Italian pavilion shines at IMTEX 2015, has big plans for the Indian market
Everyone present at the recently concluded IMTEX 2015, witnessed Italian technology flex its muscles. Known for their design capability, Italy stands fourth in terms of production of machine tool worldwide. Since India is a big market for Italian machine tool manufacturers, Italian machine tool, robots, automation systems and ancillary products (NC, tools, components, accessories) manufacturers’ association (UCIMU) together with Italian Trade Agency (ICE) supported 18 Italian companies to showcase their products and solutions at South and South-East Asia’s apex exhibition IMTEX 2015.
“We organized the Italian pavilion with 18 companies and if we consider ITC (Italian Technology Centre) as 11 companies, so we had a total of 28 companies representing Italy in the pavilion. Apart from the pavilion, there were about 15 more Italian companies at IMTEX. The Italian companies were very much excited about the show and the quality of contacts they generated,” said Mattia Puppi – Marketing Specialist, UCIMU.
Companies part of the Italian pavilion were OMG Srl, BALANCE SYSTEM Srl, AIGNEP SPA, PORTA SOLUTIONS Spa, M.T. Srl, FIDIA Spa, PROMAC Srl, SPERONI Spa, ROLLON Spa, SIT Spa, IMT Spa , PIETRO CARNAGHI Spa, ITC (Italian Technology Centre), SMZ ITALIA Srl, LAZZATI Spa, SAFOP SPA, CB Ferrari Srl and CESARE GALDABINI Spa.
The product portfolio of the Italian pavilion featured linear motion system, tool presetter, laser technology, CNC machines and boring mill machine among others.
Santosh Gawade from Italian Technology Center – India said, “We wanted to promote the brand ITC at IMTEX and get good leads for our member companies. We are happy to be part of Italian pavilion as we could manage to generate some good contacts and promote our brands in front of the right audience.”
Mr Puppi added, “India is an important market for us. We would like to explore the Indian market and promote made-in-Italy products in the country. UCIMU is very aggressive to promote Italian technology in the Indian market by participating in various exhibitions and seminars. Infact, together with Nilesh Joshi, India representative of UCIMU in India, we are planning to organize a B2B seminar and factory visit in Chennai during the 2nd week of June.”
Talking about the seminar in June Mr Joshi said, “We are organizing this seminar to bridge the gap between the Italian manufacturers and customers. Chennai being the automotive hub of India will be an ideal location for the same. The three day seminar will have technical presentations, B2B meetings and company visit. The first day will focus on technical seminar with presentations from Italian companies followed by a B2B meeting. The next days will be dedicated to company visits.”
During IMTEX, UCIMU representatives also promoted EMO Milano that is set to be held in Milan during October 2015. Apart from this, UCIMU also organized a press conference during IMTEX where Pier Luigi Streparava, General Commissioner, EMO MILANO 2015, highlighted the importance of EMO and exhibition centre of fieramilano.
