A better year for footwear machinery
Sales for Italian machinery for the footwear and leather sector recovered last year, reporting a 10% rise in sales over the previous year to €518 million.
Exports rose 8% and make up 80% of sales, and there were 235 companies in the sector in 2014.
Giovanni Bagini, outgoing president of Italy’s tanning machinery manufacturers’ association Assomac, said: “2014 was a year full of change and success for Assomac but we must not and cannot stand still. It is crucial to continue riding the changes and show that we can rise to the transformations witnessed on the international front and reinvent ourselves. It is no longer sufficient to be present on our consolidated strategic markets.
"The key to the future is a focus on young people and company growth; offering our clients an added value that we can guarantee because we have greater experience than our foreign competitors.”
Last week, Assomac named Lamebo CEO Gabriella Marchioni Bocca as its new president.
