ECONOMY AND MARKET
The Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery industry shows double-digit growth in 2021 . The primary driver of recovery is the domestic market . Exports are also playing a decisive role . The highest demand for technology comes from the packaging and medical sectors .
PLASTICS AND RUBBER PROCESSING MACHINES : SECTOR IN RECOVERY
Italian technology plast / April 2022
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The full-year forecast developed by MECS-Amaplast statistical studies centre shows double-digit growth in 2021 for the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery , equipment , and moulds industry . “ According to our estimates ,” states Amaplast president Dario Previero , “ at the close of 2021 production should be a hair ’ s breadth from pre-pandemic levels , reaching 4.35 billion euros and an impressive + 11.5 % with respect to 2020 .” The primary driver of recovery in the sector in Italy is the domestic market , which is forecast to close the year with growth of nearly fifteen points and a value of 1.35 billion euros . On the basis of the most recent economic survey of the first nine months
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