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➠ NuernbergMesse India Pvt. Ltd.
auf der POWTECH 2017 in Nürnberg be-
kannt gegeben. Der Name steht für das
gewachsene Angebot der Messe und be-
tont die Zugehörigkeit zur POWTECH
World, dem Verbund der global führen-
den Fachmessen für Pulver- und Schütt-
gutverarbeitung sowie mechanische Ver-
fahrenstechnik.
„Seit ihrer Gründung 2010 ist das The-
men- und Angebotsspektrum der Fach-
messe immer größer und die Durchfüh-
rung professioneller geworden. Hier tref-
fen Aussteller präzise auf ihre Zielgrup-
pen. Der neue Name ‚POWTECH India‘
und der Untertitel ‚India’s Leading Tech-
nology Expo for Processing, Analysis and
Handling of Powder & Bulk Solids‘ ver-
deutlichen dies“, erläutert Sajid Desai,
CEO, NürnbergMesse India. „Wir freuen
uns, die engen Verbindungen zur Bran-
chen-Leitmesse POWTECH nun auch im
Namen zu tragen.“
Petra Wolf, Mitglied der Geschäftslei-
tung NürnbergMesse GmbH, ergänzt:
„Der Messeverbund POWTECH World ist
mit Veranstaltungen in Brasilien, China,
Indien und Deutschland das führende
Netzwerk der globalen Schüttgut-Com-
munity. Der neue Messename POWTECH
India beweist, dass wir von der Qualität
und der Ausrichtung dieser internationa-
len Fachmessen überzeugt sind. Auch in
Zukunft werden wir POWTECH India und
die weiteren POWTECH World Events
mit Partnern vor Ort langfristig weiter
entwickeln und schärfen.“ .
➠ AMAPLAST
EU have increased by over twenty per-
centage points with respect to the first
six months of 2016, and a similar up-
surge is recorded across the rest of
Europe generally. It is worth underscor-
ing the positive performance in Russia,
where the value of sales more than dou-
bled from approximately 21 to nearly 50
million euros.
Performance by geography – the
Americas: The Americas absorbed a
fifth of Italian exports in the sector, with
an increase on the order of ten percenta-
ge points, imputable mainly to growth in
Latin American markets, with Brazil in
the lead (+73%). The NAFTA countries,
on the other hand, recorded more mo-
dest growth, due to a slowdown in sales
to Mexico.
Performance by geography – Asia:
Sales to Asian countries remained rather
stagnant, conditioned by a drop in ex-
ports to the Middle East in general, and
specifically to Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Sales to the Far East did not fare much
better, dragged down by the -12% re-
corded for China, which was certainly
not offset by the +1% to India (just look-
ing at the two principal markets in the
area).
Performance by geography – Africa:
While the aggregate sales to Africa are
modest in value, Mediterranean coun-
tries and Sub-Saharan countries both re-
corded an increase approaching twenty
percentage points.
“It should be noted,” points out the sa-
tisfied president of Amaplast Alessandro
Grassi, “that the recovery in supplies to
n Sustained Growth in Foreign Trade:
Imports up by 9.1 percent, exports by
14.6 percent: these are the results of the
first half of 2017 with respect to the
same period in 2016 based on the analy-
sis of ISTAT foreign trade data by the
Amaplast Statistical Studies Center.
The two trends point to further improve-
ment in the positive balance of trade for
the sector (by more than 1.1 billion
euros), with an increase of seventeen
percentage points compared to January-
June 2016.
While imports have slightly slowed down
with respect to year-end 2016 and the first
months of 2017, sales abroad confirm the
robust double-digit growth that has cha-
racterized the entire first half of 2017.
As regards exports – the main outlet for
national production in the sector – Italian
manufacturers may consider themselves
satisfied both as regards the range of
products and in terms of the geography
of sales.
Performance by machine type: With
the exception of negative performance
in plants for mono- and multi-filament,
blow moulding machines, and machines
for foamed materials, all machine types
have recorded marked improvement in
foreign demand, and particularly extrusi-
on lines (+17% over the previous year),
flexographic printers (+23%), thermofor-
ming machines (+37%), and moulds
(+18%), just to mention some of the
principal customs codes.
Performance by geography – Europe:
As for outlets, Europe remains the princi-
pal destination market. Sales within the
Sustained Growth in Foreign Trade
important historical markets such as Rus-
sian and Brazil, which were sputtering in
the recent past due to their respective,
well publicized economic and political
problems, gives a quite significant boost
in confidence for companies in our sec-
tor. The end-of-June statistics high-
lighting continuing growth in exports for
the sector,” continues Grassi, “are an
important signal for Italian manufactu-
rers of plastics and rubber processing
machinery, equipment, and moulds, who
thus have a more tangible perception of
recovery in their market and can look
forward to a new record in production
and exports at year end. Companies also
note a parallel recovery in the domestic
market, sustained in part by the stimulus
measures implemented by the Italian go-
vernment to support investment by ma-
nufacturers within an “Industry 4.0” ap-
proach. Italian manufacturers of plastics
and rubber processing machinery are
ready to contribute to the process by
providing cutting-edge, competitive sys-
tems.”
Alessandro Grassi, presidente Amaplast