Teknik Fuarcılık has partnered with Turkey’s top garment machinery manufacturers and global brand representatives for the GarmentTech İstanbul Garment, Embroidery Machines Spare Parts and Sub Industry Exhibition. At the Istanbul Expo Center (IFM), the inaugural GarmentTech Istanbul Exhibition will take place on June 25–28, 2025. The only and most complete gathering place for the industry will be the GarmentTech Istanbul Exhibition, which will bring together all the technologies utilized in the creation of clothing and ready-to-wear.
One of the key economic drivers in Turkey is the ready-to-wear and apparel industry, which generates both employment and export revenue. About 700,000 people are employed in the production industry, which is one of the top employment sectors in the nation with 22,000 640 exporters and 42,000 434 manufacturers. The retail and ready-to-wear industries combined account for more than two million jobs overall.
However, Turkey’s third-largest exporter is the ready-to-wear and apparel industry. Turkey ranks fifth globally in terms of apparel and ready-to-wear exports. With 19.3 billion dollars in exports in 2023, the sector accounts for 7.5% of total exports.
Teknik Fuarcılık, which has more than 30 years of experience in exhibition organization and has made the ITM International Textile Machinery Exhibition a world brand, has taken action to make the success achieved by the garment and ready-to-wear sector sustainable. GarmentTech İstanbul Exhibition, which will be organized with the support of the members of the Garment Machinery Advisory Board and in cooperation with the Apparel Automation and Machinery Manufacturers Association (KOMİD), will host professional visitors and global buyers from all over the world.
The press conference of the GarmentTech İstanbul Exhibition, organized for the launch of this great meeting and cooperation, was held at Wyndham Grand İstanbul Europe Hotel. The press conference was attended by who is among the members of the Garment Machinery Advisory Board, Vice Chairman of Astaş Holding H. Kaya Aşçı, Astaş Juki Board Member and General Manager Turgay Aşçı, Chairman of the Board of Çatma Makine Yavuz Çatma, Chairman of the Board of Alba Makine Cengiz Albayrak, General Manager of Malkan Makine Alparslan Er, General Manager of Uğur Makine Temel Kamiloğlu, Tetaş Sales and Marketing Assistant General Manager Murat Eren, Malkan Makina Factory Manager Metin Kılıç and KOMID President Haluk Akın, TEMSAD President Adil Nalbant, KOMİD Members Serkon Makina Chairman İzzet Savaş, Robotech General Manager Hüseyin Çetin, Chairman of the Board of NewTech Machinery Nezir Yazıcı, LGM Foreign Trade Specialist Yiğit Sağdık Manav, Avtek Manager Oğuz Avcı and many sector representatives. Necip Güney, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Teknik Fuarcılık, made the opening speech of the meeting.
