Industry 4.0 and environmental sustainability were the focus of the exhibition held at Fiera Milano Rho on 21-23 February
SIMAC TANNING TECH, the international exhibition of machinery and technology for the footwear, leather-goods and tanning industry, closed with a two-figure increase in visitor numbers compared with 2016, which had already been a record year for the event, and recorded longer exhibition visits. Increases were also seen in exhibition space (+20%) – a concrete sign of a constantly growing exhibition that can increasingly adapt to market demands.
The buzzwords of this year’s exhibition were Industry 4.0, environmental sustainability and traceability: the first should be seen independently of government incentives to renew machine pools, something now of universal concern, while the others stem from growing market awareness of environmental issues.
“As demonstrated by the visitors themselves over the three exhibition days, the exhibitors managed to provide concrete technological responses to different production needs – says Gabriella Marchioni Bocca, President of SIMAC TANNING TECH. There is a strong sense of a sector in movement and this is thanks to every single company that, day after day, conducts ongoing research and keeps a focus on clients, who receive the optimum response to their needs – from product technology to process technology. Nonetheless, this is but the start of a new chapter for the sector, on which we shall be working in the near future.”
An innovative technology exhibition in step with the times and with a strongly international flavour thanks to the consolidated partnership with ITA which enabled visits by 150 foreign operators from 17 countries. SIMAC TANNING TECH confirmed itself again this year as a unique moment of encounter for the global sector and looks forward to seeing you all at the 2018 exhibition.
