Italy's premier biennial trade show, Xylexpo, featuring the latest in woodworking machinery and technologies has confirmed its editions for 2014 and 2016 with the signing of the recent agreement between Italy's national association for woodworking machinery manufacturers' associaton, ACIMALL's CEPRA Spa and Fiera Milano SpA.
The dates for the 2014 edition are May 13-17, 2014 at Milan's…
Cibra nova di Cirielli e c. snc's birthday has a precise reference to March 6th, 1953. On that day, its founder Gennaro Cirielli patented in Milan the first sealing pincers for plastic bags.
Many things have happened in these 60 years, but the original patent and the prototype of the pincers (produced until the '80es) that represent its heritage have always been with them, following…
ICMA SAN GIORGIO SPA organized a successful open house together with Filtec Italia Sas and Ettlinger of Germany at their offices in San Giorgio su Legnano, near Milan, on February 19-20, 2013. The three companies play a leading role in their respective fields: recycling of composites, filtration systems, and cutting devices. The event was dedicated to heterogeneous recycling of advanced plastic…
A Successful Open House at ICMA San Giorgio: The Latest In Advanced Recycling of Heterogeneous Waste
Icma San Giorgio SpA hosted a successful open house together with Italy's Filtec Sas and Germany's Ettlinger at its offices in San Giorgio su Legnano, near Milan, on February 19-20, 2013. The three companies play a leading role in their respective fields: recycling-compounding, filtration systems and cutting devices. The event was dedicated to the advanced recycling of heterogeneous plastic…
Surfaces 2013 taking place January 28-31, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada, is the annual floor covering event, which puts thousands of retailers, distributors, installers, designers and home builders face-to-face for the industry leading networking, educating, and product sourcing trade show. This year Surfaces hosts a historic event, as International Certified Floorcovering Installers Association (CFI…
Clarkson Soy Products announced a new agreement with Vailate-Italy's Molino Oleificio Manzoni S.r.l., for exclusive North American distribution rights for their organic soy lecithin. Clarkson, the first producer of organic soy lecithin in the United States, uses a mechanical process that removes the use of chemical solvents commonly used to make conventional and non-GMO soy lecithin. Due to…
Italian paper machinery manufacturer Toscotec celebrated the sale of its 100th steel yankee dryer for tissue production with a ceremony held in its new factory unit at Marlia, Lucca earlier this month (October 2012).
It was the year 2000 when Toscotec delivered its first steel Yankee dryer – TT SYD – and in little over a decade the company has sold 100 units, establishing a firm position as the…
Sometimes it takes the cooperation of individuals across oceans to make great things happen. This year, as America watched with sadness as its shuttle program was canceled, senior level students at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Daytona Beach, FL, USA sought the help of their friends and engineers at Meccanotecnica Riesi S.r.l in Sicily, IT to keep space exploration relevant…
Italy's Meccanotecnica Riesi (MR) was approached by the Robotic Mobility Group Laboratory of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the production of a wheel prototype which it manufacturers that would help MIT, in conjunction with NASA-JPL, to better understand the underlying mechanics of wheel-terrain interaction.
MIT’s Robotic Mobility Group required precise machining because, “a…
Italy's Antares Vision announced a strategic partnership agreement with Xyntek Inc, the American global leader in real-time IT and industrial automation solution for the medical and pharma industry. Under this agreement, both teams will cooperate to develop distribution, local technical support and assistance of Antares inspection systems and e-pedigree applications in the US market. This…