The negative trend in Italian wood technology orders, already recorded in the first quarter of 2008, worsened in the second quarter.
After three years of growth, the usual quarterly survey from Acimall, the Italian woodworking machinery and tools manufacturers’ association, shows that, compared to the same period in 2007, orders from the Italian market decreased by 17% and 10.7% from abroad.
The total reduction is therefore equal to 12.5% on a year-to-year basis.
