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Italy a major player at ITMA Barcelona 2019 textile machinery show

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Italy’s presence at the world’s most important trade fair dedicated to textile machinery, ITMA, which opens its gates on June 20 in Barcelona for its 18 th edition, will be, as in previous editions, absolutely imposing, numbering some 360 exhibitors. ITMA opens its gates on June 20 in Barcelona, and for seven days visitors at the world’s primary textile machinery trade fair will be provided a first hand look at the high quality of the technology proposals of roughly 360 exhibiting Italian machinery manufacturers. The overall surface area occupied by Italian exhibitors, nearly 30,000 sq. meters

State of the Industry Report 2019: Italian textile machinery: first quarter orders in decline

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The order index for Italian textile machinery carried out by ACIMIT , the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, for 2019 January-March period ranging from January to March 2019 dropped 3% compared to the same period of the previous year. Italian textile machinery manufacturers thus recorded declining orders on foreign markets, where orders fell by 11%. On the domestic front, orders increased by 84% compared to the first quarter 2018. ACIMIT President Alessandro Zucchi commented, “The domestic market is experiencing a dynamic showing similar to late 2017. Investments in the

Italian Textile Machinery: State of the Industry Report 2014: Foreign Orders Continue Upward!

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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 foreign markets, where for the period taken into consideration an increase of 9% was reported, and the index measured a value of 99.4 points. On the other hand, the domestic market remains stagnant

Italian Textile Machinery State of the Industry Report Second Quarter 2014: Foreign Orders Are Up!

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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 recorded for the period from April to June, with the industry index of 92.1 points. For its part, the domestic market showed a decline in order intake for the second quarter (-9% over the previous quarter)

Italian Textile Machinery State of the Industry Report 2011 - Production Increased in 2011

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The value of Italian textile machinery production for 2011 registered a 9% increase compared to 2010, from 2.4 to 2.6 billion euros. A similar increase was recorded for exports (+10%), which reached a value of just over 2.1 billion euros. Exports remain the driving force behind the sector growth in Italy. The dynamism of major textile markets combined with the ability of Italian machinery manufacturers to assert themselves on a global scale, has contributed to sustaining Italian exports. Fully 25% of the sector's sales abroad are directed to China, with Asian markets generally accounting for

MECCANOPLASTICA srl

Meccanoplastica has been designing and making Extrusion Blow Machinery for plastic materials of the highest quality since 1983. From a small firm of three founding members to a leading business on the Italian market and abroad, with offices in Florence (Italy) and Barcelona (Spain). We believe that the company’s strong suit was, and still is, its ability to work together with its clients and dynamically adapt to changing times and technology, as well as new market demand constantly coming in. This is proved by the fact that today we are the only company in Europe with the capacity and