ACIMIT Reports Mixed Q2 2026 Orders for Italian Textile Machinery

July 27, 2026 | By Textile Sphere India

In the period between April and June 2026, order intake for Italian textile machinery manufacturers showed mixed but encouraging signals for the second half of the year.

The order index at constant prices stood at 46.6 points (taking 2021=100 as the base year), showing a slight decrease of 3% compared to the same quarter of 2025. This trend was largely due to the contraction recorded in the domestic market, which fell by 25% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. Looking at the overall balance sheet for the first six months of 2026, total orders posted a 4% decline compared to the first half of 2025, split between -11% in Italy and -3% abroad.

While the year-on-year comparison suffers from particularly challenging baselines, the quarter-on-quarter perspective offers a picture of strong recovery. Compared to the first quarter of 2026 (January–March), total order intake surged by 25%, driven by a lively rebound in both domestic (+39%) and international (+23%) demand.

On the operational front, the total backlog accumulated by companies currently guarantees about 3.5 months of assured production, while the capacity utilization rate stood at 79.7%.

Marco Salvadè, president of ACIMIT, commented, “Despite the international uncertainty, it is comforting that the indicator, albeit slightly, is positive in the foreign market, given that about 80% of our order intake comes from international countries. The context of the domestic market is different, as it suffers both from comparison with a positive second quarter of 2025 and from the new 2026-2028 hyper-depreciation incentive launched in June, whose effects are not yet visible in terms of investments.”

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