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PRESS RELEASES

The press releases listed here below are available upon request also in Italian, French, Spanish and German (Stefania Arioli, e-mail: s.arioli@amaplast.org).

An encouraging first quarter

The analysis by Assocomaplast of the ISTAT figures for Italian foreign trade in the first quarter of this year in fact shows that exports are up by almost nine percentage points...

Synergy Acimga-Assocomaplast

Acimga and Assocomaplast have signed an operational agreement which includes sharing their premises and services to member companies. ..

The sector is holding, in spite of everything

Assocomaplast has completed the year 2013 balance sheet for the sector, incorporating ISTAT foreign trade data...

Preliminary consolidated result

Assocomaplast has produced its 2013 full-year forecast for the industry on the basis of ISTAT foreign trade data for the first nine months of the year. ..

A nuanced semester

The analysis by Assocomaplast of the latest ISTAT figures for Italian foreign trade shows that, in the first half of 2013, imports in the sector were somewhat weak compared to the same period in 2012 whereas exports held relatively firm...

An uncertain start to the year

After a still-positive trend in January and February, the first quarter of 2013 instead closed with a downturn for Italian exports of plastics and rubber processing machinery. Upturn in order portfolios in April/May...

Export drives improvements

Production value in line with 2011, at 4 billion euros, exports growing by 6% up to 2.58 billions and weak domestic market...

Exports still holding

On the basis of ISTAT data regarding foreign trade in the first nine months of 2012, Assocomaplast forecasts for the entire year 2012 an outcome close the results for 2007 - the best year ever - with production on the order of 4.2 billion euros and exports worth more than 2.6 billion...

Midyear balance sheet

According to statistics provided by Assocomaplast, Italian imports and exports for the sector recorded new gains in the first half of 2012 with respect to the same period in 2011...

Annual Assembly

During its annual assembly - on Thursday June 28, 2012, at CESAP in Verdellino-Zingonia, Bergamo - Assocomaplast confirmed the Presidency of Giorgio Colombo for the period 2012-2015. President Colombo, in his turn, reconfirmed Alessandro Grassi as vice-President. ..

Steady growth

The 2011 final balance for the Italian plastics and rubber machinery industry confirms the forecasts worked out some months ago by Assocomaplast.Last year, exports grew by more than 20% compared to 2010 whilst the domestic market remained unchanged (+0,9% in value)...

Full speed ahead

Assocomaplast has derived projections for production, imports, and exports in the sector for the entire year 2011 on the basis of data from the Italian National Statistics Institute (ISTAT) for the first nine months of the year, which highlight excellent performance in exports and general stability of the domestic market...

Upswing around the world

According to the figures analysed by Assocomaplast, in the first half of 2011 Italian exports in this sector grew exceptionally well, up approximately 22%...

Increased market share

On Wednesday June 11, 2003, the annual general meeting of Assocomaplast led to the re-election of Luciano Anceschi as president for the two-year period 2003-2005 and offered the chance to reflect on the current state of the sector...

Positive signals

According to the statistics released in these days by Assocomaplast, some positive indicators clearly emerge...

Restart out of breath

According to the estimates worked out by Assocomaplast, on the basis of preliminary ISTAT data related to the sector's foreign trade in 2009 and the survey on turnover and export for Member companies all along 2009, the comparison with the previous year shows a remarkable slackening for the industry...

Again positive signals

According to Assocomaplast, ISTAT data related to the January-April 2010 period confirm the recovery of the sector, including import-export results, after the serious crisis that hit the industry throughout 2009 and well beyond...