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Nov 05, 2014 / 08:50

Italian firms explore opportunities in Vietnam

Seven leading Italian business enterprises specializing in porcelain and ceramic machinery and equipment attended a business-to-business (B2B) meeting on November 4 in Hanoi.

The event, which attracted representatives from 80 local enterprises, was held by the Italian Trade Commission (ICE) and aimed to create a good chance for porcelain and ceramic machinery importers and exporters to seek cooperation partners.

ICE representative Bruna Santarelli

Leading technical enterprises of Italy introduced their state-of-the-art technologies and production chains for the porcelain and ceramic sector.

Bruna Santarelli, an ICE representative, expressed her strong belief that bilateral investment cooperation in this field would be strengthened in the future.

At present, Italy is the world’s leading country in technology and machinery for the porcelain and ceramic sector, particularly in terms of green technology which is friendly to the environment and proves energy efficiency.

ACIMAC is an association of Italian companies producing plants, machines, equipment, semi-finished products, raw materials and services for the ceramic sector.

For the two-year period from 2011 to 2012, Vietnam and other Asian countries for accounted for 16.9% of Italy’s total export market share of the sector.