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Sustainability: ACIMIT rewards excellence

in textile machinery manufacturing with the

Italian Green Label Award

At the press conference held by ACIMIT and the to reward those companies that have been most
Italian Trade Agency at ITMA Barcelona, two ACIMIT intensely engaged in our project, but also bears
associated textile machinery manufacturers, Loptex witness to what we have achieved as a sector on the
and Tonello, were awarded the Italian Green Label issue of sustainability,” states ACIMIT’s President
Award for their commitment to reducing their Alessandro Zucchi. “I believe that the search for
machinery’s carbon footprint. sustainable technology solutions is an indispensable
element for textile manufacturers who are intent of
The commitment of textile machinery manufacturers providing a response to the market’s needs. And
in researching and developing technology solutions Italian machinery manufacturers are leaders on this
capable of improving the energy consumption and/or issue as well.”
environmental performance of their machinery is
implemented through the Sustainable Technologies
project. Promoted by ACIMIT since 2011, the
project’s focus is on the Green Label, through which
machinery manufacturers can communicate their
engagement. The quantity of carbon dioxide
equivalent emissions produced during the operation
of the machinery (CFP) is the parameter chosen to
give value to the environmental efficiency of the
machinery subject to the special labelling.
The winning companies expressed their satisfaction.
Eight years after launching the Sustainable Renato Gerletti, owner of Loptex: “We’re obviously
Technologies project, which occurred right here in very pleased to have received this award. The Italian
Barcelona at the 2011 edition of ITMA, ACIMIT has Green Label Award recognizes just how much we
now instituted the Italian Green Label Award, to have achieved so far on the issue of sustainability. It
reward companies that have shown the most will to motivate us to do even more, dedicating
commitment in pursuing the project’s aims. Loptex additional resources to researching and developing
S.r.l., a company based in Montano Lucino (CO), sustainable solutions for our customers.”
specializing in quality control systems in textile fiber,
both in the spinning and non-woven sectors, was
awarded a prize as the company that achieved the
best results, expressed in terms of percentage
reduction in the value of CFP for its machinery.
Tonello S.r.l., of Sarcedo (VI), which manufactures
technologies for finishing garments, for its part
received the award as the company that showed the
most engagement in exploiting all the functionalities
of the tool dedicated to generating the Green Label, Flavio Tonello, CEO of Tonello: “We have joined the
producing numerous labels for a variety of different Green Label project since its start. Tonello has always
machinery and updating them over time, in an effort focused on sustainability in building our machinery,
to communicate continuously up-to-date information and our Research and Development team have
on the path to sustainability undertaken.
always endeavoured to provide innovative,
“With the Italian Green Label, ACIMIT intends not just sustainable solutions.”

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