From 19 to 22 October, 2021, INDEX, the reference trade fair for the nonwovens field, will happen in Geneva.
For this edition there will be more than a hundred Italian exhibitors, of whom concerning eighty are machinery makers. As in the previous versions, Italian Trade Agency will certainly organize an Italian Pavilion, where 13 Italian producers will certainly show.
In current years nonwovens production have actually expanded on a international scale, a lot more significantly than the typical fabric market. According to figures gathered as well as compiled by EDANA, the global association of nonwovens firms, production of nonwovens in Europe grew by 7.2% in 2020 to reach 3 million tonnes ( as well as 85.9 billion square metres), with a overall estimated turn over of Euro 9.6 million.
“Index is the leading trade fair for the nonwovens sector, remarks Alex Zucchi, head of state of ACIMIT. It is for that reason specifically crucial for ACIMIT as well as the Italian fabric equipment market to be existing at the reference exhibition for nonwovens, a market that has actually shown strong growth during the period of the Covid-19 pandemic. The enhanced need for nonwovens, particularly those meant for the medical market ( medical masks, but likewise various other personal protective clothes and devices) has rewarded the Italian technological offer, rich in cutting-edge solutions”.
The need for nonwovens has actually increased the Italian production of nonwovens equipment throughout the in 2014. The raised need for cutting-edge options is exactly what improves the role of Italian textile machinery makers. The Italian exports of equipments made use of for creating nonwovens (HS code 844900) reached a value of 59 million euros in 2020. In the first 6 months of 2021, after that, the development went over: +142% over the very first fifty percent of 2020, worth 37 million euros.
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