(Apr. 17) To meet the growing demand for Made in Italy textile machinery, ACIMIT – the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers – is organizing two important workshops with Indian textile manufacturers. Mumbai and Ichalkaranji will play host to two workshops to be held on May 8 and 10, at which various Italian machinery manufacturers will be presenting their latest technology proposals. India is the world’s second largest market in terms of value for textile machinery imports (amounting to 1.11 billion euros). These events will be Italy’s response to the strong demand for technology by the local textile industry. In fact, 133 million euros worth of Italian textile machinery was sold to India in 2011, a 19% increase compared to the previous year.
“Our companies have been observing developments in India for some time now,” states Sandro Salmoiraghi, President of ACIMIT, “Business opportunities have multiplied, particularly in recent years, owing in part to the incentives set up by the Indian authorities to promote the modernization of local industry.”
Among the Italian machinery manufacturers participating: Canalair, Cs Automazione, Fimat, Flainox, Itema, Jaeggli Meccanotessile, Ptmt, Smit, Testa. The workshops, organized by ACIMIT, are part of the ‘Machines Italia in India’ program financed by the Ministry for Economic Development, which has entrusted the organization to the Federmacchine group, the Federation of Italian Manufacturers of Capital Goods.
The program is an initiative aimed at supporting the internationalization activities of businesses in the sector, in an area that is currently experiencing some of the most intense economic development anywhere in the globe.(Peg)
