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Buffoli Transfer S.p.A.

Buffoli provides turnkey solutions for flexible high production machining of high precision parts from castings, forgings or directly from bar stock. Buffoli solutions include CNC horizontal and vertical transfer machines, CNC multi-spindle turn-mill machines, high production machining centers, FMC and FMS. Buffoli is the Italian manufacturer of transfer machines most oriented to the export and the first exporter to North America and North European markets. Buffoli is world-known as leader in the CNC bar trunnion machines and in transfer machines specifically designed for turned parts or

Leather Production Still Fashionable in Italy

Italy produces approximately 50% of the machinery used to produce footwear and leather goods around the world and 80% of tanning machinery globally, according to Assomac, an association that represents Italian manufacturers of machines for footwear, leather and tannery industries. Many of the manufacturers are small, with the entire industry employing approximately 6,200 people in Italy. There are three basic tanning centers in Italy, says Peter Helfer, a managing partner at Campex LLC, an Exeter, N.H., a company that sells Italian leather-making machinery in North America. Whole hides and