In the first quarter of 2021, the orders of machine tools collected by Italian manufacturers started to grow again. In particular, the UCIMU index processed by the Economic Studies Department & Business Culture of the Association showed a 48.6% upturn in the first three months of the year compared with the same period of 2020. The absolute value of the index was 169 (base 100 in 2015). The overall outcome was mainly due to the excellent performance of manufacturers on the domestic market. Indeed, on the internal market , Italian manufacturers registered a 157.9% increase in the collected

Promoted by CECIMO, the European Association of Machine Tool Industries, and organised by the operational structures of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools, robots and automation systems manufacturers' association, EMO MILANO 2021, the leading world exhibition for metalworking industry, will take place at fieramilano Rho from 4 to 9 October, when the recovery of investment should already have started. Metal forming and metal cutting machine tools, production systems, enabling technologies, robots and automation, solutions for interconnected and digital factories and additive

On Wednesday, 24 February, a Press Conference for the South Korean public was held to present EMO MILANO 2021, the world exhibition of reference for the metalworking machine tool manufacturing industry, scheduled to take place at fieramilano in October 2021. The speakers of the meeting, which was web-streamed, were Mr Luigi Galdabini, General Commissioner of EMO MILANO 2021, Mr So-Ahn Kang, Director General at KOMMA, Korea Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association, and Mr Vincenzo Calì, Italian Trade Commissioner - Italian Trade Agency Seoul - Korea. The conference involved more than 40

EIMA INTERNATIONAL is one of the world’s leading agricultural machinery and technology trade shows. Its 44th annual edition will take place from February 3 to 7 2021, and it will be the first international physical event scheduled to take place in Bologna, Italy after the COVID pandemic lockdown. FEDERUNACOMA, the Italian Federation Of Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers has been organizing the event in Bologna since its first edition in 1969. On October 23rd, 2020, the ITA-Italian Trade Agency in collaboration with FEDERUNACOMA held a video conference to launch the EIMA INTERNATIONAL project

Machines Italia - Italian Trade Agency Mexico and AMAPLAST, the Italian Plastics And Rubber Processing Machinery And Moulds Manufacturers' Association, will be hosting a webinar in February 2021 focused on plastic and rubber processing technologies, industry trends and the latest in innovations. Selected Italian technology providers will be participating in the b2b sessions of the webinar so that they may meet with Mexican counterparts, end users, distributors, importers and potential partners. The webinar will be hosted on the Italian Trade Agency’s "Fiera Smart 365" virtual platform. For

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 project dedicated to industry 4.0 solutions, developed by the Italian Trade Agency and ASSOMAC, the Italian National Association Of Manufacturers Of Footwear, Leathergoods And Tanning Technologies. ASSOMAC and the Italian

The collection of exhibitors’ applications is going on rapidly for EMO MILANO 2021, the world exhibition dedicated to metalworking machine tools, which will take place again in Italy after six years and after the success of the 2015 edition. Scheduled at fieramilano Rho from 4 to 9 October 2021 , EMO MILANO 2021 is long-awaited by the operators of the world manufacturing industry, which consider it as the event that will definitely mark the enterprises’ return to “normality”. Promoted by CECIMO, the European Association of Machine Tool Industries, the trade show is organised by the operational

At the beginning of February, the Italian Trade Agency’s Mexico City office organized a seminar in San Jose’, Costa Rica’s capital, focused on agricultural economics, processes and technology. Researchers from Italy’s CREA, the Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economics Analysis, and the University of Milan illustrated the latest developments in crop management, business and economic models as well as the latest machinery and innovations. Among the audience were high level representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture of Costa Rica, the Center for Advanced Technology, the

Pegaso Industries S.p.A. an Italian maker of auxiliary equipment has established Plastic Systems US in Atlanta to serve the North American market. The new subsidiary will help it grow the local market, including auxiliary equipment for extrusion, injection molding, blow molding, and processing of PET. It joins Plastic Systems Shanghai, Plastic Systems Latin America, and Plastic Systems India, which reportedly generate a consolidated turnover of €70 million ($78 million) and employ more than 400 people worldwide. The company has hired industry veteran Michael Smith as VP of sales and service

Massimo Carboniero, President of UCIMU: “Our factories are safe places and have reduced labor intensity. Therefore, we should have a green light to resume our production activities right away”. “Health and safety come first, but we should get used to living with Coronavirus, while at the same time guaranteeing work, employment, and production”. There has been a strong fall of the index regarding the orders collected by Italian machine tool manufacturers in the first quarter of 2020, in which an 11% decrease was registered in comparison with the same period of the previous year. This is