ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, and ICE, Italian Trade Agency, will showcase Italy’s latest textile machinery to Russian textile manufacturers at a technology seminar that will be held in Ivanovo on 9 April.

Accompanied by a series of visits to manufacturers and meetings with local authorities, the event is part of the Machines Italia in Russia plan, the goal of which is to re-launch exports of Italian machinery to the Russian market. Raffaella Carabelli, President of ACIMIT, commented: “Italian businesses are ready to meet the demands of modernizing Russia’s textile industry.”

The event is being organised by the Ministry of Economic Development and coordinated by Federmacchine, the Italian Federation of associations of producers of capital goods, which ACIMIT belongs to.

Strong relationship

The aim of the seminar is to provide Russian manufacturers with firsthand knowledge of the state-of-the-art in Italian textile machinery technology, at a time when the local authorities have initiated pilot projects designed to modernise existing technology and enhance the offering of products on the local market from Russian manufacturers.

Raffaella Carabelli, explained: “This restructuring phase provides us with an opportunity to further strengthen existing relations between Russian textile producers and Italian technology suppliers, which were already well under way through the promotional initiatives promoted by ACIMIT and ICE-Agency over the years.”

Primary export markets

“The result of this interaction between Italy’s textile machinery manufacturers and Russian companies is Russia’s constant presence among the primary export markets for Italian textile machinery producers,” said Carabelli. In 2013, Italian sales to the Russian market amounted to EUR 29 million.

A total of thirteen Italian companies will be participating at the technology seminar, including ACIMIT associate members such as Aigle, Bellini, Bianco, Color Service, Ferraro, Itema, Marzoli, Savio and SSM Giudici.

Italian textile machinery industry

ACIMIT represents an industrial sector comprising around 300 companies and producing machinery to an overall value of EUR 2.3 billion, with exports amounting to 84% of total sales.

Italian textile technology is sold in around 130 countries worldwide. According to the association, creativity, sustainable technology, reliability and quality are the characteristics which have made Italy a leader in the manufacturing of textile machinery.

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