Good 2017 and promising 2018 for Italian woodworking manufacturers
13 February 2018A bright future is forecast by figures of the traditional market survey conducted by Acimall, the association of Italian manufacturers of woodworking machinery: Q4, 2017 closed with a 36.8% order increase compared to the same quarter in 2016 (the growth rate in the July-August term was 42.9%, also compared to the same period of the previous year).
This figure results from the trend of orders from abroad, up by 35.2% (51.5% in Q3) and the development of Italian demand, achieving 49.5% growth over the October-December 2016 period (it was just 19.7% in Q2).
“Italian users are clearly going through a period of greater confidence which, combined with state incentives, is generating strong demand, exceeding even the most optimistic expectations,” said Dario Corbetta, Acimall director.
And the future: 72% of the sample believe that, in the short term, orders from abroad will increase further, while 28% don’t expect significant variations (the balance is +72, versus +32 in the previous quarter).
As to the domestic market, 39% expect a positive trend; according to 56%, stability will prevail, while 5% fear shrinking business (the balance is +34; it was just +5 three months ago).
