ABOUT US
The BTMA promotes the interests of UK companies involved in the wide spectrum of machinery and industries for the manufacture of textiles and associated products.

HERITAGE OF EXCELLENCE, FUTURE OF INNOVATION
The British Textile Machinery Association (BTMA) is an organisation with over 80 years’ experience in promoting trade and representing the needs, interests, and aspirations of the UK textile machinery sector, particularly SMEs.
As a representative body, the BTMA promotes the UK as the centre of choice for best industry practice and high standards in international customer relations and service delivery.
With a renewed focus on value creation through our Member experience initiative, our offering has been strengthened through working together with influential and industry leading bodies to help establish a world-class level of manufacturing and engineering excellence for our sector.
We aim to be the hub of information, trade, and support for the textile engineering industry and promote a wide range of services and benefits that enable Members to address their business challenges in the most effective way.
Providing a first-class range of exhibitor support services for international trade shows, through to our industry newsletter, the BTMA’s ever-increasing range of core competences consistently add Member Value.
“By active engagement in addressing industry skills deficits, being at the forefront of the industrial digitalisation revolution, and leveraging opportunities brought about through innovation and the associated global focus on sustainability, membership of the BTMA offers a quantifiable return on subscription investment. Our mission is to ‘make UK technology and expertise the preferred choice’ for our Members.”
Jason Kent, Chief Executive Officer

OUR MISSION
Working tirelessly both on the world stage and behind the scenes to help members sell and market their products and services.
The UK as a centre of choice for best practice and high standards in international customer relations and service delivery.
Working with government and other agencies to turn UK innovation and R&D into opportunities to help Members make sales and to raise overall global standards and expectations.
BTMA provides a first-class range of exhibitor support services for trade fairs, exhibitions and special events. Services range from general advice to translation and logistics management.
- We ensure better business outcomes for our Members through active engagement in addressing industry skills deficits, ensuring we are at the forefront of the industrial digitalisation revolution, and leveraging opportunities brought about through Innovation and the associated global focus on Sustainability.
OUR VALUES
We live and breathe and act on continuous improvement. We are committed to a set of core values that serve as moral boundaries to succeed in our mission.