{"id":22816,"date":"2016-02-12T14:17:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T14:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=22816"},"modified":"2016-02-12T14:17:12","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T14:17:12","slug":"construction-machinery-sector-sees-growth-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/plant-equipment-supplies-news\/construction-machinery-sector-sees-growth-in-italy\/22816\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction machinery sector sees growth in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span>The Italian construction machine sector is seeing positive developments in the market as demand continues to increase\u2026<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Manufacturers of construction machinery in Italy are enjoying a period of growth, it has emerged.<\/p>\n<p>An increased demand for off highway equipment pushed demand during 2015 by 34 per cent\u2014some 9,138 units compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>The sales results showed around 8,813 earthmoving machines were sold\u2014a growth of 32 per cent. A total of 325 road machines were also sold, giving a massive 180 per cent increase compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>The data came from the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.istat.it\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Italian Institute for Statistics<\/span><\/a> (Istat) and was processed by Prometeia on behalf of Samoter Outlook. It revealed a seven per cent growth in exports, which was lower than seen in the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>However, exports of drilling equipment increased by 22 per cent and exports of tower cranes grew 21 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Further growth was seen in the exports of road machines, which climbed 18 per cent and earthmoving machines grew by eight per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Some decreases were seen in the export of crushing and screening equipment, as well as concrete equipment\u2014both of which dropped four per cent.<\/p>\n<p>On the import side, construction machines enjoyed a 15 per cent increase.<\/p>\n<p>The data revealed the industry trade balance was in positive figures, standing at over \u20ac1.538 billion, having grown some 4.5 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>President of Italian construction equipment manufacturing association Unacea Paolo Venturi: &#8220;After the darkest years of the crisis, Italy seems to have taken the right path of a gradual recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo consecutive years in growth can only be a good result for the industry; however, to fully understand the trend, it must be remembered that this is a more than moderate growth in absolute terms, because it came after six years of heavy losses that have reduced the domestic market by 80 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is why we continue to believe that the recovery has to be promoted and supported, especially in such a period of strong financial instability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Italian construction machine sector is seeing positive developments in the market as demand continues to increase\u2026 Manufacturers of construction machinery in Italy are enjoying a period of growth, it has emerged. 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