by Robert Brooks

Italian machine tool builders recorded increased orders for new systems during the first quarter of 2015, with overall demand growing 2.2% versus Q1 2015. Italy has one of the largest machine tool building industries in the world, as well as a large domestic manufacturing sector.

According to UCIMU-Sistemi per Produrre (whose members design and manufacture machine tools as well as automation products), the year-on-year growth extends the sector's expansion to six consecutive quarters, with the strongest demand from the domestic market coming in the most recent quarter.

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