The Irantex 2016 is a comprehensive international trade fair for textile machinery and textile products. Because of its range of products and depth of range, this exhibition is, for both exhibitors and visitors, an informative platform for the latest trends in the industry. Italian companies will exhibit their latest textile machinery at the Italian Pavilion at the forthcoming 2016 edition of Irantex, aiming to further enhance the relationship between the local textile industry and the Italian textile machinery sector.

The upcoming Irantex will feature the usual significant contingent of Italian textile machinery manufacturers, with 25 Italian companies exhibiting in the Italian Pavilion, the common area set up by the Italian Trade Agency and ACIMIT.

The members of the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers exhibiting at the Italian Pavilion will include: Beta Machinery, Bianco, Bonino, Caipo, Cogne, Carù, Durst, Fadis, Ferraro, Fk Group, Itema, Jk Group-J Teck 3, Laip, Marzoli, Ramallumin, Rf Systems, Santex Group, Smit, Srs, Ssm Giudici, Stalam, Tessilgomma, and Zonco.

The international sanctions of the past years delayed the modernization process necessary for the Iranian industry to continue to be competitive within a global context, the association reports.

In 2004, Iran was ranked among the top ten markets for Italian exports in the sector. After years of stagnation, Italian sales to Iran registered a recovery. In 2016 first quarter the Italian sales to Iranian market totalled a value of EUR 2 million, while 2015 sales were worth EUR 8 million. Iranian demand is spread out over all types of production, but Italian finishing and spinning machines are the primary exports.

ACIMIT represents an industrial sector comprising around 300 manufacturers and producing machinery for an overall value of about EUR 2.6 billion, with exports amounting to 86% of total sales.

Raffaella Carabelli, President of ACIMIT said that the Italian textile machinery Roadshow, held in Iran last 22 to 30 May, confirmed the clear concordance between Iran’s textile manufacturers and Italy’s textile machinery manufacturers was concluded with excellent results.

The 27 Italian companies participating in the Roadshow took part in a series of technological workshops held in Tehran, Yazd, Isfahan and Mashad, in meetings with textile authorities and visits to local companies.

The Roadshow was concluded with excellent results. Participating companies were able to ascertain the local textile industry’s desire to resume investments, especially in Italian technology.

Irantex 2016 a 4 day international trade event will be held from 3-6 September, in Tehran.