The first quarter for Italian woodworking machinery is in line with the excellent results of 2017, a year that closed with a production value growth of 10.5 percent compared to 2016, achieving a historical record of 2.27 billion euro.  The figures of the January-March 2018 period recorded 19.2 percent growth compared to the first three months of 2017. Export remains the key driver (up by 22.1 percent from the first quarter of last year), while the domestic market increased by only 3.7 percent as the Italian market is falling back into a ...