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28 ACIMIT Pre-ITMA Press At the press conference, the various initiatives that On the topic of sustainability and digitalization, five 29

ACIMIT member companies also spoke, bringing
ACIMIT, with the support of – the Italian Trade
Happenings Italian manufacturers approaching ITMA 2023 with billion euros, was realized abroad. Italian exports participation in ITMA were announced. Roberto Salvade, Sperotto Rimar. Their contributions Happenings
their company experiences: Flainox, Itema, Marzoli,
Agency (ITA), has put in place to promote Italian
Conference Stresa, Italy
highlighted the validity of the projects that ACIMIT
Luongo, the General Director of ITA, stated: "The
has been pursuing for some years now in the field of
Italian textile machinery industry represents one of
the leading production sectors for our country due to
sustainability and digitalization, namely the
its strong projection on international markets. Our
Sustainable Technologies project, with the Green
Label as the core of the initiative, and the digital
textile technologies are considered to be of a
certification called ACIMIT Digital Ready.
the full force of innovations. Supported by ITA, the
high-quality level, and an element of great pride.”
went mainly to Asia and Europe. Overall, the two
Association of Italian Machinery Manufacturers,
ACIMIT organized a press conference on 15 March
India, and the United States of America were the
at Villa Frua (Stresa, Italy) to unveil Italian areas absorbed 79% of foreign sales.China, Turkey,
main destinations of Italian sales abroad in 2022.
participation in ITMA. Alessandro Zucchi: "The positive results do not,
however, cancel out the obstacles that companies
During the event, Alessandro Zucchi, President of still face in this period. The critical issues following
ACIMIT, showed the preliminary figures for 2022. the Covid-19 pandemic have been amplified by the
Both Italian production and exports of textile ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. However,
machinery increased by more than 10% compared forecasts prepared by our Economic Office show an
to the previous year. The production value exceeded improvement in the second half of the year and in
2.6 billion euros. Of this value, 87%, or around 2.3 the 2024-26 period, which gives us hope.”

Alex Zucchi. President. ACIMIT

Roberto Luongo. ITA

Panel Discussion
Valentina Brignoli. ITEMA
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