(Finance) – The lighting sector he ended 2023 with a stable aggregate turnover (+0.4% compared to 2022)confirming the Italian sector as second pole productive in the European Union after Germany.
Considering the internal marketthe sector was affected by the dynamics of consumption, penalized by theimpact of energy costs on family income and a decrease in investments. Even on foreign markets signs have emerged slowdown (+0.2% change in foreign sales at current values). Looking at the main ones Destination countriesthe weak profile of the German marketItaly’s first trading partner (+0.3% in 2023 and -5.4% in 2022).
In the first months of 2024 industrial production volumes result recovering and a driving role in growth is also expected from international markets, where in a slowly recovering context, growth opportunities will also return to European markets.
The data emerged during theASSIL assemblyNational Association of Lighting Manufacturers federated with ANIE Confindustria, which has elected as the new President for the two-year period 2024 – 2026 Carlo ComandiniCEO Vossloh-Schwabe Italia.