ITM 2018 International Textile Machinery Exhibition, will be held from April 14 to 17, 2018 organised by Tüyap and Teknik Fairs in cooperation with Textile Machinery and Accessories Industrialists’ Association (TEMSAD). The 15th International Istanbul Yarn Exhibition, HIGHTEX 2018 International Technical Textiles & Nonwoven Exhibition and the 8th International Textile Conference will be held at the same location.

At the ITM 2018 Exhibition, many textile machinery leaders will announce their world launches. This is the most important textile technology show in the region. The Istanbul Yarn Exhibition will showcase high performance products from the yarn sector along with latest technological innovations and state-of-the-art products of the leading yarn manufacturers in the world and Turkey. The Yarn Exhibition, will host sector representatives and display high-performance and quality products of the major producers of the yarn sector.

The exhibition, which focuses on international marketing activities to open the yarn sector to new markets, will offer significant commercial opportunities to all participants. Another exhibition to be held simultaneously with ITM 2018 is HIGHTEX International Technical Textiles and Nonwoven Exhibition organised by Tüyap and Teknik Fairs Ltd Co. In addition, HIGHTEX 2018 Exhibition is the first and only exhibition in its field in Turkey.

Nonwoven, technical textiles and smart textiles are among the most crucial markets of the textile sector, which quickly adapts to technological developments. The latest textile products related to these markets will be advertised at the 7th HIGHTEX Exhibition held in 2018.

The HIGHTEX Exhibition will display technical textiles and nonwoven raw materials, intermediate and final products and production technologies.

The 8th International Istanbul Textile Conference (ETT 2018) organised by Marmara University will be held between April 14-16 at TÜYAP Fair and Congress Centre. The conference, which will be have presentations by academicians and sector experts, will be held simultaneously with ITM 2018, Istanbul Yarn Exhibition and HIGHTEX 2018.

The theme of the ETT 2018 Conference is "Current and Future Developments in Innovations and Enterprises in Traditional Textile, Technical Textile and Ready-Made Clothing Areas".