疫情對于英國的整個(gè)行業(yè)都是一個(gè)不小的打擊。對英國的紡織機(jī)械行業(yè)而言，訂單量有所下降，但幅度不大。與2019年相比，2020年紡織機(jī)械的總出貨量僅下降3%。我們相信疫情很快就會(huì)得到控制，到7月中旬，整個(gè)英國的人口都將接種疫苗，那時(shí)紡織行業(yè)也將恢復(fù)正軌。與此同時(shí)，國際社會(huì)對英國制造的紡織機(jī)械仍有相當(dāng)大的需求，我們的制造商也正在推進(jìn)他們的生產(chǎn)計(jì)劃。預(yù)計(jì)2021年底到2022年初對新機(jī)械的需求將會(huì)增加。然而，對于那些沒有充分穩(wěn)定疫情使疫情常態(tài)化的國家來說，情勢并不輕松。

出行限制和簽證發(fā)放以及隔離要求意味著此次參加ITMA ASIA的展商們不能面對面同潛在客戶交流。這對國際展商來說，確實(shí)受到了嚴(yán)重的影響。當(dāng)?shù)氐恼股桃矔?huì)受制于地方的社交準(zhǔn)則。在展覽面積上，主辦方可能會(huì)考慮減少展出面積，國際參展商的工作人員也將減少。但總的來說，這次展覽勢必會(huì)取得巨大的成功。

在出口方面，我們的主要銷售區(qū)在歐洲，美國也是我們的主要銷售國。此次我們有七家優(yōu)質(zhì)企業(yè)參展。我們可以保證，每個(gè)展品都經(jīng)過企業(yè)們精心的設(shè)計(jì)，充分考慮到環(huán)境友好的因素，使用起來既高效又可持續(xù)，具體細(xì)節(jié)我們可以在展會(huì)上見分曉。在智能化方面，歐洲的紡織機(jī)械企業(yè)投入了大量資金，以確保他們的最新產(chǎn)品能夠滿足紡織生產(chǎn)商日益增長的需求，即與可持續(xù)發(fā)展相結(jié)合的、更加靈活的生產(chǎn)方法和系統(tǒng)。

亞洲紡織行業(yè)發(fā)展迅速，新興市場層出不窮。但在過去的兩到三年中，中國對于英國產(chǎn)的紡機(jī)需求已經(jīng)下降了相當(dāng)大的部分。談及地位，中國仍然是一個(gè)及其重要的市場并引領(lǐng)著亞洲的紡織業(yè)。而印度正在被孟加拉國、巴基斯坦和斯里蘭卡趕超也是不爭的事實(shí)。

目前，全球的紡織業(yè)都面臨著這樣的幾個(gè)挑戰(zhàn)：穩(wěn)定的生產(chǎn)力，關(guān)稅變化，環(huán)境影響及社會(huì)因素。紡機(jī)行業(yè)的未來顯然是工業(yè)4.0的時(shí)代。企業(yè)們將更加重視自主系統(tǒng)、機(jī)器人、智能制造和企業(yè)資源規(guī)劃這些方面。對于中國紡織機(jī)械企業(yè)來說，繼續(xù)開發(fā)紡機(jī)機(jī)械設(shè)備和提升產(chǎn)品的售后服務(wù)非常重要。

UK textile industry will be recovered in July

Interview with Alan Little， Association Director of BTMA

The outbreak is a blow to the whole industry in the UK. We cannot comment on the textile market in the UK other than they are suffering from delays in obtaining supplies of raw material from overseas. However， with reference to the textile machinery industry in the UK there has been a fall in orders， but not a dramatic one. Overall shipments of textile machinery in 2020 only fell by 3% compared with 2019. We believe that the pandemic is coming under control and that the whole population of the UK will have received a vaccination by mid-July. This is when we expect things to return to normal. In the meantime， there is still a reasonably good demand for UK made textile machinery and our manufacturers are pushing ahead with their production programme. We expect that the demand for new machinery will increase towards the end of 2021/beginning of 2022. However， it will be difficult for those countries that have not stabilized the pandemic sufficiently to allow things to normalize.

It has had a major impact on international exhibitors as restrictions on travel and issuing VISAS plus the quarantine requirements means they cannot meet potential customers face to face. For local exhibitors they will be bound by the local distancing rules etc. Overall， the exhibition will be slightly smaller with less machinery from international exhibitors using local staff to man their stand. However， there is no doubt that the show will be a great success.

As for the export market， 0ur main sales region is Europe and the main nation currently is the USA. This time we have 7 local enterprises exhibiting， all of them producing high quality equipment and services. As an Association we cannot divulge details other than the equipment being shown is carefully designed to take into account environmental issues， efficiency， and sustainability. I believe that textile machinery enterprises in Europe have invested heavily in ensuring that their latest developments meet the increasing demands of the textile producers with regards to increased and flexible production methods and systems combined with sustainability.

It is true that the Asian textile industry is developing rapidly however the Chinese market has certainly slowed down in their requirement for UK made textile machinery over the past 2 or 3 years. However， China still represents an important market and leads the way in Asia. India is being overtaken by Bangladesh， Pakistan， and Sri Lanka.

Now， the biggest challenges facing the global textile industry are maintaining stability and productivity， changes to tariffs， environmental impact， and social challenges. There will obviously be greater emphasis on the Fourth Industrial Revolution （Industry 4.0） involving autonomous systems， robotics， smart manufacturing， and ERP. For the Chinese textile machinery enterprises， it is important that they continue to develop their machinery and after sales service.