ACIMAC is the association of Italian suppliers of plant, machinery, equipment, semi-finished products, raw materials, design and services for the ceramic (ceramic tiles, sanitaryware, tableware), heavy clay and refractories industries.
Acimac members include the majority of the sector's companies of various sizes based throughout Italy, although most operate in the provinces of Modena and Reggio Emilia, home to the world’s most important ceramic manufacturing district.
The sector of Italian manufacturers of machinery and equipment for ceramics is the largest and most significant industrial system in the world for supplying the ceramic industry, with an export propensity that has always been growing and today exceeds two thirds of the total turnover. Thanks to the unrivaled level of excellence and the production of the most competitive plants in the world; made up of about 140 companies, after years of growth, culminating in the record results recorded in 2017, for ceramic and brick equipment, the sector closed 2020 with a turnover of 1.48 billion euros. The signs of a slowdown that had already emerged in 2019 continued and the decline in volumes touched -14.5%.