ITMA 2003 will be held from Oct 22 to Oct 29 at NEC in Birmingham. This major event, owned by the European Textile Machinery Manufacturers'' Association, CEMATEX, continues to be the cutting edge show for the global textile machinery industry.

ITMA 2003 will be held in the main exhibition centre located 18km outside Birmingham City Centre. It will be open from 9am to 6pm daily. The NEC is situated only 500 metres from Birmingham International Airport, and Birmingham International Railway station is actually inside the NEC.

The NEC is also situated at the heart of Britain''s motorway network making it one the most accessible exhibition centres in Europe. Up to 150,000 visitors are expected to attend ITMA 2003, from around 140 different countries.