MILAN  - Acimall, the Italian woodworking machinery and tools manufacturers’ association, named Lorenzo Primultini, president of Primultini as president. The association also announced that Biesse will exhibit at the Xylexpo woodworking fair for the first time since 2008.

Primultini, a mechanical engineer with a Master in Business Administration at the University of Chicago, succeeds Ambrogio Delachi, founder of Delmac Machinery. He is joined by a pair of vice presidents: Stefano Dal Lago of Cms Industries, member of Scm Group, and Franco Paviotti of Metal World.

Also elected to the Acimall Board during a Nov. 22 meeting in Bologna were Remo Costa of Costa Levigatrici, Marianna Daschini of Greda, Roberto de Joannon of Incomac, Giampiero Mauri of Mauri Macchine. Pierluigi Paoletti of Paoletti, and Giovanni Sedino of Saonara

Newly installed as president, Primultini reflected on the challenging economic time Acimall members are experiencing. Exports of Italian woodworking machinery declined 7.9 percent to 513.2 million Euros during the first six months of the year. "I take charge of this office knowing that also Acimall, just like any business, will have to face its commitments with realism and determination, in a phase of enduring economic stagnation. It is and it will be imperative that we provide our member companies with the services they need."

Acimall organizes Xylexpo, the biennial woodworking machinery fair scheduled for May 13-17, 2014 at the Milan Fairgrounds in Rho, Italy. The association and the event recently received boosts via announcements by Biesse SpA that it had rejoined Acimall and planned to exhibit at Xylexpo for the first time since 2008.

Much to the consternation of Acimall, Biesse, joined by Scm Group, Cefla and others instead exhibited at Technodomus, a competing show held in Rimini, Italy. The Technodomus website promotes that the fourth edition will take place April 9-12, 2014 at the Rimini Expo Center, but is still populated with news and other info from Technodomus 2012.