ITM 2016 International Textile Machinery Exhibition and concurrent HIGHTEX 2016 International Technical Textile and Nonwoven Trade Fair to be held at Tuyap Fair Convention and Congress Center on June 1-4 in Istanbul, are expected to attract 1,200 exhibitors and more than 60,000 visitors from 72 countries.
At ITM 2016, latest technologies nationally developed in textile machinery industry will be debuted. ITM and HIGHTEX fairs are considered to be the largest gathering for textile technologies, which Turkey and the region have hosted so far.
Held in Istanbul, one of the world’s most strategic locations in geographical terms, will be a meeting point for all the industry representatives. Istanbul, the West’s doors to the East and the East’s doors to the West has a position as the centre of textile industry. ITM 2016 where brands intending to become one of the actors in the world market will exhibit its innovative technology investments and new products will be the address for textile industry in 2016.
HIGHTEX 2016, the 6th International Technical Textile and Nonwoven Trade Fair, the first and only event in its field, raw materials for technical textiles, intermediary and final products and production technologies will be seen together. The fact that HIGHTEX 2016, the largest gather for technical textiles in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, will be concurrently held with ITM 2016 will create a highly positive and efficient synergy.

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