According to the statement made by CEMATEX which is the owner of ITMA fair that is accepted as the olympiad of textile machinery sector, Barcelona will do the honors for ITMA which will be organized in 2019. The city in which 18th ITMA Fair will be organized between the dates 20- 26 June 2019, was chosen among 9 cities in which Barcelona included.
This decision taken caused surprise by letting down the expectations on 2019 edition of ITMA which was thought to be organized in Paris. As it is remembered, a same case happened in 2003 and the German who learned that ITMA would be organized in Birmingham, England carried out several protest. Even many German firms didn’t attend to the fair in United Kingdom by protesting the decision taken.
Barcelona once more again after 8 years
Barcelona which did the honors for ITMA in 2011 as well, hosted more than 100 thousands of visitors from 138 countries whose 90% of these coming out of Spain. The President of CEMATEX; Charles Beauduin who talked on the home ownership of Barcelona once more again said that they were happy for ITMA to be organized in Barcelona again and said ‘’As a result of a 2 year detailed study, in Barcelona where we signed under a successful organization in 2011, we will reorganize this fair again’’.
We are taking pride
Agustin Cordon who is the CEO of Fira de Barcelona which will organize the event in Spain said ‘’We are proud of the selection of CEMATEX that it carried out on behalf of Barcelona. ITMA fair will provide a great value added to our city again. We have already started for the studies in the light of the experiences we had in 2011’’.
