On May 2, 2019, Italy and the world honour the day, 500 years ago, when Leonardo da Vinci died. A host of celebrations have been planned in various countries to commemorate the anniversary. Next October, the Uffizi Galleries of Florence will inaugurate the exhibition "The Leicester Codex of Leonardo da Vinci: Water as Microscope of Nature." The 72-page Codex, which discusses the movement of water, fossils, and moonlight (among other topics) is being loaned by Bill Gates, who purchased it in 1990 for over $30 million. At the Biblioteca Reale in Turin the famous self-portrait of Leonardo has

In Leonardo da Vinci’s time 500 years ago to the present day, Italy remains a beacon of innovation in the arts as well as in science, technology and engineering. In keeping with Leonardo’s legacy, Machines Italia and the Italian Trade Commission (ITA) partnered with Collision - a sold out, highly anticipated tech-conference that took place from May 20 to 23, 2019 at the Enercare Centre in Toronto - to contribute to Canada’s high tech boom with a touch of Italian ingenuity. Billed as one of the fastest growing and largest tech-conferences in the world with a whopping 25 000 attendees from over

Expo Pack Guadalajara, the second largest Mexican trade fair for packaging materials and technologies, took place from June 11 to 13, 2019 at the Expo Guadalajara exhibition center in Guadalajara, JL. The event registered over 17,000 visitors and approximately 7,000 exhibitors on 150,000 square feet of floor space. The growing international relevance of the show was attested by the numerous country-specific pavilions among which, the most prominent ones, were Argentina’s, the United States’, Brazil and France. The Italian Trade Commission (ITA), in partnership with UCIMA - the Italian

Pack Expo Las Vegas 2019 will once again, have a strong presence of Italian packing machinery manufacturers, thanks to the continued participation of the Italian Trade Agency Chicago Office and the Italian association for the industry UCIMA. This year’s show takes place from September 23rd through the 25th at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The Italian Trade Agency and UCIMA organized an Italian pavilion Booth #US-7734 to promote over 30+ Italian exhibitors at Pack Expo, 11 of which will be featured in the ITA/UCIMA Pavilion where information will be provided for US companies looking to gain

VITRUM is the biennial, international glass processing technology trade show that will be held in Milan, Italy, from October 1 to 4, 2019. With over 300 companies on an overall surface of 140 thousand square feet, over 20,000 visitors from 108 countries, VITRUM is the leading Italian trade event for the glass industry and one of the largest in the world. The Italian Trade Commission (ITA) – Machines Italia and GIMAV - the Association of Italian manufacturers and suppliers of machinery, equipment and special products for glass processing - are inviting North American companies on a trip to

The Italian Trade Commission (ITA) and Fiere di Parma are organizing a trip to Italy to attend the 2019 edition of CIBUS TEC that will be held in Parma, Italy, from October 22 to 25, 2019. CIBUS TEC is among the most innovative food technology exhibitions and a complete showcase of the best solutions from ingredients to processing technologies from packaging to logistics for all segments of the food and beverage industry. More than 1,000 innovative suppliers present pioneering solutions and leading-edge production systems on 120,000 sqm of floor space to 35,000 professionals of the food and

Italy’s presence at the world’s most important trade fair dedicated to textile machinery, ITMA, which opens its gates on June 20 in Barcelona for its 18 th edition, will be, as in previous editions, absolutely imposing, numbering some 360 exhibitors. ITMA opens its gates on June 20 in Barcelona, and for seven days visitors at the world’s primary textile machinery trade fair will be provided a first hand look at the high quality of the technology proposals of roughly 360 exhibiting Italian machinery manufacturers. The overall surface area occupied by Italian exhibitors, nearly 30,000 sq. meters

Hosted at the Moscow Fairgrounds, the event has reached its 21st anniversary and is the largest glass production, processing and finishing products show in Russia and Eastern Europe. The 2018 event encompassed 11,500 sq., had 396 exhibitors from 24 countries and attracted 7,500 visitors from 49 different countries. Companies participating in Mir Stekla 2019 as part of the group participation organized by Gimav with the support of the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) will occupy an area of 144 sq. m and present to an ever promising sales market the latest high-tech solutions for glass industry

Organized by Gimav jointly with ITA (Italian Trade Agency), this will be the first group attendance by Gimav members at the Istanbul event, to be held on 6-9 March at the Tüyap Fair & Congress Center. The 9th Eurasia Glass event, held concurrently in Istanbul with the Eurasia Window, Glass and Door Exhibition, is the region's foremost trade expo, and focuses on the latest products and applications for the glass sector. For the Italian Glass processing Machinery, Systems, Special Products and Accessories industry, with its distinctive export-oriented nature, this stage is a terrific opportunity

The delegation of US and Canadian students, winners of the 2018 Italian Technology Awards (organized by ITA - Italian Trade Agency as part of the Machines Italia project), accompanied by two of their professors, were hosted in Italy from November 4th to 11th. After an initial study day in Como, at Villa Del Grumello, and a visit to ComoNExT, Digital Innovation Hub and startup incubator, the Glassworking Group, made up of students Zachary Ackerman and Jessie Kaczmarek from Robert Morris University, Moon, Pennsylvania, accompanied by Professor Arif Sirinterlikci; and Gabriel Alejandro Peña