Acimga

What Acimga does

Acimga is the Italian Confindustria-affiliated trade association representing approximately 70 manufacturers of machinery for the graphic, paper, converting, and related industries. Founded in 1947 and headquartered in Milan (Piazza Castello 28), Acimga operates as a private, member-based organization under the Federazione Carta Grafica and Federmacchine, with a small administrative staff (1-10 employees) led by President Marco Calcagni (elected May 2025) and General Manager Enrico Barboglio. Its shareholders collectively account for over 60% of Italian industry turnover and 70% of export turnover in the sector, within an Italian industry that holds approximately 10% of global market share, making Italy one of the top three exporters worldwide.

Acimga's service offering to members includes marketing intelligence, technical regulations guidance, internationalization support, communications, and training, delivered through four specialization groups (Italian Rotogravure Group, Italian Corrugated Cardboard Group, Flexo Development Group, and the Converting Group). Its principal commercial assets are the Print4All biennial exhibition (next edition May 25-28, 2027 at Rho Fiera Milano), the annual Print4All Conference, the Roto4All rotogravure event, and the Future Factory roadshows. The association also operates international promotion infrastructure through partnerships with Agenzia-ICE (Italian Trade Agency) and wholly-owned service entities in China (Re China, Shanghai), India (Re Shilp, Ahmedabad), and the United States (Re USA, Boston), alongside a wholly-owned service company, CPA S.p.A. (Centro Promozionale Acimga).

Acimga's revenue model is membership-fee-based, supplemented by event-related and training income channeled through CPA S.p.A. The association does not publicly disclose its own financial figures. Recent strategic moves include the July 2026 launch of PACTA, a joint alliance with ARGI representing the entire Italian printing and converting technology ecosystem, and the 2025 establishment of the Converting Group as a fourth specialization group. Acimga is governed by an Executive Board drawn from major member companies including OMET, FOSBER, BOBST, UTECO, IMS Technologies, and BIMEC, and is a member of the international confederation Intergraf.

Name

Acimga

Legal name

Acimga

Website

https://acimga.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Acimga is the Italian Confindustria trade association, founded in 1947, representing approximately 70 manufacturers of printing, converting, and paper machinery. It provides members with lobbying, market intelligence, internationalization support, and event organization, including the flagship Print4All exhibition.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industry Trade Association Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Papers & Allied Products (2600)

akta.pro primary industry

Paper & Paperboard Packaging Converting & Finishing (Die-Cutting, Gluing, Windowing, Coating) (IMALACAL)

Keywords

• Industrial trade association
• Printing machinery manufacturers
• Converting industry services
• Industry trade events
• Market intelligence services

Headquarters

HQ city

Milano

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: Acimga generates revenue through membership fees from approximately 70 Italian manufacturers of machinery for the graphic, converting, and paper industries. The association provides services including marketing intelligence, technical regulations, internationalization support, communication, training, and coordination of specialization groups.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Acimga is an Italian industry association (part of Confindustria) that represents approximately 70 Italian manufacturers of machinery for the graphic, paper, and converting industry. It delivers member services including marketing intelligence, technical regulations guidance, internationalization support, communication/PR, training, and coordination of technology specialization groups (Rotogravure, Corrugated Cardboard, Flexo, Converting). It also organizes major industry events including the biennial Print4All exhibition and the annual Print4All Conference.

Product overview

Acimga is a trade association representing Italian manufacturers of machinery for the graphic, paper, and converting industries. The association provides services to member companies rather than operating a software product. Its service offerings include Marketing Intelligence, Technical Regulations, Internationalization, Communication, and Training. Acimga also organizes specialization groups focused on Rotogravure, Corrugated Cardboard, Flexo Development, and Converting technologies, as well as industry events such as Print4All Conference and Roto4All.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Print4All: Major trade exhibition for printing and converting technologies in Italy
• Italian Rotogravure Group
• Italian Corrugated Cardboard Group
• Flexo Development Group
• Converting Group
• Roto4All
• PACTA - Printing & Converting Technology Alliance

Products and services

• Marketing Intelligence
• Internationalization Services
• Technical Regulations (Norme Tecniche)
• Communication Services
• Specialization Groups
• Training Programs
• Print4All Exhibition Biennial flagship trade exhibition for the printing and converting industry, organized by Acimga. The next edition is scheduled for May 25-28, 2027 at Rho Fiera Milano.
• Print4All Conference
• Roto4All

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PACTA (Printing & Converting Technology Alliance)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 July 2026ACIMGA and ARGI announced the birth of PACTA – Printing & Converting Technology Alliance – a new project jointly developed by the two associations representing the entire ecosystem of technologies for printing and converting in Italy.
• ERA (European Rotogravure Association)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 February 2023Acimga, the Italian Manufacturers Association of Machinery for the Graphic, Converting and Paper Industries, and ERA have joined forces by creating a partnership for the wider development and promotion of gravure technology.
• Giflex (Flexible Packaging Group)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 July 2022Acimga and Giflex reached an agreement for the creation of a joint working group dedicated to sustainability in the flexible packaging production.
• Gravure Association of the Americas (GAA)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 2 April 2021ACiMGA joined the 2021 Golden Cylinder Awards as Co-Sponsor, adding international dimension to the awards. ACiMGA promoted the competition amongst their membership.
• Agenzia-ICE (Italian Trade Agency)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerACIMGA collaborates with Agenzia-ICE for promotional activities dedicated to the printing and converting sector, including organizing trade missions to international exhibitions such as Printing United Las Vegas.
• Confindustria (Italian General Confederation of Industry)coreOthersAcimga is part of Confindustria, the Italian General Confederation of Industry. Part of the Federazione Carta Grafica (Paper and Graphics Federation) and Federmacchine (Federation of Machinery).
• IntergrafcoreOthersAcimga is a member of Intergraf, the International Confederation for Print and Digital Communication, representing the European printing industry at international level.
• Italian Technology Center (ITC) in Pune, IndiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUTECO Group and SIMEC Group strengthened their presence on the Indian market through a partnership with Acimga, Ucimu and Amaplast at the Italian Technology Center in Pune.
• CPA (Centro Promozionale Acimga) SpacoreOthersC.P.A. Centro Promozionale ACIMGA Spa is the service company owned by ACIMGA, which organizes and develops all activities on behalf of the Association. CPA Spa is independent from the governance of ACIMGA.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• VDMA (Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau): VDMA is the German engineering industry association, with dedicated divisions covering printing and paper technology that overlap directly with Acimga's remit. It is a larger and more diversified incumbent that competes with Acimga for influence in European machinery standards and trade policy.
• Federmacchine: Federmacchine is the Italian Federation of Machinery, a broader umbrella over multiple machinery associations including Acimga itself. It is structurally comparable as a federation peer but covers a wider portfolio of Italian machinery sectors beyond printing and converting.
• Intergraf: Intergraf is the International Confederation for Print and Digital Communication, of which Acimga is itself a member. It operates at the European print-industry level, covering a broader scope than Acimga's converting-machinery focus, and is the supranational counterpart in Brussels-based lobbying.
• Federazione Carta Grafica: Federazione Carta Grafica is the Italian federation covering paper and graphics sectors; Acimga is itself a member. It serves as a vertical peer at the Confindustria federation level, overlapping Acimga's scope but extending into paper production and graphic arts.

Direct peers

• European Rotogravure Association (ERA): ERA is the European Rotogravure Association, a direct sectoral peer active in gravure technology promotion and standardization. Acimga and ERA formalized a partnership in February 2023 to jointly develop and promote gravure technology, making ERA both a peer and an active collaborator.
• Amaplast: Amaplast is the Italian trade association for plastics and rubber processing machinery manufacturers. It is structurally a direct peer to Acimga under the Confindustria/Federmacchine umbrella, applying the same membership, lobbying, and trade-show model to a sister machinery vertical.
• Giflex (Flexible Packaging Group): Giflex is the Italian flexible packaging group representing converters in flexible packaging production. It partnered with Acimga in July 2022 on a joint sustainability working group, operating as a direct downstream peer in the Italian paper-and-packaging converting value chain.
• Ucimu-Sistemi per Produrre: Ucimu is the Italian association of machine tool manufacturers, structurally analogous to Acimga as a Confindustria machinery trade body. While its focus is machine tools rather than printing/converting, it operates the same association model and jointly partners with Acimga at the Italian Technology Center in Pune.
• ARGI: ARGI is the Italian association representing graphic and converting industries, historically a direct peer to Acimga in the Italian printing value chain. The two have now formally merged their efforts through the PACTA alliance announced in July 2026, making ARGI Acimga's closest organizational counterpart.

Regional players

• Gravure Association of the Americas (GAA): GAA is the North American gravure industry association, geographically separate from Acimga but addressing the same rotogravure technology community. Acimga co-sponsored GAA's Golden Cylinder Awards in 2021, evidencing cross-Atlantic peer collaboration.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

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