TW Special Report
ITMA 2023 is now in the rearview mirror of the textile industry, but to show companies, the potential customers, connections and data accumulated on the occasion are starting points for long-term business opportunities and concepts for the next generation of technologies .
Textile World recently interviewed a very small group of exhibitors who attended ITMA 2019, held in Milan, Italy, to learn more about their experience and get a sense of the textile investment market in general, especially as it relates to the United States.
The answers below were provided through Will Motchar, Navis TubeTex; Hardy Sullivan, Thiès Corp. ; Rick Stanford, Technology Co. Inc. ; Gunar Meyer, Monforts; Stefan Engel, the American Trützschler; and Thomas Oetterli, Rieter Group.
Responses are in no particular order and have been condensed and edited for clarity.
Defendant: Will Motchar, President and Chief Executive Officer, Navis TubeTex, Lexington, North Carolina.
Defendant: Hardy Sullivan, Sales, Thies Corp. , Rock Hill, S. C.
Defendant: Rick Stanford, Vice President of Global Business Development, Textiles, Technology Corp. , St. PetersburgJohn’s Louis
Respondent: Stefan Engel, CEO, Trützschler USA, Charlotte, N.C.
Respondent: Gunar Meyer, managing director, Monforts
Interviewee: Thomas Oetterli, CEO of the Rieter Group, Switzerland
January 2024
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