Milan - ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers has named Marco Salvadè as its new president, replacing the outgoing Alessandro Zucchi.
Born in Como in 1967, Marco Salvadè is married with two children. He began his career at Salvadè Srl, the family company specializing in the finishing machinery sector, founded by his father and uncle in 1967. After being a member of the company’s board of directors, he has been president since 2021.
Salvadè has long been active in the life of the association. Since 2018 he has been a member of ACIMIT’s General Council, and since March 2023 he has been part of the Italian delegation at CEMATEX, the Committee of European Textile Machinery Associations.
Following the election of Salvadè, the General Assembly expressed its gratitude to the outgoing president, Alessandro Zucchi, who has guided the association for the past six years.
Along with the new president, the General Assembly also elected its new vice presidents: Chiara Bonino (Bonino Carding Machines SRL), Federico Businaro (Sperotto Rimar SRL), Ugo Ghilardi (Itema SpA) and Cristian Locatelli (Marzoli Machines Textile SRL).
Salvadè’s first comments as newly appointed ACIMIT president were to thank the Assembly: "I want to express my gratitude to the former president Alessandro Zucchi for everything he has done during the last six years to strengthen the role of the association and of Italian industry on the international scene," he said. "With the new vice-presidents and the ACIMIT Board, I will continue the work that has been done in recent years by previous presidents. It will certainly not be a simple task, but one that will no doubt prove stimulating. My primary goal is to increase the sense of belonging to ACIMIT of its member companies, with which we share the same values, and to adjust the association’s strategies to changing conditions in the economic and geopolitical context.
Elsewhere at the recent general assembly, ACIMIT presented industry data for the Italian textile machinery sector for 2022, which showed that production increased by 13%, to a value of €2.7 billion, while exports grew by 15% to €2.3 billion.
"2022 marked yet another year of growth for the sector, following that which was recorded in 2021," ACIMIT said. "However, for the second half of the year, uncertainties characterising the current macroeconomic outlook also proved to affect Italy’s textile machinery sector, showing signs of a general slowdown.
"The results of the Italian edition of ITMA, the industry’s preeminent global exhibition held last June in Milan, will hopefully play an essential role in providing further growth for 2023."
