| | | | | demand for technologically advanced machinery is still |
| The sixth edition of ACIMIT Osservatorio, the | | | | limited. |
| survey on the economical and financial trend of Italian | | | | In this global context, Italy remains among the |
| manufacturers of textile machinery, was presented | | | | leaders in the sector, both in terms of production and |
| at the general assembly of ACIMIT, the Italian | | | | exports, with an 11% market share. 2007 confirmed |
| Association of Textile Machinery Manufacturers, on | | | | the recovery trend, already evident through 2006, in |
| June 24 in Milan. | | | | production for Italian textile machinery manufacturers. |
| The world outlook of the global textile machinery | | | | Production figures in Italy for 2007 neared 2.8 billion |
| industry, outlined in the study, illustrates a rather poor | | | | Euros, a 3% increase over the previous year. Similar |
| pace in terms of trade. Textile machinery | | | | growth figures were recorded for exports, which |
| manufacturers from the Far East are the group | | | | came in at 2.15 billion Euros, roughly 2% higher than in |
| which have managed to increase their market share | | | | 2006. |
| most considerably in recent years, particularly those | | | | This positive result for 2007 derives above all from a |
| based in China. In fact, in addition to representing by | | | | rising demand for textile maintenance machinery |
| far the main market for the industry, China is also | | | | (above all dry-cleaning machinery), up 42% over |
| the world’s fifth exporter of textile machinery, | | | | 2006 and an astounding 66% in terms of exports. |
| right behind Germany, Japan, Italy and Switzerland. | | | | The textile machinery sector proper, on the other |
| Albeit in the lower bracket of the product range, | | | | hand, suffered a decrease in both production (-1%) |
| Asian machinery manufacturers have proven highly | | | | and exports (-4%). |
| competitive, especially in Asian markets, where the | | | | |