The machine tools index of orders has grown significantly with an increase of 58.2% in the third quarter 2011 compared to the period of July-September 2010. Giancarlo Losma, president of UCIMU states: “The excellent performance of foreign orders continues but the interesting data, emerging from this quarterly survey, is the awakening of domestic demand. The reversal in trend, in such an uncertain…
Despite an economic situation threatening recession, Italian manufacturers of printing and converting machinery report an outstanding + 13% in export sales for the January-September 2011 period. The figures are backed by trade association ACIMGA’s research department based on data by Istat. The best performance was achieved by the sector of converting machinery, which accounted for over 23 % of…
The State of Global Manufacturing report is a comparison study primarily between North American and European manufacturers regarding their purchasing preferences as well as future acquisition plans. The methods, practices and sources for the report were developed and executed by the Italian Trade Commission in collaboration with HSM – organizers of the annual World Business Forum. This report as…
ASSOCOMAPLAST, the Italian Plastics and Rubber Processing Machinery and Moulds Manufacturers Association, will be exhibiting at the upcoming PLAST-EX Show, taking place in Toronto, from June 21 to 23 - Booth 2425.
Founded in 1960, ASSOCOMAPLAST represents and promotes 170 leading Italian plastics and rubber machinery, ancillary equipment and moulds manufacturers. ASSOCOMAPLAST organizes PLAST…
Milan, May 5th 2011 - The Italian Trade Commission together with FEDERMACCHINE via its Machines Italia project invited Italian manufacturers to an executive presentation on the project's activities in North America conducted on their behalf.
For the fourth consecutive year, Machines Italia and the Italian Trade Commission will be joining, as Gold Leve Sponsors, the Canadian Engineering Competion.
This year’s edition of the prestigious event was hosted by McGill University in Montreal from March 10th to 13th.
For the past quarter of a century, the aims of the Canadian Engineering Competition has been to celebrate and encourage the…
Last March, Machines Italia launched a campaign on two major industry portals: the news and editorial web site www.canadianmanufacturing.com and the on-line source book www.frasers.com Machines Italia creatives with links to white papers, case studies, news and articles are featured on selected pages as well as in the daily Canadianmanufacturing.com, frasers.com and Plant Magazine…
Machines Italia representatives during the "Italy and the Midwest" seminar sponsored by the Consul of Italy in Detroit, Northern Ohio Italian American Foundation, City of Cleveland and the Cleveland Council on World Affairs, discussed the competitive advantages Italian machinery manufacturers offered to Ohio based manufacturers.
During the April 7th, 2011 program, The Italian Edge: Technology…
What is creativity? Is it human expression found in art, music and letters? Of course it is. But creativity is so much more. Creativity is the machine maker's art, evident in Machines from Italy. Across industrial sectors, they are among the most creative and advanced in the world. Put Italian passion and creativity to work for you. Machines Italia. Turning creativity into productivity.
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Machines Italia Staff continues its conversation with the Lean Nation Radio Program during its live broadcast from Baltimore (MD) during the Association for Manufacturing Excellence Annual Conference 2010.