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the Plast 2012 exhibition will be welcomed by the italy’s plastics machinery makers, who hope it will add to growing order
books.Injection Worldtakes a look at the show
Plast 2012 prepares to showcase the best of italian machinery
italy’s Plast trade show has long presented a showcase for italian manufacturers of plastics and rubber machinery and moulds and this year’s event is likely to continue that trend, with most of the country’s machine makers exhibiting their latest innovations in Milan. like Germany’s K fair and the US nPe show, Plast runs on a three-yearly cycle. that means it last took place in 2009 in the depths of the global downturn. the mood at that last event was far from buoyant and the difficult economic times could be seen across the Fiera Milano exhibition grounds. even so, more than 55,000 visitors attended the last show. italian visitors accounted for 68% of the total
exhibition attendees in 2009. of the 17, 589 overseas visitors the majority came from europe, with Germany, France and Spain and Switzerland the main european nations represented. However, Africa and the Middle east were also well represented. 1,478 companies exhibited at the last event, almost 80% machinery and equipment companies. while italy’s economic climate is still challenging today, its export- led machinery makers are seeing better times. the end of year report for 2011 published by Assocomaplast, the association representing more than 170 italian plastics and rubber machinery and equipment makers, showed a total production value for the sector of E4bn, up by
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more than 11% on 2010. Almost all of the growth was accounted for by
exports, with overseas sales values up by almost 21% on the previous year to reach E2.43bn. italian machinery makers have not managed to stage a bounce-back on the scale of the country’s German rivals, so they will be keen to capitalise on the recovering global machinery market at their own industry showroom – Plast 2012. italy remains a significant player in the global
plastics machinery market. 2010 production data from european machinery manufacturers association
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