Barcelona Business Pass appointed to handle accommodation for show participants.

ITMA 2011 will now start a day earlier than originally planned, announced show owner, the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers (CEMATEX). It will be held from 22 to 29 September 2011 at the new Fira de Barcelona Gran Via venue in Barcelona, Spain.

ITMA 2011 organiser, MP International, has appointed Barcelona Business Pass (BBP) to be the official travel agent handling the accommodation requirements of participants.

For enquiries on ITMA 2011, please contact:

Project Director - Sylvia Phua ([email protected])

Deputy Project Director/Exhibition Sales – Eileen Ng ([email protected])

Marketing Communications – Daphne Poon ([email protected])

Travel & Accommodation – Maria Portus ([email protected])

About ITMA

The world’s biggest and most established textile machinery exhibition in the world, ITMA is held every four years in Europe since 1951. The 100,000sqm net exhibition attracts over 1,400 international exhibiting companies.

ITMA is owned by CEMATEX, the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers. MP International, organiser of ITMA ASIA 2001 and 2005, and co-organiser of ITMA ASIA + CITME 2008, is the appointed organiser of ITMA 2011.

What is ITMA?

ITMA is the world’s largest international textile machinery exhibition, an event which machinery industry – a showcase of the latest technology and a vital meeting place for buyers and sellers from all over the world.

The Role of ITMA

· To maintain and strengthen its position as the leading exhibition of the textile machinery industry with exhibitors and visitors coming from countries world-wide

· To promote and strengthen the textile machinery industry of its member associations

· To offer a reasonable cycle of exhibitions not only in the interest of its member associations but also to the benefit of their customers

· To be the showcase for the latest technology in the textile machinery industry in order to meet the requirements of all the actors of the textile field

· To encompass the whole range of textile machinery and associated technologies, thereby creating the world’s most comprehensive textile related exhibition

· To offer the best value for money to exhibitors and visitors

· To welcome and perpetuate the ‘World Forum of Textile Technology’

The History of ITMA

The first ITMA exhibition (Internationale Textilmaschinen Ausstellung) was launched by CEMATEX in 1951 and has taken place with great success every four years since then -

ITMA 51 Lille

ITMA 55 Brussels

ITMA 59 Milan

ITMA 63 Hannover

ITMA 67 Basle

ITMA 71 Paris

ITMA 75 Milan

ITMA 79 Hannover

ITMA 83 Milan

ITMA 87 Paris

ITMA 91 Hannover

ITMA 95 Milan

ITMA 99 Paris

ITMA 2003 Birmingham

ITMA 2007 Munich

In 1999 CEMATEX made the decision to launch an event which catered to the growing needs of Asian textile manufacturers which represent a significant percentage of its association members’ buyers. In 2001, ITMA Asia was born in Singapore, followed 4 years later by ITMA Asia 2005, also in Singapore