Riccardo Rosa, President of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE: “Domestic demand remains completely stalled, once again held back by the wait‑and‑see effect created by pending incentives.” In the first quarter of 2026, the machine tool order index developed by the Economic Studies Department & Business Culture Centre of UCIMU‑SISTEMI PER PRODURRE recorded a 3.1% increase compared with January–March 2025. The absolute value of the index reached 87.1 (base year 2021 = 100). This growth was driven entirely by strong performance in foreign markets, while the domestic market showed a clearly negative trend

After more than three decades at the helm, Alfredo Mariotti is stepping down as General Manager of UCIMU-Sistemi per Produrre, Italy’s national association representing machine tool, robot, and automation manufacturers. The leadership transition marks a historic shift for the organization, with Davide Della Bella officially appointed as the new Director General. Mariotti, who joined UCIMU in 1979 and became General Manager in 1992, played a pivotal role in elevating Italy’s machine tool industry both domestically and internationally. Over his tenure, he was instrumental in forging strategic

In the fourth quarter of 2024, machine tool orders saw a significant increase of 11.4% compared to the same period in 2023, according to the latest data from UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE Study & Business Culture Centre. Despite the overall positive result, there remain several challenges for the sector moving forward. Key Q4 2024 Insights: Domestic Orders: Increased by 33.3% compared to Q4 2023 (index value: 58). Foreign Orders: Fell by 6.5%, with the index standing at 83.6. Annual Trends: Total order collection was down by 5.6% compared to 2023, driven by a 3% decline in domestic orders and a 7

IMTS 2024 is the 35th edition of the premier manufacturing technology show in North America. Over 2,000 exhibiting companies are expected to occupy 1,3 million net square feet of exhibit space at the McCormick Place complex in Chicago, Illinois. IMTS is held every even-numbered year in Chicago and traditionally attracts more than 114,000 buyers and sellers from over 112 countries. Being one of the world's leading shows for capital good technologies and machinery, this year Machines Italia a project of the Italian Trade Agency will have representatives working to explore the show's

A little more than two months are left before the opening of LAMIERA, the international trade show centered on sheet metal forming and sheet metal cutting machines and related technologies, scheduled to take place at Fiera Milano Rho from 10 to 13 May 2023. In the exhibition halls, the proposal for technologies dedicated to sheet metal cutting will be particularly interesting. The world of laser technology has always played a starring role in the trade event promoted by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE and organized by CEU-CENTRO ESPOSIZIONI UCIMU. It will be represented by over 40 enterprises, as

Milan, 21 February 2023. This afternoon, during a meeting attended by enterprises, the credit world, institutions, and the press, the first Sustainability Report dedicated to the machine tool sector was presented. It was carried out by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools, robots, and automation systems manufacturers' association, in cooperation with ALTIS, Graduate School Business & Society of the Catholic University of Sacred Heart. “Sustainability is an extremely profitable field for companies, because it does not only allow to improve the relations with one’s own

In the fourth quarter of 2022, the index of machine tool orders processed by the Economic Studies Department & Business Culture Centre of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE marked a 3.5% increase compared with the period October-December 2021. The absolute value of the index stood at 133.6 (base year 2015=100). This is the new record value for the quarter of reference. The outcome was due to the good trend of orders collected abroad, as well as to the excellent results achieved in the domestic market. In particular, the orders collected overseas grew by 2.4% compared with the same period of the

The collection of applications to exhibit is going on expeditiously for the next edition of LAMIERA, the international exhibition dedicated to sheet metal forming and cutting machines and related technologies, scheduled to take place at FieraMilano Rho from 10 to 13 May 2023. Promoted by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools, robots and automation systems manufacturers' association, and organised by CEU-CENTRO ESPOSIZIONI UCIMU, LAMIERA – the only trade show exclusively focused on the sector – will again take place in odd-numbered years. Considering the economic framework