Italy: Machine tool production growth is blunted

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The machine tool industry is set to close 2001 with a production increase of just 1.1%, nine points below end of 2000 forecasts, and one of the worst results in recent years. The Ucimu, the association for the manufacturers of machine tools and robots, has announced provisional 2001 results, sending out a clear message to the Government, to cancel all fiscal and administrative measures which are stifling small and medium sized companies. Ucimu figures indicate a 2001 annual production of EUR 4.63bn, an increase of 1.1% on the previous year, mainly due to a 9.6% increase in exports. In contrast, deliveries on the internal market fell by 5.7%, to EUR 2.39bn. Andrea Riello, the chairman of Riello Sistemi and the Ucimu affirmed that the slump over the second half of 2001 has dismissed all the most optimistic forecasts, which first spoke of a 10% growth in 2001, then revised to 5%, and finally down to a disappointing 1%. However, in the light of the disastrous second half of the year, he considers the final figure acceptable. The situation is expected to get worse in 2002, with production and exports respectively falling by 0.6% and 3.7%, and orders not picking up in the US until March, and midway through the year in Europe. Mr. Riello says that his sector is indicative of the general gloomy economic context, as all the major areas of industry consume machine tools and robots. Mr. Riello says that the development of small and medium sized companies should be stimulated by lowering the fiscal impact on the revaluation of real estate, and liberalising redemption periods on investments. The Ucimu feels that such measures could increase sector production by 4%.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Metalworking Machinery, Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing, Manufacturing Computer Systems, Computer based manufacturing

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Multimedia - the domestic market

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The United Kingdom multimedia market is on the verge of expansion due to the development of multimedia technologies and the launch of new product formats. The ownership level is highest among teenagers, with the potential market expanding due to the growing computer literacy among the population. Multimedia personal computers have a penetration level of 2.9%, personal computers with CD-ROM drive 4.5% and personal computers 26%. There should be around 500,000 domestic users of the Internet in the UK by the year 2000. The UK domestic multimedia market is examined.

Computer Systems NEC, Microcomputers, Industry Overview, Statistics, Multimedia technology, Multimedia systems, Computer systems

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ERP marketing and Italian SME's

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The results of a survey on sale of Enterprise Resource Planning solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises in Italy are analyzed. The study concludes that marketing abilities of suppliers of ERP solutions play an important role in diffusion of ERP.

Marketing procedures, Management dynamics, Management Informatn Computer Systems, Management Information Systems, Methods, Management, Marketing, Company marketing practices, MIS, Company business management, Small and medium sized companies, Enterprise resource planning

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