Assocomaplast report shows positive trends

qiangzi

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Verdellino-Zingonia, Bergamo, Italy - During its annual assembly Assocomaplast, the Italian trade association for manufacturers of plastics and rubber machinery, equipment and molds reported Italy’s imports and exports of plastics and rubber processing machinery in the first quarter of 2012, both continue to show positive trends compared with the same period the previous year. In fact, a +17% was recorded for overseas sales (this result represents a moderate slowdown, due to a weakening trend in the areas of extrusion plants and injection moulding machines, while exports of molds and blow molding machines showed a quite positive outlook) and a +22% in the case of imports (this is an acceleration with respect to previous surveys, driven above all by increased purchasing of mold and extruders). Looking at the top destination markets for Italy’s exports in this sector, a considerable growth (+19%) emerges in supplies to Germany - up to almost 90 million euros, made up for 2/3 by molds - which ranks first, as usual, in the classification. Conversely, sales to China have dipped by 19% and it means the country has slipped to the third position, with some 34 million. Sales to France (standing at the second place) increased by 37%, to the U.S. by 34%, Poland (+30%), Brazil (+28%), and Turkey (+17%).