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.

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)

The analysis by Assocomaplast, the Italian trade association, belonging to CONFINDUSTRIA, which groups together some 160 manufacturers of plastics and rubber processing machinery) of the latest

During the fourth quarter of 2012, Machines Italia together with IndustryWeek magazine conducted its survey on the usage of automation in the manufacturing sector. This Survey had as its objectives the following:

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.

2021 it’s been a great Glassbuild edition for Italian companies! The Italian Pavilion (Pav.

October 2020 data released by Statistics Canada and Trade Data Monitor showed a solid positive growth for Italy’s exports to Canada of technology from the various (15) Machines Italia capital good related sectors.

 Last September 17, 2020 Canadian Manufacturing, PLANT and EP&T magazi

The Milanese manufacturer, with more than 30 years of experience in the development of co-rotating extruders dedicated to advanced recycling, has successfully tested a new recycling line to be installed at a major Italian group active in the industrial components sector.