Embassy of India

Antananarivo, Madagascar

10^th India International Textile Machinery Exhibition (India ITME -2016) is scheduled to be held from 3rd – 8^th December 2016 at Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre, Goregaon (East), Mumbai.  This prestigious Textile Engineering & Textile event is supported by Ministry of Department of Heavy Industry, Government of India.

INDIA ITME-2016 is set to showcase the whole range of textile machinery, accessories, components, innovative textile technology with participation from over 95 countries 1500 exhibitors, 3,00,000 visitors from across the globe & 150000 Sqm. of exhibition area, making it one of the largest & most anticipated event for the textile sector.

The exhibit categories are from 17 chapters which covers all the segments of textile engineering including accessories and related services as below:

· Machinery for Spinning preparation, Man-Made Fibre, Production and Spinning, Winding, Texturing, Twisting and Related Auxiliary Machinery and Accessories

· Machinery for web formation, bonding and finishing of nonwovens and felting, machinery related to technical textiles and accessories

· Weaving preparatory machinery, weaving, tufting machinery, auxiliary machinery and accessories

·Knitting and hosiery machinery, auxiliary machinery and accessories

·Embroidery machinery, braiding machinery, auxiliary machinery and accessories

·Washing, bleaching, dyeing, drying, finishing and make up machinery, auxiliary machinery and accessories

·Printing & digital printing machinery, auxiliary machinery and accessories

·Garment making machinery, other textile processing machinery, auxiliary machinery and accessories

·Machinery and accessories for the making-up industry

·Laboratory testing and measuring equipment

·Transports, handling, storing and packing equipment

·Equipment for recycling, waste reduction and pollution prevention, accessories

·Software for design, data monitoring and processing (cad / cam / cim) and integrated production

·Dyestuffs and chemical products for the textile industry

·Associated goods and services for the textile industry

·Technical information services, educational & research institutes

·Natural fibres, man-made fibres, technical fibres, natural yarns, synthetic yarns technical yarns and recycled fibres and yarns

Indian textile market is the second largest in the world and is exploding with opportunity and is hungry for technology, machinery and joint venture partners to enable them meet the market demand. The opportunities in the Indian domestic market are fueled by developing rural market, increased purchasing power and growing export market. It is expected that the Indian textile and apparel Industry will grow 11%, home textile market 9% and technical textile industry 11% in the coming years. India’s demand for machinery is increasing for spinning machines, textile finishing machinery, embroidery and garment machinery.

Opportunity for the companies to explore joint venture, business collaboration, technology transfer and investment is huge, especially for foreign companies and Research Institutes who have new technology for commercialization.

Detailed information about this event is available at website www.india-itme.com & the e-mail for correspondence is  itme@india-itme.com.