the field. So it’s not     “ITM 2018 has become a world famous
                           only for the Turkish market anymore,         exhibition and proven its quality in
                           but there are also a lot of customers        recent years”.
                           coming from contiguous countries
                           such as Iran and also from Egypt and
                           Morocco.”

                           Tolga Baydar                                 Çağrı Güngör
                           Inta’s General Manager                       Klüber Lubrication Head of
                                                                        Technical Sales

                           “ITM is highly important exhibition          “Thanks to the ITM fair, we had the
                           for the sector. The exhibition is better     opportunity to meet our potential
                           than expected and it is very nice to         customers from many countries. ITM
                           see our friends in the exhibition, to        2018 did meet our expectations and
                           share something with our customers           its was quite positive reflection to our
                           and to introduce our innovations.”           company.”

                           Ömer Mutlu                                   Elvio Re Sarto
                           LGL’s Turkey Representative Agent’s          Loepfe Sales Manager
                           Manager
                                                                        “We have received several customers
                           “ITM 2018 has been so intense as never       and the feedback is quite positive.
                           seen before. ITM has reached a certain       We have had good contacts and
                           level in fairs field.”                       established customers. Also the
                                                                        newcomers have made us very positive
                                                                        in the future prospectives of our
                                                                        presence in Turkey.”

                           Ali Turan                                    Dott. Francesco Gazio
                           Lohia Turkish Representative Damaş           Marzoli Area Manager Marketing
                           Company Executive                            Department

                           “ITM is a very successful exhibition in      “Turkey is one of the biggest markets
                           the field. We are participating in this      for textile machinery. We participate at
                           festival to expand our customers and         ITM exhibition that we think it is one of
                           get to know our competitors. “               the most succesful exhibition all around
                                                                        the World.”

                           Ivan Raffaini                                Dharmesh Desai
                           MCS Sales Director                           Meera General Manager

                           “As new technologies appear every            “We have had the opportunity to
                           year, it becomes more important to           meet a large number of international
                           attend this kind of exhibition not only      customers. The exhibition is bigger than
                           for the Turkish market but also for other    the previous organization in terms of
                           neighbouring countries.”                     the number of participants.”

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Giovanni Saporiti                           Kemal Memnun
MEI Director                                Memnun Makine General Manager

“A lot of customers are coming from         “ITM is an important exhibition for
Turkey and some nearby countries like       Turkey, Europe, the Balkans and Asian
Iran, Ozbekistan, Kazakistan etc. In        countries. ITM 2018 was very successful
general ITM is a good exhibition. The       for our company.”
organization is very well. I’m glad to be
here.”

Thomas Päffgen                              Ali Karen
Monforts Area Sales Manager                 Polteks General Manager

                                            “We had the opportunity to meet our
“The Turkish market is really important     customers from countries like Egypt, Iran,
as well the neighborhood, so that           Pakistan, Belgium. We gave our visitors
means we talk with costumers from           information about our new products. ITM
Egypt, Russia from Ozbekistan,              Exhibition was very successful in terms
Turkmenistan. ITM is an international       of our company. I think we will increase
important exhibition for us.”               our exports. ITM is the most successful
                                            exhibition I’ve seen so far. “

Kent Hsieh                                  Selçuk Aygüler
Pailung Managing Director                   Pimms Group General Manager

“ITM 2018 is quite popular and              “We are participating at ITM exhibitions
famous not only in Turkey but also          and we are always getting good
in surrounding countries: “We are           results.”
hosting so many visitors from local
market, from Africa and Middle East
which is good for us.”

Cüneyt İşman                                A. Muzaffer Sinangil
PRO-SMH Kurucu General Manager              Stäubli General Manager

“ITM 2016 was our first exhibition as       “The ITM 2018 Exhibition is a great
machine manufacturer PRO-SMH.               opportunity to enter into new relations
We had very good results there too.         with customers. We saw how strong
This situation also continues in 2018.      and important the textile industry is in
We expect that interest in Turkey will      Turkey.”
become better.”

Levent Tepsi                                Mehmet Dursun
Somteks Sales Representative                Teksel Istanbul Regional Sales
                                            Manager

 “The ITM 2018 Exhibition is                “We take the opportunity to meet
very useful for introducing our             new customers at ITM. We aim to
new machines and giving them                exhibit new machines and expand our
information about them. We have             portfolio.”
a very good sales figure during the
exhibition. “

Alpaslan Demir                              Stuart Kugler
Tekspart General Manager                    Zimmer Marketing Manager

“We had a very busy customer visit
on the first day. It is one of the best     “It is interesting that customers are
exhibitions ever made compared              coming not only from Turkey but also
to other exhibitions. In the first two      from different countries such as Iran
days we generally hosted our foreign        and Uzbekistan. it’s good for us. We
guests. The ITM exhibition has met our      were having interesting and good
expectations.”                              discussions.”

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Halil Çırpan                                 Selim Sarfati
                           Balkan Textile Machinery Foreign             Alfredo Modiano Representative
                           Trade Specialist                             Excutive

                                                                        “We had very positive discussions
                           “Exhibition has been positive for
                                                                        during the ITM Exhibition. Many
                           us. ITM fairs are a very important
                                                                        companies visited our stands and
                           organization for us to promote our
                                                                        we told them about our innovations.
                           products and to announce more of our
                                                                        Participation in the fair was very good.
                           products. “
                                                                        ITM Exhibition opened up doors for
                                                                        new collaborations. “

                           İrfan Yolcular                               İlker Çırağ
                           Nit Örme General Manager                     Sarteks Sales Manager

                           “We wanted to show the areas where           “ITM exhibition are now over a certain
                           the tricot could be used from the shoes      success. When we look at the number
                           to the helmet, from the medical textile      of participants in terms of portfolio
                           to the construction. ITM provided us to      and number, it seems that the work
                           reach our goal. “                            is done professionally and seriously.
                                                                        Our expectation from the ITM 2020
                                                                        Exhibition is very high.”

                           Ali Özgür Elbilol                            Servet Balcı
                           MOM Tekstil Sales Director                   Ağteks Tekstil Production Manager

                           “We are attending all ITM Exhibition.        “We find the ITM exhibitions very
                           Hopefully we will be here in 2020. ITM       successful. I can even say that ITM is
                           is becoming an international exhibition      one of the best exhibitions in Turkey.
                           day by day. “                                Highly qualified customers are coming
                                                                        to ITM 2018.”

                           Basri Kabel                                  Ali Aşar
                           Alindair General Manager                     Aşarteks Sales Manager

                           “ITM is an exhibition in which we meet
                           with the textile world. We can be in         “We expanded our business further
                           tighter cooperation and establish a          with our current customers during
                           dialogue with local and international        the exhibition. We gained new
                           visitors. I think that ITM is the best       distributorships and we have made
                           exhibition in the textile world. It is       promotions for them. It is quite efficient.
                           obvious because of the participants and      We have also offered new products.”
                           the visitors.”

                           Emre Seçkiner                                Metin Çalışkan
                           Beneks Export Manager                        Birteks Import and Sales Manager

                           “The fact that the ITM show is being          “During the ITM Exhibition, we have
                           held in every two years is a great           talked to customers from Europe, North
                           advantage to show off innovations. ITM       Africa and the Middle East to introduce
                           Fair was quite intense and beautiful as it   our circular knitting machines and
                           was at the previous fair organization.”      needle varieties to them.”

                           Alberto Gotti                                Federico Panozzo
                           Danitech Sales Manager                       Sintec Marketing and Sales Director

                                                                        “We are delighted to have attended
                           “We are very satisfied with the ITM
                                                                        the ITM exhibition. The exhibition’s
                           Exhibition. We have a large number
                                                                        results made us very happy. There was
                           of customers both at domestic and
                                                                        a lot of interest in our machines at the
                           international. We have customers
                                                                        exhibition. We got customers from
                           especially from India, Iran and Egypt.”
                                                                        Turkey and especially from Iran.”

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Eyüp Poslu                                   Zafer Kale
Elteksmak General Manager                    Epson’s Turkey Representative

“The exhibition was quite good and           “I have been following ITM events
above our expectations. Especially the       since 2004. There have been huge
timing was excellent. The customers          developments in this period. The
could reach the location very easily.        number of participants increased and it
Organization was quite successful.”          became an international event. This is
                                             an important development for Turkey.”

Recep Işığıbol                               Selim Hazineci
Folpa Company Owner                          Future Digital Coordinator

“Our current customers have visited          “Foundations of very productive
us and met with new companies. We            collaborations were laid at ITM 2018.
have signed many new contracts in the        ITM has already met our expectations in
exhibition.”                                 general.”

Özkan Edirne                                 Kıvanç Canikli
Groz-Beckert’s General Manager               Kaeser Turkey Representative Topkapı Endüstri
of Turkey                                    Sales Support Engineer

                                             “Obviously there is a potential of clients
 “The number of participants has             we want to reach. We are happy to be
boomed at ITM 2018 because of                here at the same platform both with
investment demand in the textile             the companies we compete and those
industry. In addition, ITM keeps             which use our products. We will also
investments in the textile sector alive.”    participate at the ITM exhibitions in the
                                             future.”

Orhan Doğan                                  C. Arun
Konica Minolta Turkey’s Sales and            Lakshmi Machine Works Limited
Marketing Manager                            (LMW) Senior General Manager

“We are participating for the second
                                             “ITM is complete exhibition which
time at the ITM exhibition, the biggest
                                             brings together different types of
textile exhibition in Turkey and the
                                             machines and technologies. We
region. There is a large participation at
                                             met with visitor number above our
the exhibition from abroad. This shows
                                             expectations.”
that the exhibition is an important
organization followed closely.”

Arjen Evertse                                Eyüp Tokluoğlu
Mimaki Eurasia General Manager               Miren Tekstil Sales and Marketing
                                             Manager

“At ITM 2018 we had the opportunity          “We sold especially weaving machines
to present our latest innovations to our     at ITM 2018. I believe that cooperations
customers. The interest shown to our         between the companies are reflected in
products made us very happy.”                the industry positively.”

Christian Lerch                              Erdinç Polat
Jacob Müller Sales & Marketing               Küsters Calico Turkey Representative NKY
Manager                                      Textile Sales Manager

“ITM is a really good exhibition. It         “ITM 2018 Exhibition is a significant
seems we are quite busy. Especially the      exhibition both for Turkey and
first day was really promising in terms      surrounding countries. At this year’s
of business and upcoming projects. So        exhibition, we see that there are a
we are quite positive. It’s going to be an   great number of foreign exhibitors and
important exhibition and it will remain      visitors. This shows how important the
as an important exhibition.”                 exhibition is for the sector.”

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Fatih Şabaz                                   Ali Yağcılar
                           İkiler Tekstil Firma Ortağı                   Ozon Denim’s Company Owner

                           “ITM Exhibition is becoming even more         “ITM 2018 not only Turkey is an
                           successful organization day by day. At        important trade exhibition for the entire
                           the companies we represent, we were           region. A unique opportunity to meet
                           very satisfied with the exhibition. I think   our business partners. “
                           ITM will achieve even greater success. “

                           Mehmet Dabanıyastı                            Riccardo Mautino
                           Örnek Makine Chairman of the                  Panter Marketing & Sales Manager
                           Board

                           “We have a presence in the markets of         “Thanks to the well organized ITM 2018
                           China, Uzbekistan, India, Iran, Russia        exhibition, companies are able to reach
                           and other countries. Compared to              the visitors which are really interested in
                           previous exhibitions, I can say that ITM      the products. A lot of good customers
                           2018 is more crowded and better.”             interested in our technology.”

                           Gaurav Parmar                                 Alessandro Manes
                           Rimtex Industries Manager                     Aleph CEO and Co- Founder

                           “ITM is one of the best exhibitions in
                                                                         “We are very happy to work
                           the world. Quality visitors are coming
                                                                         with Turkey market. During the
                           to ITM Exhibitions. That is why we
                                                                         exhibition we signed a lot of
                           brought our latest machines. During the
                                                                         cooperations. We look forward to
                           exhibition we had many new customers
                                                                         ITM 2020.”
                           and put signature to collaboration.”

                           Sevda Kılıçkıran                              Giacomo Meucci
                           Asil Makine Export and Import                 Autefa Solutions Regional Sales
                           Manager                                       Director

                            “ITM Exhibition has been very                “We trust the Turkey market. During
                           productive for us. The customer was           the exhibition we held very positive
                           very good quality. ITM has contributed        negotiations. Participation was very
                           to strengthening our relationships. “         good. We were very pleased to join
                                                                         ITM 2018. “

                           Mehmet Özcan                                  Silvano Rizzo
                           Fong’s Representative İnter Tekstil           Corino Macchine Sales Manager
                           General Manager

                           “Fong’s seems Turkey as an important          “ITM 2018 was very successful in terms
                           and growing market. We have                   of our company. I am very happy to
                           established links especially Turkish          be part of this exhibition. Because
                           customers at ITM 2018. We will                we were able to meet very good
                           continue to join ITM at all times.”           quality customers and we saw quality
                                                                         machines. “

                           Derya Kandemir                                Ümit Yanar
                           Cosmo Chemical General Manager                Habasit Commercial Director

                           “We joined ITM for the first time as a        “We have launched our new developed
                           company. The ITM is, a well-organized         products at ITM. We had the
                           exhibition and met our expectations.          opportunity to meet new customers.
                           During the exhibition we held                 Our export markets, especially
                           negotiations with our customers from          Uzbekistan and Pakistan, participated to
                           many different countries. We look             this exhibition seriously.”
                           forward to join ITM 2020.”

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Participating Companies Were
        SATISFIED AT HIGHTEX 2018
 HIGHTEX International Technical Textiles and Nonwoven Trade Fair, which is the first and
the only meeting of the whole region has hosted many innovations in the field of textile technology. Promotions
 of nonwoven and technical textile products, which are one of the most important markets of the textile sector
          and keep up with the technological developments, were realized by participating companies.
  Visitors showed intense interest to the exhibition. The companies that participated in HIGHTEX both got the
 chance to meet new customers and commenced many commercial cooperations. The number of visitors and
                             exhibitors put a smile on the face of the companies.

                     Dominik Foshag                                                        N. Cüneyt Cantürk
                     Dilo Systems General Contractor                                       Eurofiber General Manager

                     “HIGHTEX and ITM 2018 are                                             “HIGHTEX and ITM 2018 have
                     one of the biggest and important                                      reached a big success today. This
                     exhibitions for all textile                                           year there were intense exhibitors
                     manufacturers and customers in                                        and visitor profiles. I was very
                     the Turkey. So we are here and                                        pleased to attend the HIGHTEX
                     we care about this market.”                                           2018 Exhibition. “

                     Leonardo Bressanin                                                    Isabella
                     Ramina Sales Assistant                                                Ying Yang Sales Manager

                     “Joining HIGHTEX 2016 was a good                                      “HIGHTEX 2018 is a great opportunity
                     opportunity to meet new customers.                                    to meet new customers and develop
                     That’s why we joined HIGHTEX 2018.”                                   good partnerships with existing
                                                                                           customers. We were pleased with the
                                                                                           organization. It’s a really big event.”

                     Christoph Leppla                                                      Raif Nart
                      Siebfabrik Fabric Specialist                                         Safir Nonwoven Chairman of the
                                                                                           Executive Board

                      “We are pleased to be at HIGHTEX
                      2018 for the second time. We want to                                 “We want to increase the success our
                      find a lot of new customers.”                                        company by making collaborations
                                                                                           with sector professionals from many
                                                                                           countries at HIGHTEX 2018 Exhibition.”

                     Somer Bulut                                                           Luca Brambilla
                      Texpin General Manager                                               Mazziniici CEO

                                                                                           “HIGHTEX 2018 is a very important
                      “Thanks to HIGHTEX 2018, we have                                     opportunity for us to win new customers
                      had the opportunity to get in touch with                             and strengthen our relationships with
                      people from neighboring countries.”                                  existing customers.”

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Teknik

                   35TH INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE MACHINERY EXHIBITON

                                        2-6 JUNE 2020
                                           www.itm2020.com

“This Fair is organized with the audit of TOBB (The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey) in accordance with the Law No.5174”
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