To be held in Milan, Italy from June 8–14, ITMA 2023 will element above 1,600 exhibitors from 44 countries, the European Committee of Textile Machinery Companies (CEMATEX) and ITMA Companies explained in a joint press release.
ITMA 2023 in Milan, Italy will function the ITMA Nonwovens Forum and ITMA Textile Colourants and Chemical compounds Forum.
The discussion boards will be held on June 9 and 10, respectively.
About 1,600 exhibitors from 44 international locations will attend the function, giving individuals with prospects to explore new trends and technologies in the sustainability sector.
“Challenges in the industrial atmosphere also convey with them a wealth of innovation options. The ITMA community forums will carry alongside one another stakeholders throughout the full worth chain to overview the problems of the day, dialogue, collaborate and assure that we will have a sustainable long term. ITMA 2023 delivers a unique platform as it appeals to all the textile marketplace gamers in a person easy position. Delegates can also pay a visit to the exhibition to explore new trends and systems in the sustainability sector,” claimed Ernesto Maurer, president of CEMATEX.
The Nonwovens Forum will aspect a keynote presentation by Dr Bryan Haynes, specialized director for Worldwide Nonwovens at Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Uk. He will be speaking on the subject ‘Ready Now Nonwoven Methods for the Global Plastics Crisis’. In his presentation, he will provide insights into options that are commercially obtainable, highlighting Kimberly-Clark’s sustainability journey.
According to Dr Haynes, who has a PhD in mechanical engineering from The University of Tennessee at Knoxville, the Single Use Plastics Directive was a wake-up get in touch with to the nonwoven industry. As a result, he would like to urge marketplace players to take a look at ‘coopetition’ or cooperative competitiveness as this will speed up pace to market options.
Next the keynote, there will be two classes with presentations by ITMA 2023 exhibitors. The forum will conclusion with a panel discussion on the themes, ‘Leveraging Sustainable Innovation’ and ‘Digital Technologies in the Nonwoven Industry’.
The panel includes Dr Haynes and programme committee members Dr Behnam Pourdeyhimi, government director and affiliate dean of The Nonwovens Institute Dr-Ing Martin Dauner, head of competence centre, Chemical substances Fibres & Nonwovens of the Deutsche Institute für Textil (DITF) and Stephen J Russell, professor of textile products and engineering of Leeds Institute of Textiles and Colour.
Held due to the fact 2011, the Textile Colourants and Chemicals Forum will attribute a joint keynote presentation by Prasad Pant, director, South Asia, ZDHC Basis and Sophie Mather, co-founder and government director, The Microfibre Consortium (TMC).
The presentation, ‘Textile Wastewater: Addressing Microfibre Decline in the course of Manufacture’, focuses on the influence of fibre shedding from outfits throughout manufacture and client use. Microfibres have been flagged as an environmental hazard and the presenters will share the critical conclusions from the joint undertaking by the two organisations on fibre fragmentation in wastewater. Through the presentation, they would like to propel different stakeholders to collaborate in the direction of a sustainable manufacturing benefit chain.
Pant has a diploma in textile chemistry and 30 decades of expertise in textile processing, dyes, and auxiliaries manufacturing, and advertising and marketing and chemical administration methods implementation. Mather is a imagined leader on sustainable innovation and provides impressive considering and community to tackle the business problem of microfibre release within just the garments business.
A highlight at the forum is the panel dialogue, ‘Unlocking the Decarbonisation Opportunity’ led by Fashion for Fantastic (FFG). Moderated by Jana van den Bergen, FFG innovation manager, the session will map the prospects for impact reduction and dive into FFG’s D(R)YE Factory of the Future Task. The venture brings together important gamers in the sector and many innovators in pre-treatment and colouration to validate their systems.
The discussion board programme committee comprises Andrew Filarowski, deputy chief executive, Modern society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC) Diana A Wyman, govt vice president, American Affiliation of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) Frank Michel, executive director, The ZHDC Foundation Janak Mehta, chairman, Asia Dyestuff Business Federation (ADIF) and Stefano Cavestro, president, Associazione Italiana di Chimica Tessile e Coloristica (AICTC), extra the launch.
The Textile Colourants and Substances Forum will be held on June 9, 2023, even though the Nonwovens Discussion board will be held on June 10, 2023.
Apart from ITMA forums, contributors can also go to other complimentary functions, these as the Innovator Xchange (June 9–13) and the Innovation Video Showcase which will feature chosen movies from exhibitors.

Fibre2Manner News Desk (NB)

