Ernesto Maurer has been appointed as the
new President of Cematex, the European Committee of Textile Machinery
Manufacturers. His four-year term of office will cover three major events in
the pivotal ITMA series of textile technology exhibitions scheduled for Europe
and Asia.
Maurer was elected at the Cematex General
Assembly, on June 12. He 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).
Cematex is the official representative body
for Europe’s national textile machinery associations and has been in charge of
organising the ITMA exhibitions, since inaugural show in 1951, and subsequent
editions in both Europe, Asia and China.
Over the next four years, Ernesto 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).
Says
Maurer: “Cematex is determined to maintain its leadership role for exhibitions,
carrying the ITMA brand to partners worldwide today and in the future,
including a focus on increasingly-digital opportunities.”