Press Release: Milan, Italy January 2015: The Italian plastics and rubber machinery, equipment and moulds industry reconfirms its status as a solid sector making a significant contribution to the national economy, particularly through exports. This news is all the more positive if we consider the context of a recession that has struck almost all sectors of Italian industry. The analysis…
December 18th, 20914 (Milan, Italy): Assocomaplast (the Italian trade association, belonging to CONFINDUSTRIA, which groups to-gether some 170 machinery manufacturers) has compared ISTAT foreign trade data for January-September of the current year with data for the same period in 2013 and confirms further growth in both imports and exports.
Exports rose by over 4% while purchases from…
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Conducted on November 4, 2014 during the Pack Expo International Show in Chicago, USA.
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For the third quarter of 2014, orders for Italian textile machinery manufacturers grew compared to the previous quarter. Economic data from industry surveys conducted by ACIMIT, representing the textile machinery sector, indicate a 4% increase. The value of the orders index for the period from July to September came in at 89.8 points (basis 2010=100).
However, this rise in orders is limited to…
START PLAST has the objective of providing a seedbed for new projects in a venue where all the players necessary for launching a startup can be found and a very positive message can be sent out: it is still possible to do business in Italy. “Given the way the recession is dragging on and the serious difficulties that continue to plague all of Italian business, including the plastics and rubber…
ICMA San Giorgio SPA (Milan, Italy) has designed and installed two complete compounding systems for a major global appliance manufacturer. The new lines produce mineral-filled compounds at high volume through ICMA high-efficiency co-rotating extruders with integral material handling, dosing and cutting units.
ICMA's turnkey system encompassed complete project engineering and support to smoothly…
For the second quarter of 2014, the textile machinery orders index elaborated by the research department at ACIMIT (the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers), recorded a 6% increase compared to the previous quarter, for an absolute value of 86 points (basis: 2010=100). (See Graph)
This growth in orders came entirely from the foreign markets, for which an increase of 8% was…
Thanks to a "renewed high-level political dialogue," Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta's visit to Italy will strengthen the strategic relationship between Italy and Mexico, said Ambassador Alessandro Busacca.
In an interview with Notimex, the Italian ambassador to Mexico emphasized that Letta's visit takes place within a framework of bilateral relations that he described as excellent, since…
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…