Cematex, 9 national European textile machinery Association has appointed Ernesto Maurer as new President of Cematex. Three major events the pivotal ITMA series of textile technology exhibition schedule for Europe and Asia will be covered in 4 years term of Maurer.
Cematex is the official representative body for Europe’s national textile machinery associations and has been in charge of organizing the ITMA exhibitions, since the inaugural show in 1951, and subsequent editions in both Europe, Asia, and China.
Maurer is president of the Swiss Textile Machinery Association since 2015, serving during the same period as a member of the Cematex board of directors and its 1st vice-president for the past four years.
Also elected at the general assembly were 1st vice-president Mikael Äremann (TMAS, Sweden) and 2nd vice-president Charles Bauduin (Symatex, Belgium).
Over the next four years, Maurer will lead Cematex through a challenging period globally, taking in three major events. ITMA Asia + CITME will be held in Shanghai from June 12-16, 2021, postponed from October 2020 because of Covid-19. This will be followed in 2022 by the next ITMA Asia + CITME in the same city, and then by ITMA 2023 in Milan (June 8-14).
