Machine tools: 48 percent increase

The collection of orders for machine tools by Italian manufacturers returns to increase in the first quarter of 2021. In particular, the Ucimu index – prepared by the Association’s Centro Studi & Cultura di Impresa – shows an increase of 48.6 percent in the first three months of the year compared to the same period of 2020.
The overall result was mainly determined by the excellent performance of manufacturers on the domestic market. On the domestic front, in fact, the Italian manufacturers note an increase in orders equal to 157.9 percent compared to the same period of the previous year.
On the foreign front, orders grew by 30.5 percent compared to the period January-March 2020. The absolute value of the index stood at 155.