Italian Ceramic machinery in 2005
In spite of this seemingly positive situation, however, the companies in the sector are seeing a gradual erosion of their profit margins.
Furthermore, the forecasts for 2006 are hardly positive, with a fall in turnover of between 5% and 10% anticipated.
As Acimac’s vice chairman Fabio Tarozzi confirmed, “We are experiencing a stagnant situation in the various markets with low technology investments in more or less all geographical areas without the prospect of a rapidly expanding market like that of Iran a couple of years ago.”
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