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SMW‑AUTOBLOK is a global market leader in the manufacturing of workholding systems for turning, grinding and milling machine tools. The company designs, develops, manufactures and supports a variety of technology and solutions for different industries and applications worldwide. Founded in Turin, Italy’s notorious automotive cluster, almost 80 years ago (1942), SMW‑AUTOBLOK moved, during…
Gruppo Fanti, a metal packaging manufacturing company headquartered in Bologna, Italy, will open its first U.S.-based plant in Weirton. The new plant will initially create 40 new full-time jobs and Gruppo Fanti plans to invest $30 million into the Brooke County operation.
“I love when we have firsts in West Virginia, and I’m really proud that Fanti Group has chosen to make West Virginia…
Simac Tanning Tech 2020, the international annual trade show for the tanning and leather industry, wrapped up last February with a positive outcome: 324 exhibitors from 25 countries, thousands of visitors and plenty of new machinery and technology on display. The fair was also an opportunity to open a window on the future of manufacturing thanks to the Innovation Corner, a…
From May 5 to 10, 2019 a group of 50 stone industry professionals from various countries were invited to Italy for MARMO+MAC 2019, a familiarization road trip focused on stone/marble processing technology.
MARMO+MAC 2019 included visits to quarries and processing plants across Italy, as well as b2b meeting sessions with leading technology providers. The purpose of this trip was to…
Zyklus is a U.S. manufacturer of heat exchangers with a focus on commercial refrigeration, refrigerated transport and air conditioning. LU-VE produces heat exchangers, and ventilated products for the refrigeration, air conditioning and industrial process cooling markets and it has production facilities in Europe, Russia, China and India.
The acquisition will allow LU-VE to make use of Zyklus' U.S…
According to data collected by the research department of UCIMA, the packaging machinery industry, one of the most dynamic Italian manufacturing sectors, recorded a solid 8.9% growth in 2017, with a turnover exceeding €7 billion (€7.19 billion). Export sales totaled €5.7 billion in 2017 (79.1% of the total production), 7.5% up from 2016.
The sector continues to stand out for its strong…
The Italian Technology Awards program is a competition that invites undergraduate and graduate students attending international universities to submit a paper or a research project on an array of relevant mechanical engineering subjects and in particular on innovations and challenges facing various manufacturing industries in their countries or globally. The aim of the program – now in its 11th…
Last November, the Italian Trade Commission (ITA) announced the US winners of the thirteenth Italian Packaging Technology Award (IPTA), seventh Italian Machine Tool Technology Award (IMTTA) and the first-ever in the US - the Italian Glass working Technology Award (IGTA). ITA honored recipients for their outstanding theses submissions and academic scholarships with a one-week educational and…
Every year, GIMAV conducts a survey of the Italian glass industry with the aim of providing an overview of the sector and information on its structure, sales, production and export markets. GIMAV is the Italian Association of Glass Processing Machinery and Accessories Suppliers and represents almost 80% of the Italian glass industry.
The results were more than encouraging: the positive trend for…
The eighteenth edition of LAMIERA hosted by BolognaFiere May 11-14 the 2016 edition registered a 10% increase in the number of visits (compared to the 2014 edition). The show 20,395 visitors, of which 857 were foreign operators.
The Italian Trade Agency Mexico City and Chicago offices took leading North American companies to the show, allowing them to take part in the 500 bilateral…