ACIMIT (the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers) will mark 2013 with a push towards internationalisation with 30 new members. This is the primary objective emerging from the initiatives promoted by ACIMIT for the upcoming year, and approved at the Association’s Board of Directors meeting held last 13 November.

The promotional initiatives planned by ACIMIT for the coming year will involve ten countries - Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, South Africa, Turkey and Vietnam. Technology symposiums abroad together with training for foreign operators in Italy will be the main promotional instruments.

“With our promotional plan we intend to provide continuity to the work undertaken over many years in consolidated global textile machinery markets such as China and India,” states ACIMIT president Sandro Salmoiraghi.

“Simultaneously, however, we also want to support machinery manufacturers both in emerging textile markets, such as Bangladesh and Vietnam, for instance, and in sectors with a high potential, such as technical and innovative textiles.” In this respect, ACIMIT plans to be present at Techtextil Frankfurt in June. 

2013 will also be marked by initiatives aimed at promoting awareness for ACIMIT’s ‘Sustainable Technologies’ project in India and Bangladesh. A symposium will be organized to present Made in Italy sustainable technologies in Bangladesh, with communication activities linked to the project taking place both in India and Bangladesh.

“The current economic difficulties also hinder the possibilities of obtaining public financing,” notes Salmoiraghi.

“In spite of this, ACIMIT has been working together with the Ministry of Economic Development and the Italian Trade Commission to promote the internationalization of Italian businesses abroad, providing a promotional plan that is suited to the needs of a sector such as ours, for which over 80% of the total turnover comes from foreign markets.”

At the ACIMIT Board of Directors meeting, new companies associated during the course of 2011-2012 were welcomed. President Salmoiraghi also invested 30 companies with the ACIMIT plate (see list below).

“The number of newly associated firms represents an encouraging sign for the entire sector. The economic situation is indeed difficult, and also bears witness to the deep level of uncertainty permeating forecasts for 2013, as elaborated by ACIMIT based on feedback from manufacturers.”

“During tough times such as these, the collective work of our association represents a first step in acting together as a group; there’s no need to feel alone in forging ahead and promoting one’s business ventures.”

“Both the association and its members will work together to achieve common goals capable of providing a further boost to our industry,” Salmoiraghi concludes.

One of these objectives is ITMA 2015, the most important global textile machinery trade fair, to be held in Milan, with a commitment to collaborate in the event’s success taken by all participants at the ACIMIT Board of Directors meeting.

New ACIMIT members

Barni Lido, BE.MA.TEX, Beschi Di Beschi Oscar & C., Bierrebi Italia, Essico, Euro Mec, F.Lli Robustelli, Falsetti P. & S., Firbimatic, Fk Group, Gualchieri E Gualchieri & C., JEM, J-Teck3, JTS, Mactec, Magetron, O.M.V., Panter P.T.M.T., Prochimica Novarese, Ramina, Ratti Luino, S.R.S. Spindles Revision Service, Samatex, Texera, Texilmesa Texnology, Toscana Spazzole Industriali, Union, Zancaner, Zentex.