Itema

Itema S.p.A.
IndustryTextile
FoundedColzate (2012 (2012))
Headquarters
Colzate, Bergamo
,
Italy
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsTextile machinery
RevenueIncrease € 250 million (2013)
Number of employees
850(2013)
SubsidiariesSwitzerland, China, India, U.S., Japan
Websitewww.itemagroup.com

Itema S.p.a. is a multinational Italian company that produces textile machinery for all types of weaving.

History

Itema textile machine

The history of Itema begins in 1967 with the birth of Somet, leading textile machinery company, in the province of Bergamo in northern Italy.

In 2000, the company changed its name to Promatech, after the acquisition of Vamatex, another important textile machinery manufacturing company, also located in the Bergamo area.

The new company acquired SulTex (Sulzer textile), a Swiss textile machinery manufacturing company, whose origins date back to 1834, and the exclusive producer of projectile looms in the world.[1]

In 2012, the three historic brands – Somet, Vamatex and Sulzer/ Sultex – changed name and re-branded as one unique Itema brand.[2]

In February 2014,[3] the company launched Itema Academy, a program to recruit and retain promising young people and recent graduates in collaboration with Confindustria Bergamo, and opened ItemaLab in March, a new research incubator in the Kilometro Rosso technology park, just outside Bergamo.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Telai, Itema più forte". 28 July 2001. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Itema s.p.a.: Weaving a tale of success | International Trade News". 2018-03-27. Archived from the original on 2018-03-27. Retrieved 2022-05-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "Itema exhibits ist newvest rapier R9500 weaving machine at Exintex". 13 March 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Launch of ItemaLab, a new Itema incubator". February 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Itema, telai 4.0 per i tessuti con i nuovi materiali". 26 March 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.