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CEMATEX provides grant to institutes participating at ITMA 2015

The European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers, CEMATEX, has announced that it will provide a grant to all participants of the Research and Education Pavilion at ITMA 2015 that will take place from 12-19 November in Milan, Italy. Charles Beauduin, President of CEMATEX, explained: “Investments in research and development, as well as education and training, are extremely important if the textile and garment industry is to stay ahead of the technology curve. Due to strong response and positive feedback following our initiative at ITMA 2011, we have decided to continue to provide the grant to pavilion participants at ITMA 2015.”

14th March 2014

Innovation in Textiles
 |  Milan

Clothing/​Footwear, Industrial

The European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers, CEMATEX, has announced that it will provide a grant to all participants of the Research and Education Pavilion at ITMA 2015 that will take place from 12-19 November in Milan, Italy.

 Charles Beauduin, President of CEMATEX, explained: “Investments in research and development, as well as education and training, are extremely important if the textile and garment industry is to stay ahead of the technology curve. Due to strong response and positive feedback following our initiative at ITMA 2011, we have decided to continue to provide the grant to pavilion participants at ITMA 2015.”

Great figures

Owned by CEMATEX, ITMA 2015 is the largest textile and garment technology showcase. The last ITMA exhibition was held in Barcelona, Spain, in 2011.

It featured 1,355 exhibitors from 45 countries, visitorship of 100,067 from 140 countries and some 50 delegations from 27 countries.

“We are inviting even more institutions to leverage on the ITMA platform to showcase their projects, capabilities and programmes, and these institutions will be able to enjoy discounts of at least 50% of their booth cost,” said Beauduin.

Knowledge exchange hub

The Research & Education (R&E) Pavilion at ITMA 2015 will continue to provide opportunities to research organisations and higher institutions of learning to share their R&D achievements, as well as current and future projects with the industry. The pavilion will also feature a Speakers Platform for participating institutes.

Prof Kunihiro Hamada, Dean of Shinshu University, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, commented: “We applaud ITMA’s continuous focus on research, education and training to ensure the sustainable development of the textile and garment industry.”

The R&E pavilion provides an excellent platform for ITMA visitors to keep abreast of the latest research projects on garments, home textiles as well as technical textiles and nonwovens.

Strong collaboration

The pavilion was a major feature at the last ITMA exhibition in Barcelona, Spain, in 2011. It received overwhelming support from the industry. A total of 48 exhibitors from 20 countries took part in the pavilion, which also saw the debut of The European Textile Research & Education Pavilion. The Speakers Platform attached to the pavilion attracted 29 international speakers from 10 countries.

According to Jeroen Vits, Secretary General of SYMATEX (Belgium) who chaired the ITMA 2011 R&E Committee, there was strong participation from research organisations from around the world. The pavilion had the support of AUTEX, the Association of Universities for Textiles, which has 32 members from 24 countries, and TEXTRANET – European Network of Textile Research Organisations.

A memorandum of understanding was also signed with EURATEX – the European Apparel and Textile Confederation - to formalise a stronger collaboration in fields such as research, technological development and innovations.

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