Italy’s industrial production unexpectedly increased in April, marking the first annual rise in over two years and signaling a possible turnaround for the nation’s manufacturing sector. According to data released by the national statistics institute ISTAT, output climbed by 1.0% compared to March, defying analysts’ predictions of a slight decline. On a year-over-year basis, after adjusting for working days, industrial output rose by 0.3%, ending a long streak of 26 consecutive monthly decreases. This monthly improvement was broad-based across most industrial sectors, with energy being the only

Italy’s industrial production unexpectedly increased in April, marking the first annual rise in over two years and signaling a possible turnaround for the nation’s manufacturing sector. According to data released by the national statistics institute ISTAT, output climbed by 1.0% compared to March, defying analysts’ predictions of a slight decline. On a year-over-year basis, after adjusting for working days, industrial output rose by 0.3%, ending a long streak of 26 consecutive monthly decreases. This monthly improvement was broad-based across most industrial sectors, with energy being the only

Italy’s industrial production unexpectedly increased in April, marking the first annual rise in over two years and signaling a possible turnaround for the nation’s manufacturing sector. According to data released by the national statistics institute ISTAT, output climbed by 1.0% compared to March, defying analysts’ predictions of a slight decline. On a year-over-year basis, after adjusting for working days, industrial output rose by 0.3%, ending a long streak of 26 consecutive monthly decreases. This monthly improvement was broad-based across most industrial sectors, with energy being the only

According to the preliminary figures published by the MECS - UCIMA Research Centre, the sector is returning to growth. Approximately 7 months of production is guaranteed in 2022. The Italian packaging machinery manufacturers have once again passed the €8 billion mark. According to the preliminary figures compiled by the MECS - UCIMA (Italian Packaging Machinery Manufacturers' Association) Research Department, the sector has reached an overall turnover of €8,435 million in 2021, 8% up on the result recorded in 2020. This figure is higher than the 2019 turnover and consolidates the industry's

As expected, there was again a decrease in the index of the orders collected by the Italian machine tool manufacturers in the second quarter of 2020. In particular, according to the data processed by the Economic Studies Department & Business Culture of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, in the period April-June, the index registered a 39.1% downturn compared with the same period of 2019. The outcome was due both to the reduction in the orders collected by Italian manufacturers on the domestic market (-44.7%) and to the fall reported on the foreign market (-37.8%). This is the actual figure

The annual members assembly of ASSOCOMAPLAST – the Italian trade association belonging to CONFINDUSTRIA, which groups together over 160 makers of machinery, moulds and equip-ment for plastics and rubber – was held on Friday, 19 June at the Science and Technology Mu-seum in Milan. The assembly elected a new President for the two-year term 2015-2017: Alessandro Grassi, managing director of Frigosystem srl, who in turn named Andrea Franceschetti, international sales director for Gefran spa, as Vice President of the association. The members assembly was followed by the public Assocomaplast

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American manufacturing companies are scaling down their plans for investment amidst the current economics recession, but a new study being released by the Italian Trade Commission shows that companies already using Italian equipment are less likely to cut capital spending. The complete Executive Summary of Findings will be available in September of 2009. About the Sample The Machines Italia Awareness Survey is a study of purchasing trends and issues in the US manufacturing machinery market. In 2009, a total of 270 companies have been interviewed in just the first seven months. This is compared