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  “ITMA ASIA + CITME 2008” will be held in China from 27 to 31 July 2008, the show scheduled to take place every two years in Shanghai. This milestone event features the unique strengths of the international ITMA brand and China's leading textile event. ITMA ASIA and CITME are two of the most influential trade shows for the industry. The integration of these two well-established exhibitions into one mega show aims at offering exhibitors and their customers a high quality cost effective exhibition. It is now part of a cycle of worldwide events that includes the four-yearly ITMA shows in Europe, and follows on from the previous ITMA ASIA events in Singapore in 2001 and 2005, and the series of 10 CITME shows held in Beijing, most recently in 2006.
The combined show, owned by CEMATEX and Chinese consortium (CCPIT sub-council of Textile Industry, China Textile Machinery Association, China International Exhibition Center Group Corp.), has received unprecedented support from both exhibitors and the world's major textile machinery associations. These include: American Textile Machinery Association (ATMA), China Textile Machinery Association (CTMA), CEMATEX, the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers, which comprises ACIMIT (Italy), AMTEX (Spain), BTMA (UK), GTM (Netherlands), Swissmem (Switzerland), Symatex (Belgium), TMAS (Sweden), UCMTF (France) and VDMA (Germany), Japan Textile Machinery Association (JTMA), Korea Textile Machinery Association (KOTMA), Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI).
 More than 1,000 international textile machinery manufacturers have applied for participation. Indeed, space bookings have been so brisk that the organizer has booked two additional halls to meet the increased demand, and the show itself will occupy 126,500 sq. meters of stand space. In terms of major product categories on view, the yarn production and processing (spinning and winding) sector will occupy the largest stand space area, with a total of about 30,000 sq. meters net. Dyeing, finishing and printing machinery will cover more than 18,000 sq. Meters net, with weaving machines and knitting and hosiery machines each taking up around 11,000 sq. Meters net.
The show will follow the long-established ITMA and ITMA ASIA Index of Products tradition, with halls being laid out in product sectors for the convenience of visitors. Only manufacturers of textile machinery and accessories are permitted to exhibit, and each exhibitor must show equipment on its stand. No information stands or agencies are permitted. To prevent violation of Intellectual Property Rights, the organizer will set up a strong IPR Protection Office at the exhibition site in collaboration with the local IPR Department. The Chinese Government is committed to taking positive measures against product imitation and technology copying. The on-site IPR Protection Office will work closely with exhibitors and visitors in order to avoid any such problems.
ITMA ASIA + CITME 2008 is organized by Beijing Textile Machinery International Exhibition Co Ltd and co-organized by MP International Pte Ltd. ¨
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