ITMA for a sustainable textile industry
Focus on sustainability at ITMA 2015, in Milan. Excitement is mounting about the sustainability themed event of the year.
The need to be more sustainable is a topic that affects the whole of the textile industry and with all businesses striving to be more environmentally friendly, knowledge sharing is, to an extent, triumphing over competitiveness in the market.
Thankfully, ITMA 2015 will provide the most appropriate arena for discussions to take place on how we can make significant progress.
No area is under more scrutiny than dyeing and finishing, with pollutants, water, and energy usage critical areas of concern. As a result, ITMA – under the theme ‘Master the Art of Sustainable Innovation’ – is set to host a rousing forum for textile colorant and chemical leaders, with an agenda focused on sustainability in dyeing and finishing processes. Whilst the forum will look at the challenges being faced by this huge area of the textiles industry, it will also discuss solutions to these challenges; those offered by innovation in technology throughout the supply chain. The next instalment of the World Textile Summit will focus on the business side of sustainability, seeking to answer sustainability questions that matter to the industry’s strategic decision-makers. It’s important for businesses to feel reassured that capital investment in resource efficient technologies will see a return; that they feel confident about how to monitor a sustainable supply chain; and that market opportunities will arise from a strategy based on clean production and sustainable materials.
19 Chapters
Almost the entire area of Milano-Rho Fair will be occupied by the same halls, divided by category (chapters like them indicates ITMA) will be exhibited innovative products and services for the entire supply chain.
These 19 chapters:
– Chapter 1 Machinery for spinning preparation, fiber production, spinning, auxiliary machinery and accessories
– Chapter 2 Machinery for winding, texturing, twisting, auxiliary machinery and accessories – Chapter 3 Machinery for web formation, bonding and finishing of nonwovens and felting, auxiliary machinery and accessories
– Chapter 4 machines for weaving preparation, weaving; tufting machinery, auxiliary machinery and accessories
– Chapter 5 Knitting and hosiery machinery, auxiliary machinery and accessories
– Chapter 6 embroidery machines, auxiliary machinery and accessories
– Chapter 7 machines braids and accessories
– Chapter 8 Washing, bleaching, dyeing, drying, finishing, cutting, rolling and folding machinery, auxiliary machinery and accessories
– Chapter 9 printing machines, digital printing, auxiliary machinery and accessories
– Chapter 10 machines for the production of garments, other textile processing machinery, auxiliary machinery and accessories
– Chapter 11 Equipment and accessories for testing and measuring laboratory
– Chapter 12 Equipment and accessories for transport, handling, logistics, storage and packaging, accessories
– Chapter 13 Equipment for recycling, waste reduction and pollution prevention and accessories
– Chapter 14 Software for design, data monitoring and processing and integrated production
– Chapter 15 dyes and auxiliary chemicals for the textile industry
– Chapter 16 Equipment and products for the operation of machines and plants
– Chapter 17 Services for the textile industry
– Chapter 18 research institutes and education
– Chapter 19 Natural fibers, synthetic fibers, technical fibers, natural fibers, synthetic yarns and technical yarns and fibers and recycled yarn.
World Textile Summit 2015
The second World Textile Summit (WTS) will explore sustainability strategies that create business value in the textile manufacturing value chain.
In line with the key themes of ITMA 2015, WTS 2015 will seek to answer sustainability questions that matter to the industry’s strategic decision-makers:
What return should I expect from capital investment in resource-efficient technologies?
How do I establish and monitor a sustainable supply chain?
What are the market opportunities that arise from a strategy based on clean production and sustainable materials?
How do I manage the risks to corporate reputation?
Scheduled for 13 November 2015, and co-located with ITMA 2015 in Milan, WTS 2015 will be a unique one-day event that brings together the world’s most influential textile leaders to debate issues of strategic importance to the global industry. It is owned and organised by CEMATEX, WTiN and MP Expositions.
Charles Beauduin, President of CEMATEX, said: “ITMA 2015 will be an opportunity for manufacturers to view and compare the latest in resource-efficient textile technologies. Such investments take place against a policy background where senior decision-makers have to consider their sustainability strategies against corporate objectives. World Textile Summit 2015 will help to place sustainability in its context as a key component of value creation in any business.”
Mark Jarvis, Managing Director of WTiN, said, “WTS 2015 will be different from other conferences examining sustainable methods in textile manufacturing. Instead of delving into the detail of technical solutions, delegates will hear from international experts on the business value created through a strong sustainability strategy.”
Programme development will be assisted by an advisory panel that currently includes: Jason Kibbey, Executive Director of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition; Jonas Eder-Hansen, Programme Director of the Nordic Initiative Clean & Ethical; LaRhea Pepper, Managing Director of Textile Exchange; Patrick Laine, CEO of the Better Cotton Initiative; Baroness Young of Hornsey, Chair of the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion, and Ambassador for the Ethical Fashion Forum and MADE-BY; and Saskia Hedrich, Senio Knowledge Expert, Apparel Fashion & Luxury, at McKinsey & Co. Eileen Ng, Project Director of ITMA 2015, said: “With almost 16 months still to go, WTS 2015 is already attracting strong support from the broader textile community. We are very pleased to have the Textile Institute and the Sustainable Apparel Coalition on board as our supporting partners.” Leading textile machinery companies SPGPrints, MS Italy and Oerlikon have also confirmed their sponsorship of the event, as has the sustainable-manufacturing specialist bluesign technologies.
ITMA 2015, the world’s largest textile and garment manufacturing technology showcase, is expected to draw a visitorship of over 100,000 from around the world. To encourage early registration, special rates are available to visitors who order their badge online (www.itma.com) from now until 15 October.
