Italy reports positive trends; Germany sees a dip

摘要

Assocomaplast, the Italian trade association for manufacturers of plastics and rubber machinery, equipment and moulds, reports that imports and exports of plastics and processing machinery in Q1 2012 was positive compared with the, same period the previous year. In fact, a 17% increase was recorded for overseas sales (which is a slowdown due to fewer extrusion and injection moulding machines sold compensated by the sale of more moulds and blow moulding machines) and a 22% increase in imports (this is an acceleration, driven mainly by increased purchases of moulds and extruders).