In spite of the crisis, in Italy the sector of rubber and plastic processing machinery has recorded a comforting increase in exportations.

In Italy, as well as in many other
countries in Europe and in the world, 2011 has not been the best year ever as
far as economics is concerned: the crisis, its spectre being looming for a few
years, seems to have begun to show itself more powerfully in Italy recently,
affecting many different sectors. However, in spite of the crisis, there are
some sectors that have toughed it out better than other ones and in these black
months for the world economy they are having comforting results. This is the
case, for example, of the production and processing of plastics (like
polyethylene, PE and so on) and rubber.

To be precise, the companies that
let Italy hope for the future are the ones that are specialized in the
production of machineries for the processing of plastics and rubber, a sector
that can be seen as a sort of oasis of the made in Italy. An oasis that, in
spite of the crisis, in the first 9 months of the year has shown not to have
yielded to the negative period we are going through: according to the data
gathered by ISTAT and concerning the first nine months of the year, indeed,
Assocomaplast (the Italian association of the manufacturers of machineries and
moulds for plastics and rubber) has calculated the projections for the whole
year, as far as both import and export of machineries for the production of
polyethylene and other plastics is concerned. The picture of the situation that
emerges from that is certainly positive: in the internal market the situation
is stable, but exportations are increasing. Projections include a 4 billion
euro estimate (which means an increase by 11%) as far as the total production
of 2011 is concerned (a datum that is similar to the one of 2008), and an even
more evident increase as far as exportations are concerned, with an increase by
19,3%, to reach 4 billion euro and a trade surplus of 1,8 billion, which means
a +24,6%.

Positive data, especially if you consider
that we are speaking about a niche in Italy, a niche that includes less than
200 companies specialised in the production of machineries for the processing
of plastics and rubber. A little number of companies which contribute to the 7%
of the Italian non energetic trade surplus. But where do most machineries that
have been realized in Italy go? To have the lead is Germany: in the last few
years exportations to this country have increased a lot, but truth to be said,
according to the president of Assocomplast the situation is now stabilizing.
Other countries in which Italian machineries for the production of plastics and
rubber are very popular are  the States,
Brazil, Russia and Turkey: the hopes for the future are built also on these
countries, and Italy expects a lot also from the so-called emerging countries
(like Indonesia and Malaysia), which do not belong to the main importers of
Italian machineries yet, but they certainly bode well.  

To sum up, the market of
machineries for the processing of plastics lets Italy hope for the future.

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