The woodworking and furniture technology business is still waiting for a change of the economic scenario. The current phase of reducing orders has been going on for nine quarters and is certainly the most apparent consequence of the formidable growth recorded by this industry and the economy in gene [...]
Today more than ever, it is essential having data and figures to accurately evaluate the real trend of a market that is experiencing a period of uncertainty. According to tradition, the Studies Office of Acimall – the italian woodworking technologies association – has processed a set of informatio [...]
The decision by the members of Acimall - the Confindustria member association that represents the Italian manufacturers of technology for the wood and furniture industry - to give birth to a new association is the most significant outcome of the general assembly held last June 3 at Baggiovara (Moden [...]
Istat has recently published the final 2023 figures for Italian woodworking technology export. Accounting for 70% of production, export closed with 2.6% growth, confirming that the industry in 2023, despite a much less satisfactory trend of orders compared to the previous years, could still achieve [...]
After the booming growth of recent years, another negative quarter is expected for the processing industry of wood and wood-based materials. This trend is emerging from the traditional quarterly survey carried out by the Studies Office of Acimall, the association of Italian woodworking and furniture [...]
The preliminary balance of 2023 drafted by the Studies Office of Acimall shows 3.5 percent growth of production compared to 2022. So, despite a trend of orders that was much less satisfactory than the excellent results of the past years, the companies had and still have a strong order backlog, allow [...]
The export flows of woodworking technology remain positive; in the first half of 2023, the trend is stable, with a +9.4% increase on the same period of 2022, with a real value of 854 million euro. Though still leading the top-10 ranking of customers, the United States decreased by 7.3% compared to 2 [...]