A 50th SIMAC Tanning Tech record edition: 44% foreign visitors, but the sector’s exports are negative

Record edition: over 9,000 entries to the reference event for the sector of machinery and technology for the footwear, leather goods and tanning industries.

The exhibition is confirmed to be increasingly appreciated at international level, as demonstrated by the 44% foreign attendance and 26% of exhibitors (out of 316) from outside Italy, from over 20 countries.

In the overall contraction of exports (-11.55%) in the first half of 2024, only the tannery machinery sector held its own (+ 6.77%), but thanks to foreign orders in 2023.