Italian Construction Machinery Market Grows 3% in 1st Half of 2025 Ahead of SaMoTer 2026

The construction machinery sector in Italy began the year on a positive note, with 9,946 site vehicles sold between January and June 2025 — a 3% increase compared to the same period in 2024. According to data from Unacea (Italian Construction Machinery Union), sales included 9,471 construction machines (+2%) and 475 road machines (+10%).

Unacea, the institutional and strategic partner of SaMoTer, noted that this performance reinforces positive market momentum ahead of the triennial International Construction Machinery Exhibition, scheduled to return at Veronafiere from 6–9 May 2026.

According to the latest Unacea-Cer report, international trade in the sector is still declining: between January and May 2025, Italian construction machinery exports came to 1.293 billion euros, an 8.8% downturn compared to the same period 2024. Countries where exports increased the most between January and April 2025 include India, the Middle East, and Africa. The sectors posting the worst export results between January and May 2025 were: concrete machinery (-22%), followed by drilling machinery (-12.1%), aggregate preparation machinery (-11.8%) and road construction machinery (-8%). A slight downturn for the tower crane sector (-4.4%) as well as for earthmoving machinery and equipment (-4.2%). Imports, on the other hand, settled at 828 million euros, posting a slight decrease of 2.9%. Despite a 17.6% setback compared to 2024, the balance of trade is still in the black by 464 million euros. Even though the Italian market is assisted by government incentives, it is still among the most important in Europe in terms of volume and fleets.

Against this background, SaMoTer 2026 comes forward as a landmark international event for the entire supply chain: from earthmoving to lifting/hoisting, demolition, drilling and crushing, from quarry to construction site vehicles, from concrete to the road sector, as well as equipment, engine components and spare parts, logistics, services and ICT. The event organised by Veronafiere is part of the cycle of international partner shows under the CECE banner (the European Federation that brings together associations of construction machinery manufacturers). It will spotlight the Industry 4.0 revolution currently sweeping through the construction and site machinery sector by focusing on strategic topics linked to ecological transition and machine sustainability, digitalisation and artificial intelligence, construction site automation, and new solutions for road infrastructures, not to mention key issues such as safety, training and rental.