{"id":51656,"date":"2023-06-28T13:08:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T17:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/?p=51656"},"modified":"2023-07-13T10:22:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T14:22:00","slug":"witnessing-innovation-and-making-valuable-connections-at-itma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2023\/06\/witnessing-innovation-and-making-valuable-connections-at-itma\/","title":{"rendered":"Witnessing Innovation and Making Valuable Connections at ITMA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Sarah Stone <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every four years, leaders from all of the textile industry\u2019s vast and varied sectors across the world gather in one place for ITMA. The weeklong exhibition spotlights emerging technologies, processes and trends, and provides a unique opportunity for collaboration to push those innovations forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s no surprise, then, that the Wilson College of Textiles<\/a> had such a large presence at ITMA 2023<\/a>. More than 80 students, staff and faculty from the Wilson College of Textiles traveled to Milan, Italy for the world\u2019s largest textile and garment technology exhibition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each walked away with something valuable, from industry connections to an understanding of trends driving textiles forward, and, of course, memories made exploring Milan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch the video below to get a look at ITMA by the numbers:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Sharing research with an international audience <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

More than half a dozen Wilson College faculty and graduate students presented their research to ITMA visitors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt took me a while to realize just how big of an honor it was to get to speak at ITMA,\u201d M.S. Textile Chemistry<\/a> student Jeannie Egan says. An ITMA committee selected her to be one of only 12 speakers participating in its sustainability and circularity program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Egan, the size of the exhibition alone \u2013 more than 110,000 visitors from over 140 countries \u2013 made for an unmatched opportunity to get the word out about her textile recycling research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n