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ECONOMY AND MARKET
A turnover of over 4 billion , almost 14,000 employed , exports on the rise . The data for the first half of 2022 are still positive for the Italian manufacturers of machinery , equipment , and moulds for plastics and rubber .
Dario Previero , president of Amaplast Dario Previero , Präsident von Amaplast

STRONG DEMAND , BUT THE UNKNOWNS WEIGH

Italian technology plast / October 2022
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During the annual member assembly of Amaplast – national trade association , member of Confindustria , that unites some 170 Italian manufacturers of machinery , equipment , and moulds for plastics and rubber – took place on Thursday , 7 July 2022 , in his address , President Dario Previero illustrated the performance of the Italian industry of plastics and rubber processing machinery , commenting on the results of the second edition of the National Statistics Study by the MECS-Amaplast Statistical
Study Centre on 400 manufacturers ( with 13,900 employees ) who generated revenues of over 4 billion euros in 2021 , a twelve percent increase over 2020 with a 72 % share going to exports . Very lively domestic demand – sustained by the Industria 4.0 incentives – and good performance in exports made it possible to return easily to pre-Covid levels and companies say they are moderately optimistic for the current year . Of course the degree and consolidation of the recovery are
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