Despite slower growth, the sector represented by Acimac recorded a small 0.9% year-on-year increase in 2023. Exports generated €1.72 billion. Chairman Paolo Lamberti commented: “Despite the challenging economic environment, the sector has continued its growth”.
The choice of an effective grinding process is very important for obtaining products with high technical and aesthetic qualities. Based on experience acquired in more than 100 years of operation in the heavy clay industry, Bongioanni Macchine has developed three types of machine suitable for primary crushing of particularly hard clays with various levels of moisture content.
Projecta Engineering transfers its experience acquired in the tile industry to the heavy clay sector and revolutionizes the brick and roof tile decoration
The ACIMAC Members’ Meeting unanimously elected Paolo Mongardi as the association’s new chairman for the two-year period 2020-2022. Luca Bazzani (System Ceramics), Bruno Bettelli (I-Tech) and Paolo Lamberti (Tecnografica) were elected as the three vice chairmen. Lamberti will take over as chairman from Mongardi in two years’ time.
At the exhibition CICEE in Foshan, the excellence of Italian ceramic technology will be showcased for the very first time in an entire 10,000 square metre hall.
From 7 to 9 March the ACIMAC and ITA collective will be showcasing Italian technological excellence at the exhibition Indian Ceramics in Gujarat. The event will also host an Italian technology focus day entitled "The latest innovations in Italian technologies".
The Italian ceramic machinery industry continues its world tour with visits to Brazil (Expo Revestir, 7-10 March) and Indonesia (Keramika, 16-19 March).
The Italian ceramic machinery manufacturers’ international promotional campaign coordinated by Acimac is due to begin with Revestir in São Paulo and Indian Ceramics in Ahmedabad.