Around 70 Italian machinery manufacturers have taken part in Techtextil Frankfurt, the world’s largest industry event for technical textiles, a number that has grown over the years, and a testament to the importance Italy’s textile machinery sector attaches to the technical and innovative textiles market.
In recent years, the technical and innovative textiles industry has seen a great deal of development in many markets, and especially in Europe, where over 30 per cent of revenue in the textile industry derives from the production of textiles for technical and innovative applications.
Demand for such products has consequently also driven a demand for ad hoc machinery, specifically designed for this sector. The offering promoted by Italy’s textile machinery industry is thus expanding to the new demands of customers operating in this specific sector. ACIMIT estimates that more than 100 of its member companies are now working in this sector.
A testament to the dynamism that characterizes the Italian textile machinery industry in the technical textiles sector comes from the sheer number of Italian manufacturers who are exhibiting in Frankfurt. Indeed, around 70 Italian textile machinery companies are present in Germany. Of these, 25 companies are exhibiting in the exhibition area organized by the Italian Trade Agency and ACIMIT. These companies are all ACIMIT associated members: 4M Plants, Beschi, Bianco, Bombi, Bonino, Canalair, Carù, Cogne, Cubotex, Dell’orco & Villani, Etv, Fadis, Mesdan, Monti-Mac, Noseda, Pmt Ribbons, Ratti, Rollmac, Sariel, Saspe, Sicam, Textape, Toscana Spazzole, Unitech, Zappa.
However, the Italian companies present in Germany represent only a part, albeit significant, of manufacturers in Italy producing machinery for technical textiles and nonwovens.