Showcasing the latest Textile & Apparel machinery and technologies:
ITCE’11 to be Held in Cairo End of February 2008
July, 2007
The 11th international exhibition for textile, embroidery and sewing machinery and accessories, (ITCE’11), will be held in Egypt from February 28th - March 2nd, 2008 at Cairo International Fair Ground. The show, now held for the eleventh successful version, is currently known as the leading international trade event in the MENA region since 1994. ITCE’11will showcase the latest and most innovative textile & apparel machinery, raw material & accessories, and thus covering the entire spectrum of cotton processing operations, including spinning, weaving, converting, dyeing, sewing machines and garment manufacturing. The show also acts an international hub, facilitating high level networking between key industry experts, which will benefit the entire textile industry in the region.
The textile industry in the Middle East has maintained a steady growth over the years. The clothing and accessories exports from the region amount to more than US$ 11 billion, annually. The Middle East is currently the fourth largest exporter of fashion and clothing accessories in the world, accounting for almost 5.5 per cent of the global trade.
ITCE’11 is being held in Egypt, the centre of the air, sea and road transportation, linking Europe and Far East with African and Middle Eastern markets, thus obtaining a noticeable and eminent global location positioning it as the essence of these markets. Meanwhile, the Egyptian textile industry is one of the most dynamic industrial sectors in Egypt and has been growing at an average rate of over 6.5 per cent annually. Equipped with state of the art machinery, Egyptian textile industry is among the top ten export industries accounting for approximately US$ 700 million, 14 per cent of total exports. Egypt acts as a link between Europe, Far East and Africa and its textile industry is among the top ten export industries, accounting for approximately US$ 1.5 Billion. With significantly low wages of skilled manpower and the lowest power cost, may be the cheapest worldwide, Egypt is logically to be the most suitable host for ITCE series, specially after singing the Qualified Industrial Zone (QIZ) protocol with USA that will open up the US market to textiles manufactured in pre-determined industrial zones in Egypt.
According to the organizers, ITCE’11 is currently witnessing an early competition in space reservation among exhibitors. “During this year the show will witness about 20% increase in space compared to the last year’s version. Such increase is a clear evidence of the loyalty of our exhibitors to the show brand all over its successive versions,” said Wael El Qadi, ITCE’11 Project Manager, expressing his trust in the success of the 10th version of the event.
“Our promotional plan aims at attracting decision makers from different sectors of the textile industries including purchasing managers, factory owners, dealers, wholesalers and importers of textile machinery from Egypt and neighbouring Arab and African countries. ITCE’11 will be a great chance where manufactures & exporters of machinery and industry technologies come together from all over the world at the same time and under one roof to meet the carefully targeted visitors of ITCE. (only till here. Erase the rest of the paragraphe)
ITCE㤒, witnessed overwhelming response by industry leaders and succeeded in bringing together 653 companies from across the world to exhibit the latest in textile manufacturing technology and accessories to 29,312 trade visitors, while ITCE’11 is expected to be visited by 30,000 trade visitors from Egypt and regional Arab & African countries.
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