The Association of Italian Manufacturers of Printing and Converting Machines of Confindustria, which includes about 80 companies from all over the country, will continue to grow in 2022. A "niche" of high-quality Made in Italy that got off to a rough start in 2022 because of the effects of the pandemic on the supply chain (such as a strong shortage of raw materials that caused delivery times to be longer and costs to go up), but now expects its sales to grow by 11.2% from 2021, reaching 3.050 billion euros. "The figures provide us a sector that, despite the supply challenges encountered throughout the year owing to the war in Ukraine and the present inflationary tendencies, can be regarded so far "standing up" with respect to the political, economic, and energy crises, and with bright prospects especially for 2023," said Enrico Barboglio, Director of the Association. "We saw a considerable rise in orders in 2022, driven mostly by exports. Although the scarcity and late supplies of components forced certain sales to be delayed, both globally and domestically, turnover also increased by double digiTo help our supply chain in this situation, we hope that the deadline for 4.0 machines ordered in 2022 will be extended to December 31, 2023, as some proposed by some changes to the Budget Law under discussion in these days in Parliament".
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