WOOD AND FURNITURE TECHNOLOGY: AN EXTRAORDINARY SEMESTER

The development of the pandemic has certainly impacted all the economic trends, including the machines, tools and equipment for woodworking and furniture production. This trend has some “peculiarities” that have been clearly identified in the analysis by the Studies Office of Acimall, the association of industry companies, about the first half 2021.

In the January-June 2021 period, the orders of wood-furniture machinery and tools increased by 100.3 percent compared to the same semester of 2020. The demand from international markets – reaffirming the industry's traditional export vocation – recorded an 88.7 percent increase, while the domestic market was even livelier, with orders up by 190.8 percent. These results are quite significant, but we have to consider that they compare with the first half of 2020, i.e. the period when the Covid 19 pandemic had its strongest impact on the world's entire economic and production system. Nevertheless, this growth trend is significant, not just a simple "rebound" but a significant structural expansion.

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