The national Italian woodworking machinery and tools manufacturers' association ACIMALL recently published its Annual Report for 2013. The report provides an overview of the Italian woodworking machinery industry and analyzing in a a wider contex - both import and export figures of all major global competitors (Germany, the United States, China, Austria and Taiwan). The report –…

Mr. Harold Ekkert and Mr. Ryan Spencer, Owner and  and Senior Estimator, for Delta Door + Panel Ltd and Leedwood Ltd were the lucky winners of the trip to Milano, Italy to attend the 26th edition of Xylexpo, the biennal world exhibition for woodworking technology and components for the furniture industry. The trip was the coveted prize of the “WIN A TRIP TO XYLEXPO” contest…

Italy's premier biennial trade show, Xylexpo, featuring the latest in woodworking machinery and technologies has confirmed its editions for 2014 and 2016 with the signing of the recent agreement between Italy's national association for woodworking machinery manufacturers' associaton, ACIMALL's CEPRA Spa and Fiera Milano SpA. The dates for the 2014 edition are May 13-17, 2014 at Milan's…

During a meeting of the Board of Directors on November 6, Dario Corbetta was appointed to deputy director of Cepra, Centro promozionale Acimall. The new assignment is an acknowledgment to the skills and longstanding experience of the manager, who joined the Confindustria-member association of Italian woodworking technology manufacturers in 1991, after previous jobs in Italy's…

For the italian woodworking machinery manufacturers, 2011 was characterized as reflecting a significant recovery. According to the preliminary figures processed by the Italian woodworking machinery manufacturers' association, ACIMALL, production amounted to 1,699 million euros - a stark increase of 10.2 % compared to the previous year. Italian exports in 2011 amounted to 1,278 million…

According to the preliminary figures processed by the Studies Office of Acimall, 2011 should have closed with 5.8 percent growth compared to 2010. This is a positive figure, though definitely far from the results expected based on the trend of the first semester. Good news for exports, up by more than 10 percent, with France and Germany as top destination countries. 2011 saw a significant…

According to statistics, production increased by 23 percent, a good result, though certainly not enough to go back to pre-crisis levels. In this respect, we can add that, if the industry index in 2000 was equal to 100, today we are at 65, and at the end of 2011 we might climb up to 75. The crisis was heavy and is not behind us, yet; recovery has started, we can feel it, but it is highly unlikely…

Some good news, at last, though long awaited, for the Italian production of machinery and technology to process wood and wood-based materials. According to the Acimall trend survey for the first quarter 2010, we are seeing a consolidation of recovery that started in the last three months of 2009. It’s mainly good news from foreign markets that are bringing cautious optimism also for the near…