Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and mold manufacturing industry profile

Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and mold manufacturing industry in Italy League of dozens of special machinery manufacturing machinery manufacturing industry, with more than 500 patents in Europe, with a high degree of professionalism, leading technology, product diversity, and provide customers with a variety of value-added services. Its output value accounted for the League of dozens of machine building industry output value of 16.5 percent, domestic consumption accounted for 20% of the market, with exports and imports respectively accounted for 13.8%, 15% of the balance of trade accounted for 13.4 percent.

     According to the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and mold manufacturing trade associations (ASSOCOMAPLAST) show that in 2006 the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and mold manufacturing production value of 3,800,000,000 euros, in 2007 the output value is expected to 4,200,000,000 euros, an increase of 9.1 percent; 2006 domestic Market spending 2,171,000,000 euros, in 2007 is expected to 2,200,000,000 euros, an increase of 1.3 percent; in 2006 exports 2,268,000,000 euros, in 2007 is expected to 2,600,000,000 euros, an increase of 14.6 percent; 2006 import 589,000,000 euros and is expected in 2007 600,000,000 The euro, an increase of 1.9 percent; in 2006 a trade surplus of 1,679,000,000 euros, in 2007 is expected to 2,000,000,000 euros, up by 19%. The main categories of goods sub-sector exports in the following table.

     Various types of merchandise exports in 2006 the amount of classification: 10,000 euros

   Product Category 2004 2005 2006 2006% increase over 2005
Laminating equipment and rolling 4260.2 4326.6 6495.3 50
Equipment offset 10834.5 13846 12332.3 -10
Monofilament wire and complex facilities 4929.4 6032.8 6592.9 9.3
Injection molding machine 24749.3 21694.5 23750.9 9.5
Extruder 23059.1 21256.5 21923.1 3.1
Blow molding machine 11427.8 10204.4 10304.6 0.98
Thermoplastic machine 2640.8 2889.3 3461 19.8
Tire inner tube and press 2043.4 1880.6 2109 12.1
Press 2866 3667.4 4002.4 9.1
Molding equipment 7335.1 9172.1 9174.5 0.03
Reaction injection molding machine 3124.6 2642.6 3444.3 30.3
Foam products processing equipment 3150 2128.4 2345.5 10.2
Smashing equipment 1798.8 2868.7 2109.1 -26.5
Mixer 1314.8 1474 2290.1 55.4
Cross-section, longitudinal section of peeled and equipment 575.7 485.4 626.3 29.02
Other equipment 27032.6 30942.7 29298.1 -5.3
Parts 32667 31422.3 32360 2.98
Die 63624.9 51435.3 54127.8 5.2
Total 227434.2 218369.4 226747.3
     Source: Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and mold manufacturing industry association
     1-9 months in 2007, according to statistics showed that Italy plastics and rubber processing machinery and mold products are still the main export destination is the European Union, the export amount of 915,000,000 euros, the share of overall exports accounted for 47%. Germany is the Italian machinery exports than any other country, exports to Germany more than 295,000,000 euros. America is its second largest export destination, in which the United States, Canada and Mexico's exports are more than 185,000,000 euros, an increase of 2.8 percent. Asia is its third largest export destination, the amount of exports last year, with basically the same. In the Far East of the country's export growth, amounting to 108,000,000 euros, an increase of 14.9 percent. China's exports decline in the amount of 082,000,000 euros, a decrease of 15.5 percent.

     Italian exports to China in the clear after a brief decline after. From the end of 2005 started to bounce back. According to statistics, in 2006 Italy to China's plastics and rubber machinery exports reached 131,000,000 euros. Chinese plastics and rubber machinery is Italy's fourth largest export destination, the share of the total exports of 5.8 percent, second only to Germany and the United States, France and at the same level. 2006 Italian exports to China is the most important commodity injection molding machine, accounting for 26% of the total export value.