2017年第一季度，意大利机械订单增长24%

Orders for Italian machinery up 24% in Q1 2017

This year has started off on a positive note for Italian textile machinery manufacturers. For the first quarter, orders have increased both in Italy and abroad. Orders for the start of 2017 confirm a positive trend in major foreign markets.

The orders index for textile machinery for the period from January to March grew by 24 per cent, compared to the same period in 2016. This growth was mostly from markets abroad. In Italy, the increase compared to the period from January to March 2016 was 16 per cent.

The index data for the first three months of the year confirm the positive signs seen by businesses in various foreign markets. A renewed climate of enhanced trust is currently perceived in the textile sector, triggered by the government’s commitment to enact a range of significant incentives for the country’s manufacturing system.

Italian textile machinery manufacturers comprise around 300 manufacturers, employing close to 12,000 people and producing machinery for an overall value of about euro 2.6 billion, with exports amounting to 86 per cent of total sales.

Italy is the world’s second largest producer of machinery for the textiles industry. In the production of machinery for tanning, and for the footwear and leather goods industry, Italy accounts for over 50 per cent of world production.

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2017年第一季度，意大利机械订单增长24%

今年对意大利纺织机械制造商来说，是一个积极的消息。在第一季度，意大利国内和国外的订单都有所增加。2017年初的订单确认了主要外国市场的一个积极趋势。

从1月到3月，纺织机械订单指数与2016年同期相比增长了24%。这种增长主要来自海外市场。在意大利，与2016年1月至2016年3月相比，这一增幅为16%。

今年前三个月的指数数据证实了企业在不同的海外市场所看到的积极信号。由于政府承诺为该国的制造业体系制定一系列重大的激励措施，当前在纺织业中感受到信任增强的新氛围。

意大利纺织机械制造商约有300家制造商，雇佣近1.2万名员工，生产总值约26亿欧元的机械设备，出口总额占总销售额的86%。

意大利是世界上第二大纺织机械制造商。在制革机械和制鞋以及皮革制品行业中，意大利占全球产量的50%以上。