The 2017 EXPO PACK took place in Guadalajara, JA, from June 13 to 17, 2017. Fifteen thousand professional buyers - from a wide range of industries, including food processing, beverage, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics & personal care, graphic arts, chemicals, textile, footwear, automotive, hardware, furniture and electronics - attended the Guadalajara event; the largest Latin American show for packaging and processing technologies and materials. EXPO PACK Guadalajara 2017 featured 500 companies on nearly 13,000 net square meters of exhibit space (140,000 net square feet). The Italian Trade

Italy’s Trentino region is home to over 800 companies in the mechanics and mechatronics industry. The sector employs almost 10,000 people, which makes it Trentino’s largest employer, and provide an important contribution to the region’s exports. The Office of the Italian Trade Agency in Chicago together with Italy’s Trentino Sviluppo invited 10 US companies to explore partnership and sourcing opportunities from leading Italian technology solution providers from in the region. The trip took place from June 18th to 21st, 2017. US delegates met with their Italian counterparts and visited

Last July 25th to 30th, 20 companies from across the world were hosted by the Italian Trade Commission (Canada and Mexico) and FEDERUNACOMA, the Italian Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers Federation, in Italy where they attended EIMA Show Umbria 2017. The event, which took place in the Casalina farm, near Perugia, with its 1860 hectares and 1450 UAAs, consisted of on-site demonstrations and field trials of agricultural machinery, equipment and advanced technology as well as workshops and seminars on such topics as soil preparation, seeding, fertilization, irrigation, haymaking, digital

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 year - is to enrich the engineering education of students and foster international collaborations and cooperation. The program is organized and sponsored by the Italian Trade Commission, in partnership

The Ontario Export Awards – OEA - recognize the innovative approaches and unique contributions – measured in terms of export growth - of Ontario manufacturers across sectors and in all regions of the province as well as the individuals who contribute to their success. The OEA is spearheaded by CanadianManufacturing.com (Annex Business Media), which is one of Canada’s top sources of daily industrial, manufacturing and economic news (over 100,000 industrial readers across the country). OEA is organized in partnership with the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters association, Canadian Food

The 2017 EXPO PACK will take place in Guadajara, JA, from June 13 to 17. Fifteen thousand professional buyers - from a wide range of industries, including food processing, beverage, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics & personal care, graphic arts, chemicals, textile, footwear, automotive, hardware, furniture and electronics - will attend the Guadalajara event; the largest Latin American show for packaging and processing technologies and materials. EXPO PACK Guadajara 2017 will feature 500 companies on nearly 13,000 net square meters of exhibit space (140,000 net square feet). The Italian Trade

The 31st edition of IMTS, the biannual -International Manufacturing Technology Show, took place at the landmark McCormick Place, from September 12 to 17, 2016. The event featured metalworking technology, robotics, automation, welding equipment. The figures of IMTS 2016 were impressive: - 2,407 exhibitors, the highest ever, - 115,612 visitors from 117 countries, - 1.3 million square feet of exhibition space. The Italian Trade Commission (ITA) Chicago office and Machines Italia USA were at the show to support the large contingent of Italian exhibitors: Over 120. An information desk with UCIMU

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 cultural trip to Italy which commenced on November 27th, 2016. The 2016 US winners joined distinguished students from two other countries (Mexico, Russia) in an intense educational program at the Università

In this newest edition of Machines Italia Magazine Volume XI, our focus is on how North American companies are embracing a wave of new technologies, many from Italian providers that are helping them bring work back home, while remaining competitive. Italian companies are playing a big role in researching, developing and bringing to market these advanced manufacturing tools and strategies, many of which are enabled by innovation software, automation and thinking. We take a closer look at trends in the North American manufacturing market and tell the stories of companies using premium Italian

NOVEMBER 2016 – The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) is pleased to announce the U.S. 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 Glassworking Technology Award (IGTA). ITA will honor recipients for their outstanding theses submission and academic scholarship with a one-week educational and cultural trip to Italy commencing November 27th, 2016. The 2016 winners will join distinguished students from four other countries (Mexico, Russia, Egypt and Indonesia) in an intense education