OTM 2014 - Textile Machinery Exhibition

OTM 2014 MIDDLE EAST TEXTILE MACHINERY
EXHIBITION WERE HOSTED
16.000 LOCAL & INTERNATIONAL VISITORS
OTM 2014 Middle East Textile Machinery Exhibition organized by the cooperation of Tüyap and Teknik
Fuarcılık, by the support of TEMSAD and by collaboration of Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality,
Gaziantep Chamber of Industry, Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce and Middle East Exhibition Center,
on dates 16-19 October 2014 were hosted 16.000 visitors.
In the exhibition 560 exhibitors from 30 countries exhibited their latest technologies, Visitors came from
all over Turkey to the exhibition and attract attention, especially Kahramanmaras, Sanlıurfa, Adana,
Osmaniye, Malatya, Diyarbakır, Adıyaman, Batman, Sırnak, Nigde, Kayseri, Istanbul, Denizli, Bursa,
Çorlu intensive visitors from cities of Turkey.
OTM 2014 Middle East Textile Machinery Exhibition was opened with the attendance of member of the
Turkish Parliament Mr. Nejat Koçer, Governor of the Gaziantep Mr. Erdal Ata, Metropolitan
municipality mayor of the Gaziantep Mrs. Fatma Sahin, Chairman of Gaziantep Chamber of industry
Mr. Adil Konukoglu, Chairman of the chamber of commerce Mr. Eyüp Bartık, Chairman of the
Organized industrial zone of the Gaziantep Mr. Cahit Nakiboglu, Chairman of the board of Middle East
Carpet Exporters' Association Mr. Selahattin Kaplan, President of Fashion and Apparel federation
Hüseyin Öztürk, Chairman of Turkish Textile Machinery Industrialist’ Association(TEMSAD) Mr. Adil
Nalbant and with the administrative authorities of provincial, the establishment of the sector with a
ceremony on date 16th of October 2014.
The authorities making speech at the ceremony expressed their contentment for the organization of such
an extensive and large exhibition in Gaziantep. They emphasized that they would take the responsibility
of international promotion of the OTM Exhibition and make it a worldwide brand and they stated that
they would do their best for its continuity.
VISITORS CAME FROM ALL OVER THE TURKEY
OTM 2014 Exhibition, welcomes from all across Turkey's textile and apparel sector investors on the 2nd
day as well, not only from the region. Visitors come from all over Turkey to the exhibition and attract
attention, especially Kahramanmaras, Gaziantep, Istanbul, Adana, Malatya, Kayseri, Bursa, Adıyaman,
Sanlıurfa, Nigde, Hatay, Izmir, Mersin, Kocaeli, Usak, Tekirdag, Batman, Diyarbakır, Isparta, Denizli,
Konya, Yalova, Osmaniye, Kilis, Van, Sırnak, Çorlu, Çerkezköy, Bolu, Tokat, Igdır, Ankara.
Visitors from abroad were listed as follows according to the country: Syria, Iran, Uzbekistan, Germany,
Tunisia, Iraq, Libya, China, Georgia, Thailand, Belgium, Cyprus, Ukraine, Yemen, England, France,
Iceland, Indonesia, India, Sweden, Kazakhstan, Japan, Jordan, Macedonia, Australia, Andorra.